2 minute readOur Books to read at the cricket? feature involves readers (let’s be honest, mostly Ged) trying to work out whether or not books are suitable for reading between balls and overs when attending a cricket match. Regular correspondent Ged Ladd writes: I was reminded of this wonderful little book, How
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Continue reading2 minute readGed writes: The best laid plans, eh? My plan for the day was to have a real tennis lesson at 10am and stay to watch the finale of the Middlesex v Durham match. But Middlesex decided to bring an end to those proceedings the day before. Plan B. Real tennis
Continue reading3 minute readBack when we reviewed Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode, we said we’d also do a thing on playing a career as Afghanistan. This is that thing. For a more comprehensive look at the mechanics of Cricket Captain 2018, see our review of the 2017 game (it’s fundamentally the same).
Continue reading2 minute readEdwardian writes: I had stayed in London the night before, so got to Lord’s early. I was frisked by a security chap who was pouring with sweat. “Blimey, mate,” I said. “You’ve been on it.” He replied: “It’s the menopause” – a line I suspect he was using liberally. After
Continue reading5 minute readCricket Captain 2018 is fundamentally the same game as last year. Here’s a review of Cricket Captain 2017 for a broad overview and what follows here is a (not particularly) quick look at All-Time Greats mode, which is one of the new features. We did a review thing about playing
Continue reading< 1 minute readGed spotted these in the beer garden bar of The Milk House, Sissinghurst, Kent. He wasn’t sure whether they qualified for our regular feature Cricket Bats In Unusual Places or whether they might give rise to a whole new feature based on The Device. (Somewhat surprisingly, this is actually the
Continue reading< 1 minute readOnly once you’ve had an experience like this can you be considered a true Test match viewing veteran. What follows is a true story. “I think it’s brightening up.” “Yeah, it is. It’s definitely getting brighter. Look over there, the sun’s trying to break through.” [Time passes] “I think it’s
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5 minute readIn 2018, the ICC released a promotional video for the 2019 World Cup. It starred Freddie Flintoff (definitely Freddie and not Andrew or Andy in this instance) and you can still find it on YouTube here. We have a bunch of questions about it. Is this what Fred does now?
Continue reading2 minute readTom writes: Having not been to Sophia Gardens before, I was a little unsure what to expect. However, having been to international matches before, I knew that I would be at least £60 less well off before I started. Nevertheless, we got in, only to find out they can’t serve
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