Cricketer International

Cricketer International: It just is cricket! (284 words)
by clissoldjones - written on 24.04.01 (Useful, 54 readings)
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The Cricketer International is the best cricket magazine around. For fans of the English county season, any international team from Bangledesh to Zimbabwe, and cricket stories from today and from the past, this magazine is for you. On the international front, it has the complete scorecards and match write-ups for every test match, with such writers as Vic Marks. Also there are reports on every one-day international series, complete with many colour pictures. When England play, there is an in-depth analysis of each player and a rating. Other England touring teams, such as England A or the U19 team, have a write-up to, usually by the captain of one of the ...

Wipe those cobwebs away! Cricket ain't dead yet. (1363 words)
by marcel_beren - written on 07.03.01 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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Three aged men sit, covered in cobwebs in a darkened room. Their wizened fingers grasp quills and they scratch their indecipherable scrawl across the vellum pages of leather-clad books. "Disgusting!" they disclaim, at the antics of modern cricketers, who are youthful and chew gum. "Not like in our day!" they agree, as a peroxide-haired overweight Aussie wiggles his stomach at the crowd, as he celebrates winning the Ashes. "Not got enough middle names!" and they shake their heads sadly at the sight of another product of comprehensive schools and non-white parentage representing England. Perhaps this is your ...