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County cricket‘s state of play

Though it would perhaps be going too far to say that county cricket is in crisis it certainly feels unloved and marginalised. I am particularly concerned for the county I support Middlesex. Between 1919 and 1947 Middlesex were the only county  of the south to win the Championship. Lancashire and [...]

July 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

Schauffele’s Open

Xander Schauffele won his second Major of the year, seeing off the challenge of Trystan Lawrence and Justin Rose. Yorkshireman Dan Brown, who up to the tournament some might have thought wrote The Da Vinci Code, faded away as did West Ham supporter Billy Horshel who had led on the third day. He [...]

July 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

Arundel

Sunday I finally got to Arundel to watch some cricket. Sadly Arundel Week disappeared after the pandemic but a Sussex XI were playing the national county Hertfordshire. Years ago I remember seeing Hertfordshire, then called a minor county, dismissed by Middlesex for 111 runs. The standard has [...]

July 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sharks reach quarter finals

On Friday evening Sussex Sharks sealed a quarter final spot after beating Middlesex. They will play Lancashire Lightning at home on September 6th. A home game seemed unlikely last Thursday after Somerset beat the Sharks comfortably. A win by Somerset at Glamorgan on Friday would mean Somerset [...]

July 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

A passenger on a train

Yesterday I was travelling back by train to my home town from Victoria. An attractive woman placing her case on a rack sat temporarily next to me and then moved. Initially I was hopeful of her company but grateful subsequently she sat elsewhere. She got on her mobile phone to reveal the latest [...]

July 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

Adult Book/Malcolm Knox

If i were to describe this novel in one word it would be scabrous. Malcolm Knox is a Sydney journalist and the novel is set in its North  Shore. It features the Brand family. John is a doctor who died age 62 after becoming  a porn addict. He has 3 sons by his ambitious wife Margaret: Davis, also [...]

July 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

Euros 2024 Final: Spain 2 England 1

So in the end England came up short to a technically superior side. They could not come back. This England team has determination and, even though they may say that a goal line clearance deprived them of a draw, Spain had many more goal opportunities in the second half. Analyst Chris Sutton [...]

July 15, 2024 // 0 Comments

A sporting Saturday on the sofa

Saturday was my normal sports-fest watching two marvellous rugby internationals and the highlights of the Tour de France. First up was the second Test match at Eden Park, Auckland where the All Blacks are undefeated for 30 years. Though England ran up a small lead their young side never looked [...]

July 14, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sporting heroes

My newspaper of choice is The Times. My routine is to buy the paper version, skim-read the sports section and – to fight off dementia – do the quiz and chess puzzle. There is a section on the Euros within Section 2 largely dedicated to the Arts. Yesterday the section padded out the [...]

July 13, 2024 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Euros, Test and Tour

England beat Netherlands courtesy of a late outstanding goal by Ollie Watkins and some favourable refereeing. Many of us watching were surely baffled by the first half decision to award a penalty after a vigorous but seemingly fair challenge by Denzyl Dumfries on Harry Kane. In the second half, [...]

July 11, 2024 // 0 Comments

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