Nutley to Nagpur: cricket blog

This the latest poll from the Herald Sun, just one of a plethora of Australian newspapers in huge admiration over Murali's Test record,...

Waking up on the dot of 5am has been a burden this week. That is until my brain starts kicking in and realise it must be for a reason. Of co...

A press release circulated "on behalf of eBay India": This once in a lifetime opportunity to face the ace cricketer Murali is avai...

Monty Panesar's book may have been a snore, but the Nutley is abuzz with the England spinner's line this week on his former boss... ...

His name is John, he lives in Melbourne and he has ten days to return a red cricket ball to that Australian bludgeoner Adam Gilchrist. The T...

For all England supporters who know the situation. Insert/pick your England captain then... England are batting second, they have a whole da...

I missed this one, but the trans-Tasman rivalry continues in earnest. Word has it that the Black Caps' greatest all-rounder Richard Had...

Sir Allen Stanford may be doing thing with his earnings in the Caribbean, but this piece has slightly perplexed me . The Stanford Super Star...

From the Sydney Morning Herald's The Tonk blog: Fifteen years and 702 Test wickets have passed since Muttiah Muralitharan made his Test...

Regular readers of this blog will be aware of your correspondent's current obsession with moustaches. Yes, The Nutley is currently growi...

The Australian writers who were locked out of the ground in Brisbane need not worry if the media dispute over images and online use makes i...

Left-arm Chinaman has a 'guest blogger' writing a post on Freddie Flintoff's desire for the odd tipple. Obviously this stems fro...

I'd have to admit to missing Mike Atherton's Sunday column when he moves to The Times after England's tour to New Zealand. The f...

It seems a touch bizarre that 2007's Sports Book of the Year only features one cricket book. Serialisation after serialisation after... ...

I met a South African on Saturday night who told me about his reasons to come and live in the UK. Lack of work opportunities were the main r...

From Charlie Randall's cricket site: "Peter Roebuck, Somerset’s captain, complained about Hampshire’s runner during a NatWest Trop...

Previous posts on Australian cricket have highlighted the Test opening partnership as one area of concern. But how about Stuart MacGill'...

Good news for Irish cricket fans with the news that Trent Johnston will be continuing as skipper until at least 2009. It has been a terrific...

"Ian Chappell worries me about as much as a cold... I couldn't care less what he says." And so continues cricket's great f...

Lambeth Council has buffed Surrey's grand hospitality scheme thanks to the iconic gas works stationed close to the Brit Oval. The Counci...

The Hong Kong Sixes takes place this weekend. A sell-out which features some competitive countries and the obligatory All-stars Six. This t...

As the Australian Test summer edges closer, so too the plethora of press releases from Cricket Australia, complete with its daunting 'HU...

It looked at one point as if the International Rugby Board (IRB) was going down the same murky road as the ICC in how not to run a World Cup...

Last copy from The Australian's correspondent in Mumbai: "Twenty20 is perfectly suited to India's young men who smash the ball...

Who gets to keep the cars and motors won by opposition players for man-of-the-match on foreign soil? These are questions going through my mi...

Lovecricket.Net , home of Nutley to Nagpur, is getting nearer to hosting its England 'Mo' XI for November. The XI will be getting ti...

Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer mustered many a run against Test bowlers throughout their time together. Now it's the turn of Australia...

With just under two weeks to go, The Nutley is getting ready for Movember . Now this is a great cause as it involves growing a moustache thr...

Having recently watched top five film True Romance, this lookalike gem was too good to miss. For those not in the know, it is Hollywood acto...

Further to the last post on Ian Botham's knighthood comes this ironic story from the 1992 World Cup. The Australian press picked this u...

Ian Botham is all set to be knighted at the Palace. And as England's greatest all-rounder admits, this will be the greatest day of them ...

Memories of Matthew Hayden taking bowlers apart during the World Cup has been no one-off for the burly Queenslander this year. Hayden has pa...