OLD STADIUMS NEVER DIE THEY JUST FADE AWAY

By all accounts, the fan experience at the current World Cup in Qatar takes some beating. Leaving aside all the controversy swirling...

STOP ALL THE CLOCKS

The blot of slow play Did you know that in the recent rugby match between England and South Africa, the ball was in play for only 33...

THE LAW IS AN ASS

"Come the Revolution, the second people to be lined up against a wall and shot will be the lawyers.” So goes the trenchant, quite...

STROUD SCHOOL and our prime minister

Hearing that Rishi Sunak attended a prep school in Hampshire where I once taught evinced a flood of happy memories. It was the end of the...

MANKAD

We’ve all seen it by now. The Indian bowler prepares to deliver the ball. But halfway through the actual delivery, she suddenly stops and...

MICKEY STEWART OBE

Mickey Stewart was 90 a few days ago. In his honour, the Oval, his cricketing home, was for one day – the day that Surrey clinched the...

SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS

AUTUMN CRICKET Our local cricket club has packed it in for the season. The pavilion is shut, the outfield is unmown, the square put away...

ALL ROUNDERS

I guess that most people would agree with Michael Vaughan, who stated in a recent newspaper article that Ben Stokes is capable of turning...

LORDS

“Can you hear it?” Our wicket-keeper, Bob Stephenson, had button-holed me as our paths crossed between overs at a Sunday League game for...

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