Cow Corner Blog

Aussie cricketers clearly don't do long, drawn-out retirements.Damien Martyn announced his intention to retire from international cricket mid-series, days before he was due to line up in an Ashes Test against England in Perth. A couple of weeks later, Justin Langer said he would be calling it a day at the end of the Sydney Test...just one day before it started. Now...More

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The England one-day squad contained one mild surprise and one troubling insight into the ECB's selection process. The woefully out-of-form Tim Ambrose (recent scores 5, 11, 31, 0, 3) got the nod over Matthew Prior (six scores over 50 this season - more than anyone else) and the incumbent Phil...More

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Cowers doesn't know anyone who has been stopped in the street by someone conducting a Family Fortunes survey. Considering the show has run for 25 years and they ask 100 people at least four different questions per episode, we are surprised. So we will also be surprised if anyone who...More

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Peter Moores was about 2½ tons away from appearing on the back of a broadsheet with a turnip on his head.On the same night Avram Grant was sacked for coming second in everything, England looked to be down the Khyber without a Grey Nicholls against New Zealand.But due to that heavy roller which...More

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Two incidents over the weekend in two different Test matches are a reminder that sport hurts. Young New Zealand batsman Daniel Flynn woke up on Saturday morning looking like Ricky Hatton's sparring partner after having his front tooth knocked out by a James Anderson bouncer. And the blow, which also...More

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3.44PM: England 289-4 (88 overs) - ENGLAND WIN BY SIX WICKETS - In the end Collingwood finishes it with a flurry in the final over before tea with three boundaries on the on-side through Oram. A great recovery from the hosts and they head to Trent Bridge 1-0 up in...More

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18.55 - England 152-4 (59 overs): THAT'S STUMPS. New Zealand's day and then some. They built a big first innings score behind Ross Taylor and then nipped out three late wickets to put themselves firmly in the driving seat.More importantly, it is time for COMPETITION RESULTS!Cowers asked how many runs...More

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6.30PM: England 76-1 (27 overs) - As Brian Moore once said, it's up for grabs now! Strauss (23) and Michael Vaughan (12) see England through to the close and they need a further 222 runs for victory. The highest fourth innings total to win a Test at Manchester is currently 231...More

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16:50: There's more chance of Cow Corner winning Britain's Got Talent with its ventriloquist act than there is of play resuming. We'll call that a day, barring any miracles.Which brings us to: COMPETITION RESULT!New Zealand's run rate today was a brisk 3.74 an over, which means the winner is... terrysmith2014!...More

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Is anyone other than Cowers getting a bit tired of the whole Monty Panesar show? The Luton Bore took his own particular brand of crazed appealing to a new level in the first Test at Lord's, begging to the umpire like a four-year old desperate to go pee-pee.Now Monty claims...More

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