Outside Off Stump

The Angelo Pivot

Angelo Matthews gives it both poise and pivot with a modicum of balance.

Leaning Into Summer

Bj Watling looks to be getting the feel of ball on willow as the northern summer approaches.

Bowling Ain't Easy

Just ask Kyle Abbot.

Jason "The Pawnbroker" Gillespie

Buying or selling, coaching or yelling, Gillespie has the balls for the job.

What Ho Chaps! Any One For A Spot Of Cricket?

Wishing every one a golly fine (in every sense of the word) season in dear old blighty. God knows you deserve a good one after the last winter!

Under The Sign Of The Three Swords

Gautam Gambhir does not look completely convinced about something in his first game for Essex.

It might be the hat or perhaps he is just licking his lips in anticipation of a bat?

Young, Gifted And Yorkshire

Root and Bairstow - close, proud and more than a handful.

One Eyed Ricky

Probe Biotic

Ed Cowan, the thinking man's probebot, gets on the front foot for a new season of watching the ball closely.

There Is Nothing Quite Like Winning

James Vince and Liam Dawson are having some difficulty hiding that winning feeling, and why should they.

Twist And Turn

Is it any wonder they end up with bad backs?

Too Short An Innings

23 is not enough for any batsman of quality.

Jumping Jack Jimmy

James Anderson looks full of beans as he races headlong into a long summer.

Jimmy quickened with a little help from Photoshop CS5.

Unnatural

Stuart Meaker shows yet again that bowling is not a natural physical action, but it helps if you skint a bit, contort the mouth and do something a little strange with your hands. All worth it if you can take 6 for 39.

This image "adjusted" with the Moku Hanga App and a few Photoshop tweaks.

Fire And Rain

Young James Taylor (possibly no relation) provides a bit of fire as county cricket gathers some momentum. The rain? Well that will just happen as a matter off course.

Blooming Lancashire

After waiting 77 years to win the County Championship you would expect Steven Croft and Karl Brown, and all of Lancashire,  to show a little emotion.

The occasion also called for flowers of course.

Real Night Cricket

It might be Kent v Glamorgan, but it has the feel of those late summer games we played as kids in the backyard under the porch light and a few torches.

This is  based on a great shot from one of the folks at Getty Images - they are everywhere.

Any Way You Want It

 

Standing tall or keeping a low profile, the clenched smile and big smile are absolute essentials to the post wicket celebration.

The Lion Of Huddersfield V.2011

OK, the waist is a touch fuller and the hair has a little less gravity defying attitude but Sidebottom has still got the spark in the eye and the cream on the lips. Go you Yorkshire Rose!