And he is greeted to the crease with a crashing FOUR!!!

Hello and welcome to my blog

Through this instrument I intend to critique the writings and radio shows pertaining to cricket and, like a good wrong'un, throw down something a bit loopy and different. Incidentally the wrong'un is the only delivery I can bowl competently so the omens are good.

Once a week I will give my 'spin' on cricket news but also call out the errors in judgement by some cricket writers who should no better. For instance, the critique of Martin Crowe's commentary during the Napier Test this week by Tony Greig was disappointing due to the PC tone it had. Greig, a player and thinker on the game who I respect, did not seem to fully appreciate the poor level of captaincy shown by Sehwag (both as a batsman and in the field) and hence failed to realise that Crowe's comments, while a little exaggerated for affect, were correct. Sehwag's field placements were imaginative for the sake of being imaginative with 4th slips instead of 1st slips and allowing the NZ batsmen to proceed unhindered for long periods of time. These mistakes I would forgive but his all-or-nothing approach with his batting was irresponsible as the leader of a team facing a 620 run mountain to climb.
As for Tony Greig, he would do well not to throw stones in glass houses considering his reputation for bold rhetoric over the last 30 years. If anything I would expect him to agree completely with Martin Crowe!

On a lighter note I commend Jessie Ryder, Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum for their brilliant centuries. Ryder looks at home at test level, remarkable for someone so inexperienced, Taylor changed the momentum of the game with a wonderful counter-attack after lunch on Day 1 and McCullum can finally say he has a test century against good opposition.

This is just my opinion, you can agree or disagree

So once a week I will provide such commentary with the exception of NZ games during which I will post a daily summary.

Well that's it from here and I hope you join me again.
It's good bye for now