< 1 minute readFor those who don’t know, Samuel Beckett was a playwright. There is also a fictional character called Sam Beckett who was played by Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap, but this story isn’t about him. It’s about the guy who wrote Waiting For Godot. The playwright Samuel Beckett also played two
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England v Australia Champions’ Trophy match report
2 minute readSam writes: Birmingham gets a lot of stick. I’ve never been sure why. I think it’s because nobody really knows what it is. Is it north or south? Is it Britain’s second city or just a collection of old car factories? The comedy accent doesn’t help, nor does the list
Continue readingMiddlesex v Surrey County Championship day two match report
2 minute readGed writes: An annual tradition in my business is to have a day of County Championship cricket at Lord’s with Uncail Micheál, my Irish-American business partner. Uncail Micheál is a real stickler for spelling and grammar. Indeed, he has specifically become a stickler for English spelling and grammar; he was
Continue readingSitting out England matches as a fan
< 1 minute readBeing as this website is pretty much written by one person and being as you read this website, it shouldn’t be all that outlandish to suggest that you read something we’ve written elsewhere. Yes, we know that the comments are the main thing here, but even so, surely something must
Continue readingMiddlesex v Surrey County Championship day one match report
2 minute readGed writes: Early season, I always try to take in a day of county cricket with my old friend, Charley “The Gent” Malloy. It helps us both to get over the winter withdrawal symptoms. Before long, we were tucking in to salmon bagels (honey roasted salmon, not the more common
Continue readingAshes Cricket 2013 videogame preview
< 1 minute readThere’s always an Ashes cash-in game. The latest is somewhat unsurprisingly titled Ashes Cricket 2013. Only it’s not out yet. As far as we can tell, they decided they’d make the game from scratch, rather than doing the usual thing of updating the database and recording three more lines of
Continue readingNew Zealand v England at Dunedin match report
< 1 minute readSam writes: I finished work at 8pm – the moderately-late shift. Not as late as the 10pm but later than the 6pm. Arriving home, I was greeted by my girlfriend and her mum watching the football. “Hello,” my girlfriend said. “The football is on.” This was a surprise. Tuesday night
Continue readingMonty’s unacceptable urination
< 1 minute readYou may remember our cat, Monty. Here he is being conspicuously indifferent to cricket a few years back. He’s actually sitting on the cricket pages, the heathen. What you might not know about Monty is that he likes to piss on things. On one memorable occasion, he walked into the
Continue readingOld Filchonians over-40s midweek Twenty20 evening match report
< 1 minute readBert writes: 3.4 The bowler is up to the wicket now and he bowls and that is clipped away nicely through midwicket for at least two, the fielder is chasing hard and HE’S OUT! The fielder is OUT! Bert is down in a crumpled heap on the floor clutching his
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3 minute readBert writes: Finally I gave in. There is only so much a man can take. First the bait. You used to play a bit, didn’t you Bert? You must have been a decent cricketer in your time, I’ll bet. Then the hook. There’s no real commitment, and you look like
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