I am having to watch the cricket without the benefit of expert tuition as both Jonathan and Zephy are away from the parish. Nevertheless, I was quite pleased with myself when I was able to say something vaguely intelligible after Mass when watching the Test Match in the Parish club. Unfortunately I can't remember what it was...
Although I haven't actually posted on it (for fear of saying something really stupid which will incur the wrath of cricket enthusiasts everywhere, and particularly in Blackfen) I have been keeping more than one eye on the Ashes Test Series. I have a very handy phone app which is rather useful - it tells me the score, whether the game is still on, who is in, who is out and how many runs are needed for one side to beat the other.
This year, the weather has not intervened to help out the Australian team, and, after their really disastrous first innings in the second Test, the Australians were well and truly thrashed by England.
So we only need to win one more Test out of the three in order to win the series...
I hope my support isn't going to prove the death-knell for England's chances of retaining the Ashes!
I discovered cricket in 1980 and it is by far my favourite sport. I was lucky enough to see some of the greats in person: David Gower, Ian Botham, Imran Khan, etc.
ReplyDeleteGlad we have this in common as well as the TLM. Have you read Tinniswood, Tales from the Long Room and all the rest? He is great.