When Irish eyes were smiling……. for two days anyway
Tim Murtagh (5-13) puts England to the sword. It’s not every day of the week that your nephew plays in a Test match at Lord’s (it’s never...
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AN EVENING WITH BARRY RICHARDS
Last week, I had the pleasure of spending an evening with my old friend and former team-mate, Barry Richards. It was a bittersweet...
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A KING FOR A DAY
A King For A Day (Un Giorno Di Regno, if you must know) is an opera by Guiseppe Verdi. I am no opera buff but in many an idle moment I...
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Gym Rats
You can’t teach people to be lazy; they either have it or they don’t. I cannot remember where I first heard that but it certainly tickled...
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“FOOTBALL. BLOODY HELL!” (Sir Alex Ferguson)
On Friday evening, in the company of 7.6 million other viewers, I sat down to watch the televised fourth round match of the FA Cup...
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TEST CRICKET’S GRANDDAD
Tim Murtagh (Middlesex and Ireland) is Test cricket’s oldest current player. There is a tradition in British politics that the oldest...
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HATE CRIME
“I would not open windows into men’s souls.” (Queen Elizabeth I) I confess I fail to understand the principle of ‘hate crime’. To hate...
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IT’S ALL IN THE JEANS
The age-old debate – Nature v Nurture “It’s all in the jeans!” we used to say to each other out of the corner of our mouths, usually...
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All hail the conquered heroes
India deserve more than their fair share of the plaudits England v India 2018 What a series! For once the epithet ‘epic’ does not feel...
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