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Wonderful cricket – productivity low this morning!
I seem incapable of doing the simplest thing , like making an appointment, I will restrict myself to this thank you to cricket for making us all remember one of the best series there can ever have been. With 7 … Continue reading
What’s driving competitive flows in the Australian Super system
There are two ways of looking at Australian pensions. There is the politician’s view, which picks the Aussie policies that validate the UK pension policy agenda. Then there’s the view of the commercial operators – primarily the master trusts, who … Continue reading
“Bazball pensions” come to parliament
The First test At one point in yesterday’s parliamentary session on DB funding, a sharp MP likened the DP optimists to Ben Stokes “Baz ball” cricketers – gung-ho with news of current surpluses. This put Keating and Clacher in Australia’s … Continue reading
England’s “perfect” cricket team
With Beth Mead a nailed on certainty for Sports Personality of the Year, I’m focussing on our team of the year. The England’s Ladies Football team has done incredible things and my memory of the year is standing in Trafalgar … Continue reading
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
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Tagged cricket, Kia, Middlesex, Oval, Surrey, SurreyBlast, Twenty Twenty
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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
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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
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Scotland has hexed our cricket team.
Let’s make this clear- we do not want your support- your support is toxic. Now you have hexed our cricket team. Continue reading
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Tagged Aviemore, Caribbean, cricket, cycling, England, lords, Mark Cavendish, monkey league, Oval, Pension new, Politics, Scotland, Scottish people, Society, Sport in Scotland, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup, yeovil town fc
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Feeding frenzy at the claims management zoo!
I was t-boned by an entrepreneurial garage owner on Saturday who , after shunting me off the road enterprisingly suggested that he would be happy to do the repairs on my car. I politely declined feeling it vaguely inappropriate. I … Continue reading