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♫ “F*** VAR!” ♬
You will forgive the profanity. But last evening, 30,000 Wolves fans were singing it with gusto – including a 12 year-old lad sitting...
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THEN AND NOW
Pre-season training for the professionals “What’s going on?” I asked the receptionist at the entrance to Malvern College’s splendidly...
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STUART BROAD
As a schoolboy, Stuart Broad was more of a batsman than bowler. Gradually, as he grew taller, he concentrated more on his bowling but he...
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WHITHER SOUTH AFRICA?
If you were lucky enough to stroll through Cape Town’s famous Waterfront on New Year’s Day, you might be forgiven for thinking that much...
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Bob Willis
“Well, in my time of dyin’ don’t want nobody to mourn.” (Bob Dylan) Bob Willis: top, far left Yours truly: bottom row, far right Well, we...
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WHITHER THE NHS?
One of my favourite miscellaneous facts I like to trot out at social functions is naming the organisations that employ the most number of...
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THE HUNDRED
100. Yearned for by batsmen; loathed by bowlers. It’s silly really. Why should a batsman feel disappointed in himself as he unstraps his...
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RICARDO ELLCOCK
The fast bowler who flew…..jumbo jets, as it happened “Quick? He isn’t quick! Military medium, I’d say. ‘Bout your pace, eh, Mr Murtagh.”...
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COURAGE BY NAME, COURAGE BY NATURE
Two burly policemen (my word, what a lot of stuff they have about their person) were blocking the entrance to the disabled enclosure in...
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