Look At The Harlequins! (Leicestershire v Middlesex)

Leicestershire v Middlesex, Grace Road, CB40, Sunday 20th May 2012 I’m surprised that no-one seems to have thought of including some footage of the John Player League in the current glut of programmes about the 1970s.  Funded by fags and dependant for its popularity on being a way to circumvent the Sunday licensing laws (where else could you spend [...]

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Bad Light / White Heat (Leicestershire v Essex)

Leicestershire v Essex, Grace Road, County Championship, Day 4, 19th May 2012 Well, you can’t say they didn’t try to make a game of it, but, as I was remarking just the other week, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi Est (in this case, in the person of Peter Willey). I have seen fears expressed that our old friend [...]

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90 Second Update (Leicestershire v Essex)

Leicestershire v Essex, County Championship, Grace Rd., County Championship, Day 2 I’m afraid blogging on this site  is likely to be intermittent until the end of the GCSE season.  My daughter is doing hers, and apparently the answers are all on the Internet.*  A truly up-to-date Assertive Parent would no doubt exclaim “Step aside, Child – [...]

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All’s Well That Ends Well-ish (Leicestershire v Northants)

Leicestershire v Northants, County Championship, Grace Road, Day 4, 12th May 2012 There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face … The classic shot  of two batsmen leaving the pitch at the end of a game, being applauded off by the opposition and (though you can’t see this) getting a standing ovation [...]

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“The Safety Of The Players Must Be Paramount” : A Story Without Words

Leicestershire v Northants, Grace Road, County Championship, Day 2, 10 May 2012 Starring Michael Gough (the tall one with the umbrella) and Alex Wharf as “The Umpires”  THE END

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Immersion Edition : Leicestershire v Essex

Leicestershire v Essex ‘Eagles’, CB40, Grace Road, Monday 8th May Abandoned without a ball being bowled On Monday, a good-humoured crowd were in Bank Holiday mood (and we all know what that’s like!) for the Foxes’ second game in this year’s CB40 competition.  Many of them had travelled far from the gaudy connurbations and spooky mudflats [...]

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Making Hay While The Sun Don’t Shine (Northants v Kent & Leicestershire v Loughborough MCCU)

Northamptonshire v Kent, County Ground, County Championship, 12th April Leicestershire v Loughborough MCCU, Loughborough, 14th April Well, here we are on the 15th of April with – for most counties – a ninth of the County Championship over already.  By the end of May half of it will be gone. I had been a little concerned that [...]

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A Cautious Welcome To The New Season At Grace Road

Leicestershire v Glamorgan, Grace Road, County Championship, 7th April 2012 “Of course it can feel like an exercise in futility, especially when the weather is cold and bleak … The fact remains, however, that even at Grace Road it is still possible to find that enduring bliss, a day at the cricket.” - Colin Shindler in The [...]

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Christmas With The Stars … Of Leicestershire C.C.C.

As I think I’ve mentioned before, I don’t do Twitter, but I am intrigued by the notion of having access to the workings of the minds of today’s sportsmen, unvarnished by the gloss of media training.  I thought I’d have a look at Cricket Tweets, a site which aggregates the Twitter streams of those cricketers who [...]

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Vale : Taylor Minissimus

So, farewell then, James Taylor, the man who has made more appearances on this blog than any other.  But no longer. Not dead, fortunately, but he has passed out from the sight of the faithful at Grace Road by – as long anticipated on this blog and elsewhere – signing for Nottinghamshire with one year [...]

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