What Next For ECB & Team England
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 …
I do have a few thoughts, rants, opinions from time to time, I mean who doesn’t in this mad world we live in!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Like many I am divided in my views over The Hundred. It was entertaining, but it wasn’t exceptional either in terms of quality of the games or the innovations. I …
I have shared some thoughts regards Development Cricket already, along with a suggestion for a Development Officer within each club. Having played for a couple of teams for a few …
I love watching the IPL but have no interest at all in who wins, which is strange for me because as a rule I don’t watch sport unless I actually …
Last Lockdown 3.0 post, and hopefully last Lockdown post ever – you and me both – as this week welcomed the first milestone on our release back into the wild …
A not so quite, or pleasant week, on Twitter this week with the lowlight being the abuse I got for a joke I made with an actual friend! This was …
Earlier this year, at the end of January surprisingly, I completed my 34th consecutive Dry January, not that it was called that when I started! To be honest whilst I …
Standing in the queue to be vaccinated it struck me that maybe the reason that the UK is doing so well is that we do like a queue! Throw in …
The tragic death of Sarah Everard dominated my Twitter timeline this week, which possibly says a lot about the profile of people I follow, but also highlighted once again just …
I have, thankfully and by design, been very quiet on Twitter this week. That is not to say that Twitter has been quiet or that I have not been aware …
I clapped them, I stayed inside for 12 months to save them, I even understood when they saved Boris, all the time getting angrier and angrier that successive Governments had …
Whilst Cats, COVID-19 and Cricket have dominated by Twitter feed this week (not unusual to be fair) by far the most important, and distasteful, issue has been the cyber bullying …
Vaccination Day looms. My father has had both of his vaccinations (Pfizer), my mother her first (Oxford) with the second scheduled for April, and Sandra her first (Oxford) with her …
In no way am I the first to put digits on the keyboard to share some thoughts on The Hundred, and in no way will I be the last. It’s …
Am beginning to think that Twitter should introduce some for of pre sign up test (to ensure people can read) and maybe some entry level of intelligence could be set …
I have discussed the rotation policy before (and no doubt will do again), but for now I think we need to accept the “good old days” are long gone of …
The second test at Chennai last week between India and England provided enough debating points to a) prove the enduring value of Test Cricket and b) keep even the most …
I have enjoyed myself on Twitter this week, or more accurately I have enjoyed being on Twitter this week which is not something I have said (or felt) for a …
The coverage of the first test between India and England on Channel 4 was without doubt a welcome return to “Free To Air” (FTA) TV for the sport, and generated …
Another week ticked off, but as to how many more we face who knows? Certainly not this government, or social media, or the so called experts expressing their opinions on …
Back in March 2020 as the UK entered it’s first, and let’s be honest only thing remotely like a, Lockdown much was made of the opportunity for a ‘new’ normal: …
Lockdown 3.0 continues, as does life, in a well established pattern now. The “trick” it seems is to do less and take longer doing it. To be fair this is …
Like many, I suspect, I have watched a number of old films again since March 2020, but somewhat ironically not Groundhog Day. No real reason why not, I enjoyed the …
I ask because I am a little concerned that I missed the memo cancelling the Lockdown. Walking the dogs back in March in our allotted hour per day we bumped …
Here we go again then, yet another Lockdown. I think this is Lockdown 3.0, but who knows with all the various tiers that we have accelerated through in recent months? …
Same Old, Same Old best sums up the Government, Public and Business approach to the relaxing of what the UK called Lockdown. I say it that way as I don’t …
Up front, to start with, for the avoidance of ANY doubt, let me be 100% clear – I am 100% against Care Homes for all cases other than those where …
I have said before that I doubt that very much will change post COVID-19 as the pressure will be on to return to ‘normal’ as quickly as possible. I mean …
Is sport really sport without spectators? For the fan it’s more than just a game: Bragging rights after a win, downing a few pints with your mates after a loss, …