Monthly Archives: August 2010

KP’s already infamous tweet proves the value of Twitter for cricket fans

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The best place to follow the news of a “Twitter-fuck up” – like the one from Kevin Pietersen today – is off course Twitter. It is always fast and often funny and insightful.

This is part of how my Twitter timeline looked after Pietersen’s mishap spread.  (Scroll all the way down, I’m making a point there ;) )

Tweets about KP's tweet

To me, this is why Twitter is so great. News spreads fast and you get lots of information and opinion delivered directly to you.

All you need to do is sign up for an account and start following people or lists.

Kevin Pietersen vents anger on Twitter after being dropped

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Well well, Kevin Pietersen’s summer just got worse:

Rather stupid of him – a bit of controversy he could do well without currently – and exactly why England management doesn’t like England players using social media.

But I think he has a point though.

Why would England drop him from the Twenty20 squad? Pietersen was Man of the Tournament of the last World T20 and the upcoming Twenty20′s looked like the perfect games for him to rebuild some of his shattered confidence.

Perhaps Andy Flower is looking to repeat the same trick that worked with Matt Prior – who got dropped from the one-day teams and responded in Tests. If he is, I think Flower got it wrong this time and it will just leave Pietersen in a deeper hole.

Whatever the reasoning behind dropping him, Pietersen doesn’t believe it will do him good and the decision has backfired on England management already.

Pakistan cricket heading to an inevitable end

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I know these are still allegations, but seeing how serious Scotland Yard is taking the story from News of the World on spot-fixing by Pakistan players in the current Test series against England, I am sure there is a truth to it.

Captain Salman Butt, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, who have been so impressive, are in the middle of the it.

That means Pakistan cricket will reach a new low today when the story fully erupts and I am starting to wonder how much lower it can possible go. Over the last few years Pakistan have been going from scandal to scandal about everything from corruption to doping.

During this English summer Pakistan looked to have made a new start, but as always it proved a false dawn.

Every fibre of Pakistan cricket seems to be infected by a self destructive gene which is slowly but surely doing its work. It is no longer a question if Pakistan cricket can recover, just when it will completely implode and leave a hole in international cricket.

It is just so sad.

Live cricket on your iPhone and iPad

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There is no option for watching cricket live on your iPhone or iPad yet, but there are several radio streaming apps which give you access to the next best thing: Test Match Special.

The best streaming radio app in my view is ooTunes.

It is not free, but I find the small investment more then its moneys worth.

I use the app to listen to TMS when driving home from work, which – depending on how busy traffic is – sometimes means a two-hour drive. What better way to pass that time listening to TMS and stay in touch with what is happening in the Test?

Well, perhaps listening to Test Match Sofa, which is one of the over 23.000 stations available on the ooTunes app.

And come november, it might be fun to listen to ABC.