An upcoming movie about the great West Indies cricket team of the 80’s. As good as Australia have been over the last 15 years, this was a team that was more spectacular. Australia played good,…
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Snatching an unlikely victory
There are a few things that have become clear from watching England in the Cricket World Cup. First, there is still some life left in the 50-Over format of the game. As much fun as…
It’s about the jouney – England v’s India
This weekend there was lots of great sport on TV. BBC America had England against France from Twickenham in the Six-nations championship, this was a great game and a wonderful advert for rugby. Both sides…
An awfully long tour…
On Friday the England cricket team leave for Australia. The first game is next week and the final game is not until February 6th. Between now and then they will be playing 19 games, and…
So what’s wrong with cricket?
Spent a morning sitting the George and Dragon with a couple of other ex-pats on Sunday. The idea was to go and watch the football and enjoy breakfast (and the G&D does a great full…
What to do with Pakistan?
The people at the top of cricket have a tough choice to make in response to the alleged betting scam rolling around cricket right now. First is hand out life bans to anyone involved and…
Into the home of cricket
I got into London late last night, still jetlagged as heck after a couple of days on the continent and not at my best, but very much looking forward to a busy couple of days…