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Category Archives: cricket
Aussie’s are “Super Pension Savvy” – why aren’t we?
As most people (in pensions) know, Australia has a thriving retirement savings industry that works because there is a social contract between Government, Unions and Employers to fund workers pensions at ever-increasing amounts. I don’t want to do a teach in – … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Australia, auto-enrolment, cricket, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged Ashes, Aussie, auto enrolment, dc, Savvy, Super, workplace Pensions
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If you don’t think women can’t win, you haven’t been watching the cricket!
The wonderful series “the women’s cricket world cup” , culminated in a sell-out thriller at Lords on Sunday. It even had the Tapper family turning off the golf! Back in the day, I liked to listen to the Au Pairs … Continue reading
It’s just not cricket – (that’s why we love it!)
I love cricket, played it very badly and still enjoy a bit of umpiring and scoring. I am a very hands-off cricket fan. That all changed last night when I sat on the Oval terraces and watched Surrey and Middlesex … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, pensions
Tagged cricket, Kia, Middlesex, Oval, Surrey, SurreyBlast, Twenty Twenty
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Letting the side down
Despite being a supporter and previously a member of Surrey Cricket Club, I rarely watch my team. I watched a 20/20 against Glamorgan and yesterday I went to the 50 over final at Lords where a close result was expected … Continue reading
Posted in cricket, pensions
Tagged Batty, Bears, Curran, Surrey, Trott, Warwickshire
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Turning it round- lessons from English Cricket
I can’t think of a a better example of turning things round than the English one day cricket team. Earlier this year I was embarrassed to be an English cricket fan, this morning I am reading of us winning … Continue reading
Posted in cricket
Tagged Bairstown, cricket, Joe Root, ODI, pensions, Ros Altmann, social media
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Freddie Flintoff’s fabulous comeback; T20 Finals Day
The Blast Finals Day held at Edgbaston is the best value major sporting event of the summer. For £50 you can get a full 11 hours of cricket and a bunch of support acts including the magnificent Mascot Race, a … Continue reading
Posted in cricket
Tagged #Edgbaston, #Finalsday, #T20, cricket, Freddy Flintoff, Hampshire, Jimmy Anderson, Lancashire, social media, Society, Sport, Surrey, Twenty Twenty
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The #ashes of test cricket?
Indeed, at close to £100 a pop, test match cricket may soon be beyond the means of anyone but said consultants, the rest of us being forced to pay subs to Sky to watch the stuff. Continue reading
Posted in cricket, de-risking, Suarez
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Get up! Stand up! For your pension rights!
Governance on these schemes cannot be imposed by Government, it needs to happen organically – bottom up. Continue reading
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
The River Thames is hammering past my patio delivering the rain that’s fallen in mid England back to the ocean, it curls under Windsor bridge and pounds down to Romney Weir past Minivet and on to Eton College. Years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Change, cricket, football, Horse racing
Tagged Britishness, England, Eton College, Lytham St Annes, Rain, River Thames, Robert Rock, Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
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Australia squeeze home against South Africa at the Wanderers
For posterity, here is the last page of ESPNcricinfo’s wonderful commentary of the last overs of the Jo’burg test twixt the Saffers and the Aussies. South Africa 266 & 339 Australia 296 & 310/8 (86.5 ov) Australia won by 2 wickets Australia RR3.57 Last … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Cape Town, Cummins, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Johnson, Mitchell Johnson, South Africa
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