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Surrey...everyone's favourite to abuse |
Monday, 22 April 2019
County Lines?
Rivalry is a natural thing. Pull back your bedroom windows and I bet the bloke over the road wants a nicer place than his neighbour next door. I bet he wants a flashier car, he thinks his wife is prettier and parts of his anatomy are bigger. Cricket is no different. Yet is it becoming more like football with abuse on social media? Are fans becoming more abusive behind the anonymity of their keyboards? Is it cricket's issue, or a problem for society as a whole? Read on...
Saturday, 20 April 2019
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner...
The Royal London One Day Cup. Enjoy it this season folks because one day cricket as we know it, is about to become extinct. It will be consigned to history - the woolly mammoth, the dodo, the sabre toothed tiger. Why? Because the people that run our game at the top, have now declared that this will be a development competition because there is no room in the calendar for a premier all day, one day tournament. The 100 ball game, aimed at all of those new 'cricket fans', will replace it and at the same time, replace a lifetime of memories for many of us.
Oh Lancy, Lancy...one day kings in the 70's |
Friday, 5 April 2019
County Championship Div 1 preview
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends”, wrote a well
known Warwickshire fan but the season cannot come soon enough for those who
love the County Championship. One of the best competitions in any sport rears
its beautiful head again, as 18 teams, virginal in their pristine April whites,
will be around the block and worn out, come September. Here we give our
predictions again for the 2019 season. Please note that before you visit your
favourite illegal Indian bookie and bet a fortune on the recommendations of
this blog, we do get it wrong. And regularly. When the fun stops, stop and all
that. On the eve of the Grand National, here are the runners and riders in
Division One…
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Ciderman Brooks...quality signing |
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