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Recent Articles – take a look
- The Ties That Bind Us – a new rugby podcast series
- The Blues and GSI
- Lucky Tommy
- Negative self-talk
- Pleasingly Heroic
- Without and within
- Imposter Syndrome
- The Lord’s Work
- Beaten and bloodied, yet unbowed
- Taking the reins
- Rock of Ages
- The Gifts and the Burdens
- The very best of men
- Twelve become two
- Without and within: Saracens will be missed
Category Archives: cricket
A thing with feathers
Just past eight o’clock on Sunday evening, the heat abating from a day that has burnt itself into the memory; I am at the local park. About one hundred yards away, out to my right, two young lads walk home. … Continue reading
Oh cricket, what have you done?
Cheating is the bastard brother of sport. The shadowy figure few talk about, as if the mere existence of its presence sullies the soul. Cheat is a word almost onomatopoeic in nature, that shoots from the mouth like a poison … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, Sport
Tagged ashes, cameron bancroft, cricket, cricket australia, darren lehman, david warner, Shooting an angle, steve smith
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A Noble Heart
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V Scene 2 The amount of copy that has flowed at the news of Muhammad Ali’s death has … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, cricket, Sport
Tagged Brian Lara, Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, The Greatest
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Two juvenile fingers
Is there something of a movement going on? Are sportsmen and women really not seeing age as a factor? Is sport moving towards the concept that experience is not as important as ability? Let’s look at some recent evidence. Football: … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, football, golf, rugby, Sport
Tagged ashes, aviva premiership, cricket, experience, gatland, rwc 2015, Saracens, wales rugby, youth
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Put your nugget on it
When I was growing up, at around this time of year, I’d sneak out of bed and power up the TV. My chosen destination was BBC Two. I loved to watch a chap called Steve Davis, bent forward as he … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, rugby, snooker, Sport
Tagged aviva premiership, leicester tigers, steve davis, wasps
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Did He smile to see His work?
As far as sporting stories go this week, two catch my eye. The first is that Father Time, the iconic weather vane that sits atop Lord’s, the home of the MCC and English Cricket, has taken a battering. The recent … Continue reading
