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First day of the County Championship

Yesterday was the first day of the Championship and I was at Hove to herald it. With a high gusty wind it was bitterly cold but thankfully no rain and uninterrupted play. It was good to be there and see old friends. Sussex CCC are very much in transition. Gone are stalwarts ex-skipper Ben Brown, [...]

April 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Masters preview

Nothing quite heralds spring like the Masters as the azaleas get in bloom. Although there are only 90 entrants, some ex-green jackets you can dismiss as contenders (I include Tiger Woods here) as well as the 6 amateurs, it is always a tough one to predict. Jon Rahm is the favourite but not in good [...]

April 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Middlesbrough 0 Fulham 1

This was always going to be a stern test. Middlesbrough – resurgent under new manager Chris Wilder – had won 7 consecutive home games, taking the scalps of Spurs, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth in the process. It was also the archetypal ‘wet night in Middlesbrough’ with [...]

April 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

London Irish 14 Harlequins 41

This was another bravura performance by Quins. Typically they fell seven points behind to a Paddy Jackson try from London Irish. Quins rallied with 4 tries to get bonus point. In the second half they added a fifth, sixth and seventh try. It seems churlish to criticise the performance but these [...]

April 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

For me, it’s one Bridge too far …

Regular visitors to this organ will be aware that we have previously covered the case of the transgender Emily Bridges which is currently a cause celebre in British – and to some extent also now world – cycling. Today I return to it because of the latest development. Emily issued a [...]

April 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Photo session at Hove & Peter Shilton Dinner

Yesterday was a full on sporting day with a photo session of our Players Club at Hove Cricket Ground and a football dinner at the RAC where Peter Shilton was the guest of honour. I arrived at Hove at 8-50. Although I turned 68 recently I still get a kick out of seeing the ground albeit empty. [...]

April 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Communication in the modern era

Earlier this week I read somewhere that these days spoken phone calls are becoming less popular than alternatives such as texting, instant messaging or video calls. Apparently a new survey conducted for Sky Mobile found that 80% of people contacted said they preferred messaging or video calls to [...]

April 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Root & Branch?

The dominant view appears to be that Joe Root should give up the captaincy but I do not share this. It should wait for a new Director of Cricket (yet to be appointed) and Head Coach (yet to be appointed) and Chairman of the ESB (yet to be appointed). There is talk of Ed Smith coming back after he [...]

March 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

Hotel Mamounia and Fowey

Two of my favourite places in the world were featured in programmes I watched yesterday. The first was Fowey in Rick Stein’s travelogue on Cornwall on BBC 2. In the early 80s I travelled to North Cornwall a lot and enjoyed many a meal at Rick Stein’s first restaurant The Seafood Restaurant at [...]

March 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

On a fundamental sporting dilemma

As regular readers will be aware, on this organ we have a number of subjects that we address upon a recurring basis simply because from time to time – usually prompted by either stories featuring in the media and/or events in our lives – they come mind. Today’s example is arguably a glorious [...]

March 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

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