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Sunday, June 19, 2011

In the Footsteps of Giants

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Author's note: apologies for the small font size, which it is beyond my technical ability to enlarge. I advise readers having difficulty...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

The second World Cup Final: England v West Indies, Lord's, 23 June 1979

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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39336.html I'm not sure how much a ticket to the second World Cup final cost, but it w...
Monday, April 25, 2011

Professor Matthew Engel

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Here's a treat: http://www.matthewengel.co.uk/lectures/oxford/introduction.html To his great surprise, Matthew Engel was invited to ...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

"Harold Larwood" and "A Last English Summer" by Duncan Hamilton

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Duncan Hamilton has emerged as one of cricket's most important writers. Until four years ago he was unknown except to readers of the Not...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Marcus Trescothick – Coming Back To Me

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I usually avoid ghosted autobiographies but was intrigued by this one, which won the Sports Book of the Year Award in 2008 (the only only ot...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Chokers Wild

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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/261/261464/261464_bbb.html So the fishbone of fate lodges once more in the throat of South Af...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

The first World Cup Final: Australia v West Indies, 60 overs, Lord's, 21 June 1975

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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35256.html If ever there was a day on which all was right with the world, it was 21 June 1...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Wellington XI v a Canterbury XI, T20, the Basin Reserve, 13 March 2011

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A pleasant afternoon at a full Basin Reserve for a game between two XIs of old players in aid of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake,...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

How the ICC ruined the World Cup

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If the ICC had been in charge of the Last Supper, 47 associate apostles would have been invited. The bread and wine would have been provided...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Wellington v Northern Districts, 50 overs, Basin Reserve, 30 January 2011

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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/304/304704.html A belated account of last weekend's visit to the Basin for what the weath...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Cake Tin, 22 January 2011

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http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/305/305616/305616_bbb.html My golden ODI run continues for another year. That's five wins...