Cricket seems very far from my thoughts at the moment, which, of course, it is in reality too, as England begin their tour of Australia. Already what the Press refer to as “The War of Words” has begun, and it is certain that, once the series gets under way at Brisbane, Straussy and the Lads will have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ashes’
Alternatives to MaxiMuscle 1 : Cocaine
Posted in Arts, Autobiography, Cookery, Cricket, Drink, Sport, tagged Ashes, Bill Bowes, Cocaine, Cricket, MaxiMilk, Nutrition, Stuart Broad on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It does seem, judging by their performances in the first Test, that the MaxiMilk Kids (Broad and Finn) may have benefited from their period of Strengthening and Conditioning that I was discussing the other day – (see here). On the other hand Fred Flintoff’s latest return after an operation has been postponed yet again. Some older [...]
Ashes to Ashes : Ash Wednesday
Posted in Architecture, Arts, Church of England, Religion, tagged Architecture, Ash Wednesday, Ashes, Church of England, Fires, Penitence, Unfortunate accidents on February 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and a moveable feast (not the same thing as a takeaway). Traditionally the day (and the worshippers) are marked by the Imposition of Ashes. The priest marks the forehead of the penitent with a sign of the cross made from the ashes of the palm fronds [...]
Is Stuart Broad the new Percy Edwards?*
Posted in Arts, Autobiography, Birds, Cricket, Media, Nature, Newspapers, Sport, tagged Ashes, Autobiography, Bird Impersonators, Cricket, Owls, Percy Edwards, Stuart Broad, Superstition on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
News in today’s Times of the long overdue autobiography from Stuart Broad (though some might think that, at this stage of his career, something less ambitious like – say- a calendar might be in order). Casting our minds back to early Summer we will remember the miracle of Cardiff, where England saved the match by [...]
Counted chickens sometimes hatch : Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
Posted in Cricket, Sport, tagged Ashes, Cricket, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Proverbs on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They do say that counted chickens never hatch, but in this case they were wrong. In my last entry I was wondering if it was worth going to Grace Road, as Leicestershire only needed five wickets to win. I thought this might take ten minutes. In fact all the devil seemed to gone out of the pitch, [...]
Wonders will never cease
Posted in Cricket, Sport, tagged Ashes, Cricket, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, James Taylor, Leicestershire County Cricket Club on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Extraordinary day at the cricket today, apparently – wickets tumbling like ninepins, the ball moving around dramatically on a sporting wicket and a sometimes disparaged side hopeful of victory against much-fancied opposition. I speak, of course, of Leicestershire v. Gloucestershire at Grace Road – for the fullish story (and a scorecard) see here – Leicestershire v Gloucestershire. Unfortunately, [...]
Smoking cricketers
Posted in Cricket, Smoking, Sport, tagged Andrew Flintoff, Ashes, Cricket, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Smoking, Steve Harmison on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned before the number of readers of this blog who come here in seach of ”cricketers in their underwear”*. Another surprisingly common search seems to be “cricketers smoking”. Now, I’d like to think this is because they’d like a look at this magnificent sight- but I suspect they have other motives. What these are [...]
A tea-time snifter, and its beneficial effects: Graeme Swann and Freddie Brown
Posted in Cricket, Sport, tagged Ashes, Cricket, Drinking, Freddie Brown, Graeme Swann on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another Ashes Test is upon us again, but – before it fades from the memory entirely – I’d like to return for a moment to the First Test. At tea-time – if you’ll remember - things looked a liitle bleak. Swann, in particular, looked to be struggling against the short-pitched bowling of this fellow Siddle. When [...]
On the efficacy of prayer
Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Church of England, Cricket, Religion, Sport, tagged Ashes, Atheism, Church of England, Cricket, Evensong, Market Harborough, Miracles, Monty Panesar, Prayer, Richard Dawkins on July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Left for evensong this evening in time for a six ‘o ‘clock kick off. By then the Ashes seemed to be blowing away decisively in an Antipodean direction. The Gatling was frankly jammed and the Colonel pretty much dead. By the time I emerged (c. 6.50) and tuned in to TMS Anderson and Panesar had batted [...]
Duckworth-Lewis Method (2) – a hit, a palpable hit!
Posted in Arts, Cricket, Media, Music, Newspapers, Sport, Trains, tagged Ashes, Cricket, Divine Comedy, Duckworth-Lewis method, Fuller Pilch, Harpers Bizarre, Kinks, Newspapers, Trains on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Picked up the disc itself on the way to the match today, and the first indications are excellent (having listened to it once on the bus on the way back to Harborough). Certainly never thought I’d live to hear a song that namechecks Fuller Pilch but sounds like the Kinks with a hint of Harpers Bizarre. Look [...]
