Podcast mayhem continues

Another podcast is up and running: click here.

This week, there's part two of the great West Indian fielders of the past. And it wouldn't be the same if an Englishman wasn't featured so I get the views on Derek Randall - that eccentric madman in the field. Also find out what Julian the Old Trafford worm and former Lancashire and India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer had in common.

When laziness was a bad word

Another West Indies podcast is up: click here.

This week, I'm on the case of former greats of the game to discuss the great Caribbean tradition of churning out brilliant fielders. Now, you wouldn't have thought that fielding is a West Indies trademark by looking at the current West Indies lot, but there have been some fine fielders in the past. Panther, stealth and electric have been just some of the words to describe the likes of Lloyd, Richards, Logie and Harper.

And in the 1930s, Lord Constantine, perhaps the pioneer of Caribbean fielding, even made crowds turn up before the game had even started after they heard of his ability to knock stumps down from 30 yards and catch balls behind his back.

Poor in Perth

It can't keep going like this can it? I mean how many times can you log on and think of another damning post to write?

Luckily, the best bits about blogging are finding random stories or coming across links to post, rather than continually write about England's demise.

However, falling short of dissecting every part of Duncan Fletcher's troops, I was amazed at Freddie Flintoff's fielding nous today.

Against New Zealand, Ricky Ponting placed his best fielders on the ropes towards the end of the innings. Ball-by-ball Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke stopped the thwack, thud and wallop of Jacob Oram's bat. And it definitely saved Australia so much more than the eight runs that the Kiwis fell short by in defeat.

Chris Tremlett and Liam Plunkett's blunders today summed it up. At least England got past 200.