General Sweeps

England move for O’Brien, prefix surnames with ‘O’

March 2, 2011

In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, England revealed after their defeat to Ireland that they will be doing everything in their power to get Irishman Kevin O’Brien to join their team.  The minnows also revealed that, with immediate effect, they will be prefixing all their surnames with ‘O’. Andrew Strauss, who was given the [...]

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I got love for you if your name is Sulieman Benn

March 1, 2011

I’ve always been a fan of Sulieman Benn. I mean, how can you not? But yesterday was special. While Chris Gayle was playing a chizzled innings instead of a sledgehammer slogging innings, Benn was planning his attack. If Benn were an animal, he’d be  a honey badger. Honey badgers like to fight with snakes, poisonous [...]

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Steve Davies is gay. So what?

February 28, 2011

Breaking news this morning. A cricketer is gay. Coming out was harder than facing Brett Lee he says, but I’m relieved now. It’s behind me. This was regarded as a big ‘scoop’ by The Sun. In this day and age? A scoop? Really? The puns are endless. He won’t bowl maiden overs. He’d rather field [...]

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dear WI, you and me could write a bad romance

February 24, 2011

I’ve never made my love for the West Indies a secret. I’ve always shouted it from the rooftops and displayed it in Twitter avatars. But this is a sick, masochistic sort of love. Like pining over that really hot girl when you’re the acne-faced teenage boy who spends his whole weekend talking to girls in [...]

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the lull before the storm

February 16, 2011

you might have noticed, or not, that we haven’t posted for a while. We call this phase, ‘the lull before the storm’. We just thought to take a little break before the World Cup. We have been active on twitter, though. There is a lot up for the world cup here at Paddle Sweep. I [...]

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PADDLESWEEP EXCLUSIVE: Stu Broad reveals gender

February 10, 2011

Last night, Stuart Broad had a live Q & A session on Twitter. Much like the Q & A session we had with @theashes recently, but let’s move along, shall we? I had my pisstake pants on so I thought I’d ask, you know, for the sake of everyone who has always wanted to know, [...]

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Monday’s Maiden: Carly Weinberg aka @carlyw226

February 7, 2011

Carly is a Sports Journalist. Who says she often gets asked whether she chose this path for herself or if she just somehow found herself thrown into it. She love sport and says her life revolves around it (probably a bit too much) and  most definitely chose this path for herself.  She has always enjoyed [...]

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#asktheashes transcript with @theashes

February 3, 2011

Q: The most popular question was, of course: How was Australia? (credit to @randomBrett for asking it first) A: Absolutely amazing. Unforgettable experience Q: @linkolanko #asktheashes Will you be following the world cup and, if so, which team, if any, will you support? A: Yes, my boyfriend and I will both be. England and Aus, [...]

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Ask @theashes – live Twitter Q&A tonight

February 2, 2011

You might or might not remember the meme that spread around the interweb when The Ashes was on the go. We spoke to her before, but now that it’s all over, we thought we’d have a little catch up session….but a little bit differently this time. Instead of a boring interview, we’ll be doing a [...]

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Monday’s Maiden: Zahira Kharsany aka @zk

February 1, 2011

Zahira is the community manager and content lead at Brandsh now known as Native. Typical South African female, she loves cricket football and rugby. When she is not glued to her iphone, she is getting into a argument with somebody (just kidding, Z). You can follow zk on Twitter. 1. The generic question: where does [...]

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