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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

Time for reflection

Although I agreed with much of Tom Hollingworth’s wide angled perspective on UK sport, there is one group on whom it will fall on deaf ears, namely the English cricket supporters. As the wiseacres pontificate over the World Cup debacle I have not seen much sympathy for those who pay thousands [...]

March 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

England’s ODI woes

I wonder why we perform so poorly in the one day game. The tradition of English cricket is county and test and unlike Sri Lanka we never seem to be able to adapt those forms of the game to the limited over format. It seemed to take ages to appreciate that Alastair Cook, a cautious run accumulator, [...]

March 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

A tricky subject

Today (Monday 5th January) the media has been full of the storm surrounding the potential signing by Oldham Athletic of footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans. I’ve been listening to Radio Five Live most of the day and it’s been featuring the issues arising – and the ongoing developments [...]

January 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Lords: a pictorial celebration

Sports photography is a neglected art so Andrew Strauss is to be congratulated in selecting 200 photographs to celebrate Lords in this pictorial celebration. It traces the history of Lords from its founder Thomas Lord to the era of the bearded doctor WG Grace and the present day. Lords is unusual [...]

December 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s an each way thing

Dogs make great companions. When I was a young kid, my parents had two boxers in succession – tails docked because was the fashion in those days and I still feel that since its banning somehow a boxer with a full tail looks odd – and they make great family pets. Partly. For kids they were [...]

September 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Deep waters and shallow minds?

The suicide of acclaimed US comedian/actor Robin Williams has prompted a worldwide reaction, naturally centred upon regret and sorrow, but it has also brought into focus a number of profound general issues relating to the act of killing oneself. In Williams’ case, of course, some of them relate [...]

August 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

Did I really hear that?

They say that simple thing amuse simple minds – well, please excuse this smidgeon of self-indulgence … This morning I was up, as usual, around 1.00am and came to my laptop with a pint mug of black expresso coffee. My first act after signing is always to conjure up the Radio 5 website, click on [...]

August 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Middlesex

Yesterday I was invited, by the historian of Sussex and board member Jon Firby, to watch the Royal London 50-over game between Sussex and Middlesex. With fixture congestion and the advent of twenty-twenty, the one day game may be squeezed.  This would be a shame, as you have the tension of a [...]

August 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

An Evening with Mike Yardy and Luke Wright

Last night I was invited to an intimate cricket dinner at the Sussex cricket museum at Hove in aid of the Mike Yardy benefit. Sussex CCC has certainly improved in terms of amenities and performance these past few years, mainly due to a generous legacy of £16m. Sussex is a proud sporting county [...]

July 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s okay for some

I hadn’t personally noticed it, but apparently ‘the thinking classes’ are up in arms about the Daily Mail’s coverage of David Cameron’s recent Cabinet re-shuffle – specifically the fact that he axed a number of men, supposedly in order to promote women in their places for the express [...]

July 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

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