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Douglas Heath began his lifelong love affair with cricket as an 8 year-old schoolboy playing OWZAT? Whilst listening to a 160s Ashes series on the radio. He later became half-decent at doing John Arlott impressions and is a member of Middlesex County Cricket Club. He holds no truck at all with the T20 version on the game. More Posts

The first day

The Wankhede stair which the President of the Bombay Cricket Board modestly named after himself is set just off Marine Drive not far From our hotel. With stands erected close to the oval it had the cockpit feel of Trent Bridge. Built in 1975, it has – like many buildings of that era chiefly [...]

December 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

A Passage to India

Sitting in the departure lounge at Heathrow waiting for my Air India flight, I had two thoughts: (1) Does the England team care that thousands of fans are spending their hard-earned cash to follow England where now the most hopeful and unlikely result is a drawn series? (2) Does the England side [...]

December 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

It’s simple really

As the analysts pore over the entrails of England’s defeat in the second test in India they offer all manner of explanation except the most convincing one. If only Alastair Cook had not lost his wicket in the final over, if only we avoided the customary collapse – yet we lost the match [...]

November 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Cricketing lunch

Ivan Conway and I had a bet, not the Pargiter kind, that if either of our two teams – Middlesex or Sussex – won a trophy the unsuccessful supporter must host lunch. Ivan kindly invited me to the GB 1 fish restaurant at the Grand in Brighton yesterday Conversation soon turned from our [...]

October 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

A memorable day for county cricket

Sadly I could not be present to see Middlesex win their first Championship tittle for 23 years but I followed it avidly on the radio. There will be some criticism of a contrived declaration particularly from the west country. Two points here. The contrived declaration where the two captains cut a [...]

September 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Royal London Final

The Royal London Final which I attended yesterday was spoiled by two things: a result that was predictable too early in the game to make it a a contest and an icy chill. Surrey got off to a good start and were 45 without loss when Laurie Evans took a superb one-handed catch to dismiss Jason Roy. [...]

September 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

England v Pakistan ODI

Yesterday I went to Lords for the second match in the ODI series. The ECB have missed a trick by scheduling only four tests which ended in parity and ODIs instead of a deciding test. The tourists have shown little enthusiasm and even less application in the first match at the Ageas Bowl. Yesterday [...]

August 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Time

Yesterday I popped over to spend a couple of hours with my old friend Patrick in order to work upon our latest pet project. Before we got down to business, in catching up upon each other’s news, I mentioned in passing that a couple of days previously my younger brother had told me that one of his [...]

August 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

BO66Y

Last night I watched the dvd of Bo66y a documentary produced by Matt Lorenzo to celebrate the 50th anniversary of World Cup victory. Matt Lorenzo and his father before him are massive West Ham fans so I did not expect anything too critical. I did expect to learn something I did not know but long [...]

August 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

The third test

I was invited yesterday by the PCA (The Professional Cricketers Association) to their box at Edgbaston. This proved so difficult to find not least as the relevant stand, The Wyatt, was not referred to on the ticket. In the end Alison Prosser who does indefatigable administrative work for the PCA [...]

August 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

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