< 1 minute readBecause time waits for no-one. You might think you can dawdle around, taking things in, but you can’t. Time is ravaging you. It’s a slow process, but it’s happening all the time. Your pancreas is getting wrinkly; your spleen is going grey; your brain is starting to ache in cold
Continue reading3 minute readConsidering he’s been the highest profile player for pretty much the whole time we’ve been following cricket, we’ve missed an awful lot of Sachin Tendulkar’s career. We went to the match in which he scored his first Test century, but we didn’t see him bat. Then, for a long time
Continue reading2 minute readWe’ve got a Sachin Tendulkar post saved as a draft, but let’s look elsewhere today. Let’s look at the West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, who’s currently having a ‘mare. We rather like Sammy. Not just because his initials make him DJ Sammy, not just because he purveys genuine medium-pace and
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ve instead written about writing about Sachin Tendulkar over at Cricinfo. Within minutes of it being published, it had already attracted insightful comment: “Now finally great person retirement time will came But We expecting good support for younger with their experience. This Type of great person very low volume coming.”
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe fight to be England’s third seamer is not a classic. It is a pillow fight, at best. In the warm-up matches, Chris Tremlett has taken one wicket in 37 overs; Boyd Rankin has three wickets from 49 overs; while Steven Finn tops the wicket tally with five wickets in
Continue reading< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got ankylosing spondylitis or anything. Although that would go some way towards explaining why he’s forever spearing balls down the leg side. We find ourself conflicted about Johnson’s recall. He has looked like a proper fast bowler of late, which is a good thing. However,
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ve just been in Belgium. Our diet’s been very diverse, incorporating all sorts of beers, all sorts of cheeses and both mayonnaise and spiced mayonnaise. We like to think we know what we’re talking about when it comes to sports nutrition and we can therefore confirm that the revelations about
Continue reading3 minute readDandy Dan writes: The day started well. I got married. Once that was out of the way, the serious matters of the day came into view. I’ve been to a fair few weddings over the years and in most, I’ve found there to be a ‘lull’ at some point. Eager
Continue reading< 1 minute readEd writes: Please find attached a picture that seems to tick all the boxes. Found it while going through some old pictures yesterday. The kitten was called Mandy and is sadly no longer with us.
Continue reading< 1 minute readHe never goes indoors when he’s Down Under. He just stays out on the pitch, day after day, in direct sunlight. We know he’s got sunblock on and everything, but what if he misses a bit. Actually, that’s ridiculous – in Australia, Cook never misses. Arriving with little form and
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