Beating Australia in swashbuckling style at Lord’s would not solve the systemic issues which the game faces in this country. But it may be the first step in inspiring a new generation of fans. After all, in the words of James, “Cricket is an art”. Art should be enjoyed by all, no...
Share on Facebook not so dusty not so dusty Fairly or passably good; acceptable or adequate. Primarily heard in UK.We had a cricket team of our own when I was a young lad. We weren't so dusty, either! See also:dusty,not Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rig...
It was lovely to see them and we could have stayed together longer (we were, if you remember, going to start our journeys together and head to Nice for their daughter’s IronMan World Champs, but duty prevented us from doing that), but they were heading home and we, due south. Next ...
He and three other men then proceeded to beat one of the burglars to within an inch of his life with a cricket bat and a hockey stick, were begged to stop by an onlooker but refused, and left the burglar with permanent brain damage. These are the two most famous cases in the UK, a...
Cricket’s killer Okay, maybe you weren’t really interested in how Freepers responded to the story. Maybe you hadn’t even given Freepers a moment of thought. Hell, you’d probably prefer not to think about them at all. And who could blame you? But because FreeRepublic is one of the...
s just not cricket! Prime ministers current and former have stepped up to the crease. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is delivering spinners. Former Australian PM John Howard�s playing it with a straight bat. No one is letting anything through to the keeper. I could go on....
Just Not Cricket? Pleasing BBC Test-Match Groupies Was Never Going to Be Easy, but New Wicket-Keeper Channel 4 Intends to Play It StraightMark Sharman, the Controller of Sport at Channel 4, has an important announcement to make about his channel's coverage of the Test cricket that starts ...
I don’t think enough culture scholars read that book, but then most don’t know cricket, but in some ways you don’t have to. What was the last thing you read to seriously inspire or haunt you? I think Mike Davis’ Planet of Slums, both because this factual account almost mirrored ...
the start is what has given him success in T20 and ODI cricket. But adopting that style in Tests has backfired. In Mumbai, New Zealand had a target of only 147 to chase in the fourth innings. Rohit straightaway went for his shots. He hit two fours but fell pla...
I have prepared for the worst-case scenario, but it could be even worse than that. Cricket player Monty Panesar He works his backside off, and that’s a massive thing. BBC sportscaster Rob Butler It’s visually appealing, especially to the eye. Olympic commentator Jonny Bryan We’re really...