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Rikki Clarke...ticks all of the boxes |
Monday, 28 January 2013
English Lions
The tour party of the England Lions was announced last week as they prepare to tour Australia in February and in the line up were the up and coming youngsters, guys on the fringes of the England side and a couple of senior statesmen from Warwickshire. Here we look at the party and give you the lowdown on who's who...
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Our favourite Australians
Having run the article below which brought over 20,000 people to our site this week alone, we have been accused of being anti-Australian. We're not I can assure you and I have many Australian friends. We just think you might get spanked over here in England this year. Saying that there is nothing worse than some loudmouth working in an Earl's Court pub, telling you how wonderful Australia is and how shit the UK is, all the while having left God's own country just to serve beer to a race they profess to hate! Anyway, seeing as it is Australia Day, and we have an army of new fans from Down Under, we thought we'd bring you the Middle Stump guide to our favourite Australians.
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Captain Grumpy...what a player! |
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Are Australia in disarray?
“Mike Hussey is at the centre of a rumour doing the rounds
by email, and published in of all places a financial gossip column on Thursday,
that he and Michael Clarke had a spectacular falling out after his farewell
Test at the SCG. According to the scuttlebutt, Hussey and Clarke had been split
over where post-match celebrations should be held - Mr Cricket wanted them in
the dressing room and then the hotel, but the captain preferred a planned
evening on James Packer's super yacht Seahorse. Hussey, it was claimed,
boycotted the boat ride in protest, having also just been surprisingly left out
of the one-day squad. He was joined by two other players, the email said.” This
was from Friday’s Sydney Herald.
The following however was sent to TMS Towers this evening by
an anonymous source…
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Monday, 14 January 2013
Banter from the Valleys
Ryan Watkins was a double record holder at one point.
Holding the record for the most catches by a Glamorgan outfielder and the record bowling figures in a T20 a few years back. Having retired from the
first class game, Ryan is at the forefront of the Tom Maynard Trust and was an
integral part of the famous cycle last year from Cardiff to The Oval. A top
bloke, and a long term fan of us here at The Middle Stump, Ryan talks us through
his mistake of slapping Simon Jones in the nets, Shane Warne’s incessant sledging and what
makes a decent ice bath in the East Midlands. Read on to find out more in this
hilarious interview with one of the games characters.
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Warnie's Big Bash
Thorpster has a look at the bat throwing incident from Marlon Samuels in the vague direction of Shane Warne last week, and says it is all great publicity for the Big Bash League.
A publicity stunt? |
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Alastair Cook - The Truth Is Out There
Tired of the same old guff about Alastair Cook? Well, guest blogger for The Middle Stump Jeff Thomas thinks he may have found a new angle to explain the England Captain's unprecedented success...
Saturday, 5 January 2013
More stunning cricket grounds
We haven't visited this regular and popular feature for a while but just to cheer you up in the January gloom we give you some stunningly beautiful grounds in association with our good friends at Kingfisher. You don't just have to have one in your Indian restaurant you know. Crack open a cold one and enjoy...
Thursday, 3 January 2013
The ex players pension scheme
Thorpster looks at the drab start to the year, the sad passing of CMJ and why all pundits are ex players? An old boys club? What do you reckon?
Colville...one of a dying breed |
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Pricing the average bloke out of cricket
I have just seen the prices for the coming series versus Australia and quite frankly I am incandescent with rage! For those not in the know, tickets to Lord's for the Grandstand or (the place where The Middle Stump lads like to hang out), The Mound are now three figures. Yep, a hundred squid to go and watch a day at the cricket. Even the cheaper seats in the Compton or Edrich Lower, where the view is not great are £80. Cricket is pricing out the average man.
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Lord's...pricing out Joe Public? |
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Ones to watch in 2013....
Here the Middle Stump have a look at who will be the stars of the county game in 2013, and check out the young guys coming through. 2013 will be a big year for these guys and we look at eleven of the finest youngsters in the country.
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Bell-Drummond...the "real deal" |
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