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Tag Archives: cricket
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
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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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Tagged #Edgbaston, #Finalsday, #T20, cricket, Freddy Flintoff, Hampshire, Jimmy Anderson, Lancashire, social media, Society, Sport, Surrey, Twenty Twenty
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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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Posted in cricket, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup
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
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If you were Stuart Broad..
A cracking video of a great cricketing moment Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, England, England cricket team, Fatherhood, Graeme Swann, ICC, lords, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sport, Stuart Broad, Test cricket
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How cricket should be – hats off to Lords
What a great place Lords is!
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Why England can’t have won the Ashes
Thanks to the Aussie Telegraph of this excellent analysis of why England could not beat Australia in the recently completed Ashes series
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Tagged Adelaide Oval, Australia, Ben Hilfenhaus, cricket, England, Graeme Swann, Kevin Pietersen, Mitchell Johnson, strauss, Stuart Broad, The Ashes
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And then the sun came out.
As a nation we are getting better, as a City London has got better. We are now a shining example to all cities in the world of how to tolerate, integrate and ultimately not even notice the differing groups who form part of our wonderful wonderful city.
