3 minute readRitesh writes: I solved a mystery yesterday. In a Test that could well see Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century, only 8,000 people turned up on a Sunday to a ground that holds 50,000. Of course such turnouts are not uncommon at marginal grounds where the BCCI insists on
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England v India, Edgbaston Test match report
2 minute readGed writes: We were all set for our (almost) annual visit to Edgbaston for the first two days of the Test. Charlie “The Gent” Malloy had arranged everything. Front row seats in the Raglan Stand, digs at Harborne Hall, nets the night before the start of the Test at Harborne
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2 minute readGed writes: Ged Ladd & Co Ltd quietly works wonders for world cricket. People from all manner of countries where cricket is barely played (e.g. Bulgaria, Switzerland, Nigeria, Russia, Belgium, USA, Italy, China, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa) have been introduced to cricket through our company scratch matches and T20
Continue readingA pigeon being conspicuously indifferent to Rob Key
< 1 minute readThe Dawg writes: I’m all for animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket, but have you seen who is at the crease? This is taken from a Kent v Surrey T20 game at the Oval. That pigeon should show more respect. If you’ve got a picture of an animal being conspicously
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< 1 minute readOur mum writes: As a thank you to KC’s dad for the loan of his DIY skills, a friend gave us two tickets for this historic day. There is nothing like a day in the members’ stand at Lord’s to make one feel young. We must have considerably reduced the
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2 minute readSam writes: Angry clouds greeted my arrival at the second day of the Guildford cricket festival. A colleague had promised a press pass would be waiting for me “at the gate.” Predictably, no such pass materialised, and said colleague was incommunicado, away on an all expenses paid trip to Spain.
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2 minute readNobody make a Jon/John Lewis joke about this match report. That will not be acceptable. Dandy Dan writes: I was just about to leave work and head down to Cardiff when Mr Puffin asked if he could come too. I said yes and so off we went. We got to
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< 1 minute readD Charlton writes: It was my brother (G Charlton)’s stag do. We went to Bristol and watched the Twenty20. As is customary, he dressed as a morph. And he made some friends. By the end of England’s innings, the bloke at the back had said: “You’re allowed peanuts in, Orange,
Continue readingMatch report of garden cricket at the Frangipani Tree near Galle
2 minute readGed writes: On arrival at the Frangipani Tree, we couldn’t help but notice the cricket bats and stumps mixed in with tennis equipment and swimming gear. “Oh yes”, we are told, “the staff are always up for a late afternoon game of cricket if any of the guests request it”.
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3 minute readBert writes: What an exciting start to the season it has been for the Old Filchonians Under-nines Junior Development Squad. The first match of a new season is always a fascinating one, with the crowd and coaches wondering whether any of the players remember their techniques, the rules, or which
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