Archive for the ‘Cricket’ Category

Cricket in Crisis

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] Make no mistake about it, the reputation of cricket lies in tatters this morning after sensational revelations of ‘spot-fixing’ by the News of the World, relating to the current Test Match at Lord's, between England and Pakistan. For clarity, it needs to be made clear that there is no ...

Apparently There’s Cricket Tomorrow

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] It was four short months ago that we heralded the start of another cricket season. Now with the exception of the Premier League run-in, the Champions' League Final, the Football League play-offs, and the small matter of the FIFA World Cup, I would love to say that ...

The Test that’s Just Not Cricket

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] To describe the last few days as testing would be literal in more ways than one. I have after all spent the last 3 days at the 2nd Npower Test Match between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston, whilst my emotional equilibrium has been examined to its limits ...

Edgbaston … Home Sweet Home

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

[show_avatar email=Rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left]It is Test Match week at Edgbaston, for me personally one of the most special events of the year. Cricket, friends and a few beers.

Precarious Present, Glorious Past … Meet the Mighty West Indies

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

[show_avatar email=Rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] Today really is a bittersweet day for any West Indian cricket fan. Whilst the current side has completed a 2-0 series defeat against South Africa in pretty abject fashion, the date of June 29 will always be special for West Indian cricket. It marks a particularly special ‘Golden Jubilee’, ...

Not Your Everyday Dad …

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] As I mentioned back in March, mums are so often the focal point of any family, the glue that binds it together. However, not that I suspect that he was a huge fan of Marvin Gaye, my biology teacher once told me that “It Takes Two”. I ...

When We Were Kings

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] “When We Were Kings”, a fascinating insight into the iconic Rumble in the Jungle, between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. If Ali was ‘The Greatest’, both self-proclaimed and in the eyes of many experts, I wanted to take the phrase and relate it to another sport. Whilst the ...

Taking the Tebbitt Test … and Failing

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] It seems quite apt in the week of a General Election that my mind should be taken aback to a certain Lord Tebbitt, and his infamous Cricket Test. Whilst for the more politicised it serves as a reminder that the issues over immigration are hardly novel, for ...

The ICC … Incredibly Inept Council

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] If you have read my previous posts about the International Cricket Council, you will be aware that my opinion of cricket's governing body equates to a certain proverb about 'piss-ups' and breweries. I am not a great fan, in fact I think Sir Alex Ferguson would have ...

Leather, Willow, Rain … Cheerleaders!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

[show_avatar email=Rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] April sunshine ... this can surely not be the start of the domestic bliss of the cricket season? Where is the wind, drizzle, dark black clouds? Maybe they are waiting for tomorrow when the LV County Championship commences. Now is it just me, or is the start of ...