Season Two: April Round Up
A mixed start to the season! It was a nailed on certainty that after all the winter nets, the analysis of my game, the talking rather than doing that in …
A mixed start to the season! It was a nailed on certainty that after all the winter nets, the analysis of my game, the talking rather than doing that in …
I have a plan, well several actually, for Season Two and they involve wearing tights! I think that anyone reading the diary last year will have worked out that it …
A lot has (and is) being said about the future of England Cricket, and as usual lots of symbolic comparison to the deckchairs on the Titanic are being made. This …
I write this at the beginning of my first week without any nets planned since I started the winter Members Nets at Edgbaston on 18th November (and I could have …
Returning to the cricket field last year, aged 57 after a 33 year break, I wrote several times that I had set myself the target of paying Seniors Cricket for …
I have become slightly obsessed (no surprise I know) with watching cricket on TV not so much out of any interest for the actual games, but for the detailed technical …
I have written several times with my thoughts regards Development Cricket – a term used in this context for the introduction of junior crickets into senior cricket – and it …
Should probably start by saying that I passed my ECB Core Coach Course at the weekend. This is the new course replacing the old Level Two and no longer required …
I have been trying to write this post for a while but every time I thought it was ready England and/or the ECB shot themselves in the foot again. Mens …
You could argue that nothing symbolises the way that cricket has moved on than when a classic, understated, established brand adds funky to their stable. Say hello to the Gray-Nicolls …
I am a Full Member at both Yorkshire and Warwickshire County Cricket Cub and from that fact alone you would get extremely good odds on me being white, the wrong …
In a recent post I discussed the Edgbaston Indoor Nets and what a great insight they had provided as to how the pros train, and given me some thoughts not …
I will talk about the impact the indoor nets, and specifically the coaching, has had on my own game in a separate post. In this view from the boundary edge …
Didn’t take long! In my defence they are replacing a pair of Gray-Nicolls Cricket Shoes which unfortunately didn’t exactly last very long. I returned them and put the refund towards …
I mentioned in my recent post confirming the return of my Cricket Diary in 2022 that it would be concentrating on my life on the field – over the white …
Returning to play cricket in 2021 aged 57 following a 33 year absence from the game was one of the best (and worst) decisions that I have made. Neither my …
One of the Heaven Help Us CC charity partners is The Cricket Kindness Project. We are forever dedicated to addressing to the desperate shortage of cricket kit in developing countries around the world with …
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and often a costly thing not to have. My Kookaburra shoes which I bought initially were fine, but turned out to be too small Size …
Racism throughout cricket, incompetent and rudderless leadership from those responsible for English Cricket, and concerns over the increased focus on the short format of the game. Welcome to the 1960s …
The background to this post is the not unexpected early finish to the first test in Australia for the England Team. Well I say not unexpected, and I am pretty …
No secret I am a big Gray-Nicolls fan, and have been since I started playing in the 70s, and they continue to be supportive of my attempts to turn back …
Well when you have stunning Gray-Nicolls Black Legend Batting Pads which you will probably never use (T20 theory to one side) of course you need a pair of matching gloves. …
I bought these a) because I could, b) because I could and c) because I wanted them. I have little expectation of using them, although I do have a theory …
What started off as a potentially explosive week for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and cricket in general in England, fast became a highly emotive week for Cricket in general. Still …
I write this the day before the Digital, Culture Media and Sport Select Committee formal meeting, chaired by Julian Knight, on Tuesday 16 November which will hear oral evidence on …
A genuine refurbished TON bat with one new grip (a second can be added if required), a new scuff sheet and edge tape and new stickers. The bat has been …
It goes without saying that there can never be any excuse for Racism, yet so many of us feel compelled to explain and justify ourselves. Those of us with too …
I have had a bit of a struggle with Thigh Guards, but opted not to change during the season. The Gray-Nicolls All In One 360 Bating Thigh Guard was just …
For reasons I can not even start to justify I now own five (5) pairs of perfectly adequate and useable batting pads!! The Gray-Nicolls Select 600 are in my ‘museum’ …
A grade one, 9 grain refurbished Gray-Nicolls Bat with new stickers, grips (2), scuff sheet and edge tape. At 2.12lbs this is a serious bit of wood. It has a …
A genuine Gray-Nicolls bat refurbished with new Stickers, Scuff Sheet, Edge Tape and Gray-Nicolls batting grips. This is a 2.8lb Grade 1, 9 Grain bat with a lovely middle. There …
A genuine SS refurbished Cricket Bat with new SS T20 Champions Stickers, a new Scuff Sheet, new Side Tape and two new SS Batting Grips. This is a 2.8lb Grade …
This original TON bat was being sold because it was too heavy for the owner and at 2lb 13oz it is a chunky bat for sure, but with a great …
I have bought this as a bit of an experiment and to use myself as an indoor net bat against a bowling machine with it been made from Butterfly Willow. …
End of season but already looking ahead to next season and I have a plan but first, rest, LOTS of rest, then a return of the long Sunday Lunch. But …