Cricket Diary
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 …
Late Cuts
Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket by Vic Mark was highly recommended by a friend who is a Somerset fan through and through and eagerly anticipated by myself, a big fan …
The Cricket Kindness Project
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 …
Product Review: Payntr T20 Rebel Cricket Shoes & Payntr Evo Pimple Cricket Shoes
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 …
12 Christmas (Time) Movies
It’s that time of year already, the official start of Christmas. The tree has been up (and down thanks to the cats) since the 1st of December and the Waitrose, …
Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket
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 …
Time to stop selecting and start building the Test Team
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 …
Charmin
Background He was due to travel to Spain to live with the parents of his owners and had an overnight stay at my parents. My mother was ill so I …