3 minute readGed Ladd’s smartphone, Ivan Meagreheart, writes: It can be quite exhausting being Ged Ladd’s smartphone; day one of the Edgbaston Test had been such a day. Normally a good rest overnight and I recharge my batteries without difficulty, but I had a bad night and in the morning I felt
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England v Sri Lanka at Lord’s, day one – match report
4 minute readWe weren’t going to do this, but when we started writing something else we sort of felt obliged to ‘fess up that we’d actually been at the ground yesterday and by that point a match report seemed unavoidable. New rule We always include a brief italicised outline of what we
Continue readingEngland v Australia at Edgbaston Test – day one match report
2 minute readIvan Meagreheart The Smart Phone writes: It’s hard work being Ged Ladd’s smartphone. I get pretty run down by the end of most days. Still, there are perks. One of those perks is cricket. During the cricket season I get to look at the scores a heck of a lot.
Continue readingLord’s net practice – journey report
3 minute readDumbo the Suzuki Jimny writes: Just a few days after Ged and Daisy went to the Lord’s Ashes Test and got all confused about etiquette, Ged asked me to take him out and about for the working day, to culminate at Lord’s, The Home of Cricket, for a net with
Continue readingEngland v Australia at Lord’s, day three – match report
3 minute readGed writes: I prepared a splendid picnic, though I say so myself, for me and Daisy to enjoy on the Saturday of the Lord’s Ashes Test. Breakfast muffins stuffed with juicy coriander prawns was the centrepiece of the midday feast. The main event, though, was focaccia-wiches, containing Big Al deLarge’s
Continue readingMop-up of the last few days – it’s been a while
2 minute readSorry the website was knackered. We’re sure you all missed us enormously. Web hosts being web hosts, we’ve no clear idea what actually happened, but it seemed like actual damage and not just someone flicking the wrong switch. At least there were backups. This contrasts with our old job where
Continue readingMop-up of the day – Hello and goodbye and are you leaving?
< 1 minute readBuoyed by a first innings display in which he took six for a million, Neil Wagner persisted with his innovative attritional shock tactics in the second. He took 1-60. It’s worth noting that Wagner produced this display despite a broken hand. More accurately, he produced this display despite a broken
Continue readingA cat struggling to be indifferent to cricket
< 1 minute readMarissa writes: I can offer no explanation as to why Moggy is even trying to pretend she’s not watching the match, seeing as she’s a staunch England fan (named after Eoin Morgs). During the match she frequently yelled at Bairstow “I can’t believe he’s not Buttler!” And yes, she uses
Continue readingIs Darren Sammy running away from this streaker?
< 1 minute readOr is he running towards him? Is it even Darren Sammy? Who knows? Not us – although we’ve named the image file Darren-Sammy.jpg, so that’s quite a big commitment. Never let it be said that we aren’t a risk-taker. The photo’s from 2007. If you’re wondering why we’re publishing eight
Continue readingMiddlesex v Worcestershire at Uxbridge – match report
2 minute readDumbo, Ged’s Suzuki Jimny writes: Not all that long after taking Ged and Daisy to Ireland, where I got to watch my first snippet of a cricket match at Clontarf CC, Ged asked me to take him to Uxbridge to see day two of Middlesex v Worcestershire. I was very
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