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Yet more Brighton sport

Saturday I returned to Hove for the third day against Middlesex and went to the greyhound stadium in the evening. The day was memorable more for the people I met then the sport I watched. Cricket is very much a social game. Although I packed the morning papers, I had little expectation of reading [...]

May 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

A surfeit of Brighton sport

Yesterday I went first to Hove Cricket Ground and then the Amex where Brighton secured their status in the top flight. County cricket has rather slipped under the sporting radar with atrocious weather preventing any result then a draw. The big stars are in India for the  IPL. I hear the players [...]

May 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Those were the days

Now here’s a mainstream sporting article we on the Rust can all relate to – see here for Richard William’s piece on two of sport’s broadcasting greats – THE [...]

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Cricketing matters

Readers will not be surprised to learn that I am against the proposed 100 ball format intercity competition. The rationale for it seems to be the attraction of a new and younger audience but the reality is money from broadcasting rights to rival the IPL. One ECB  executive commented that cricket [...]

April 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

What’s happening in sport …

Today I am going to provide links to three sports articles of potential interest spotted as I trawled the UK’s national newspapers overnight: We have featured one of rugby’s – and indeed all contact sports’ – key ‘health & welfare’ issues, i.e. head [...]

April 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Spurs 1

Brighton achieved the one valuable point last night in a hard-fought game that should mean Premier status next season. Much has been made of the run-in that numbers Manchester City away, Manchester United at home and Liverpool away, but by then the position should be clearer. West Bromwich are [...]

April 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

Ball tampering scandal

The ball tampering scandal has been well covered here and elsewhere. I will therefore only add one point. The common denominator in match-fixing and now ball-tampering  is to get a young, malleable patsy to do it. Cameron Bancroft, who had a poor Ashes, was both young and expendable. Herschell [...]

March 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

Par for the course?

Let’s be honest – cheating in order to gain victory has always been part of life, not just sport – whether it’s insider dealing, doping to either improve or hinder performance, ‘getting away with stuff’ when the match officials aren’t watching or can be [...]

March 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Arsenal 1

The  BBC computer predicts that 37 points will be enough to survive and if so Brighton only need one more win. Yesterday in an enthralling match the spirit of the Seagulls over-powered a directionless Arsenal team full of skilful individuals but no esprit de corps. This was epitomised by the [...]

March 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

A SLOW DEATH/4TH DAY

In a day in Sydney of unparalleled  heat  (58 degrees Centigrade being recorded on the pitch and Sydney the hottest place on the planet) Australia batted on and on and only a rain storm can now save England. To win a Test you need at least 6 convincing performers with bat and ball. The three [...]

January 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

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