October 2023 - The Bouncer Cricket Blog

I began writing this article when England seemed on course to become the first team to beat India at this World Cup, proving conclusively that there was still life left in this once great side. However, we all know what happened next. The English ODI side still possesses some world class cricketers but there is[…]

I have been thoroughly enjoying the Cricket World Cup so far. From a cursory look at Twitter and the cricket media, however, I appear to be the only one. No one likes to talk their own sport down quite as much as cricket people. Many fans have been complaining about the format and comparing it[…]

England began their defence of the World Cup with a 9 wicket hammering at the hands of New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium today. Four years ago, Eoin Morgan’s men had defeated the Blackcaps by, in commentator Ian Smith’s words, “the barest of margins” at Lords to lift the trophy but, under the unforgiving[…]

The greatest show in cricket is here, or at least we hope it is. 50 over cricket has become the unloved middle child of the global game. Lacking both the depth of the Test game and the instant gratification of T20, the ODI has been fighting for its’ survival for some time now. Only this[…]

“By the barest of margins!” Ian Smith’s words have since passed into the folklore of English sport since they were first uttered as Jos Buttler swept away the stumps to seal England’s first World Cup win in 2019. However, since cricket launched its’ first global tournament in 1975, the nation that hosted the first three[…]