Well, maybe the success of the Dutch in the opening game of the World Twenty20 on Friday does not mark the start of a new era of domination of world cricket by the Netherlands, but what a great advert for the short game. Hard hitting, great fielding, and a game that went right to the …
Author Archives: Andrew Beaven
Acceptable in the noughties – part 2
Are standards of behaviour in the club game slipping? The League I play in certainly think so. For the 2009 season, they have introduced a football-style disciplinary system, with “yellow card” cautions and “red card” 8-day automatic suspensions and points deductions for more serious offences. This in addition to the regular disciplinary process. After 5 …
Throwing a curveball – why not bowl one?
I nearly got to watch a live baseball game at the weekend…until persistent rain caused the game to be called. But I was thinking about what baseball pitchers do with a baseball – and it’s a lot more than just hurling it through at 100 mph. They use spin-swerve to get the pitch off straight, …
