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http://theoldbatsman.blogspot.com/ - The consolations of a cricketing life

theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 93 minutes ago
Formless
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Form - or more accurately the lack of it - is an ineffable link between the club... player and the pro. For the amateur, much of the professional experience can only be guessed at; it's probably impossible, even on your best day, to really know what it's like to hit the ball as they do, to deliver ... (more) Formless

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Brightness falls
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — On the radio commentary from Port Elizabeth today, Simon Mann was talking about England's batting for the... Test series [well come on, the ODIs are like so over , aren't they?] and floated the idea that with KP coming back, Jonathan Trott might be persuaded to open to allow Ian Bell to continue in ... (more) Brightness falls

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Straight up
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Cricinfo today: 'Murali may quit before World Cup - depends on how much body can take'. Yeah,... his arm has been looking a bit bent lately. Arf. (more) Straight up
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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
If a tree falls in the woods...
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — England and South Africa will use the referral system in the forthcoming Test series, thus ensuring that... the issue of television replays stays high on the agenda. Brit at Think Of England had a further take on Thierry Henry, who has asked TV companies to stop showing slow-motion footage of his ... (more) If a tree falls in the woods...
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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
New Zealand: problem identified
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Headlines on cricinfo this morning: 'Vettori tells bowlers to step up' 'Bond urges batsmen to deliver' That'll... sort it, lads... (more) New Zealand: problem identified

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
Colly: Englishman
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — It's entirely appropriate that Paul Collingwood is England's most capped ODI player. He embodies all of the... virtues and all the vices of England in the format. Even the number of appearances [171] tells the story in miniature. But more than that, he seems the perfect channel for England's ... (more) Colly: Englishman

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
A little bit pregnant
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — On Radio 5 the other night, Michael Vaughan was asked for his view on the Thierry Henry/Republic... of Ireland handball farrago. He came up with the predictable 'well in cricket, you nick one, you don't walk...' response. That was the wrong thought, but he was driving towards the right point. Each ... (more) A little bit pregnant

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
On t'bloody net
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Geoffrey Boycott has a blog . It's all-bloody-reet too. Much better than them other bloody buggers who... put up vainglorious efforts done by their management companies... I like Boycott. At 68, he remains engaged by the modern game, he doesn't seem to feel the generation gap, and considers his ... (more) On t'bloody net
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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
Things we have learned from SA vs Eng Pro20
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — 1. South Africans still call Twenty20 Pro20. As opposed to Amateur20, presumably [insert own England joke here].... 2. Graeme Smith and Alistair Cook were both left-handed openers and [for one game] captains. The similarities ended there. 3. Graeme Smith's technique shouldn't work, but does. Saj ... (more) Things we have learned from SA vs Eng Pro20

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
At the Pavilion End...
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Chanaka Welegedara returned to the Sri Lankan Test side against India today, along with his six initials.... It was a nice moment to look at a live scorecard on which UWMBCA Welegedara was coming in at one end and HMRKB Herath at the other. Rahul Dravid seemed to quite like it , too... (more) At the Pavilion End...

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
Dirty little secret
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — The news that professionals quite often use bats made by people other than the manufacturer they are... sponsored by will come as no surprise, but today is the first time I've seen it openly acknowledged. Millichamp & Hall's Christmas newsletter arrived this morning [boys, it's still ... (more) Dirty little secret
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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
Blip
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Tuesday 'I don't think it's a squad sitting there hoping desperately hoping other people turn up... Kev... [Pietersen]'s just going to add to that. You never know, he might even have to fight for his place' - Graeme Swann. Thursday England all out 89, 17.3 overs, 75 minutes. (more) Blip

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 22 days ago
Matthew Hayden's Diary
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Saturday G'day everyone! Look, I know that's kind of my catchphrase now, since the old Haydos stint... on TMS last pommie summer. At least, they called it a bloody summer - wasn't much like any sort of summer a Queenslander gets involved with! 'G'day everyone' I'd say, as I was introduced for my ... (more) Matthew Hayden's Diary

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
Hatchet job
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Sometimes the sheer size and frequency of the media leads you to write things you probably don't... really want to write, or at least haven't thought about at any length. Simon Wilde's piece on Kevin Pietersen in the Times is a noteworthy example. 'Even before his layoff, KP no longer looks the ... (more) Hatchet job

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
Fit for purpose
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Mike Selvey wrote an excellent piece for the Guardian on the concept and future of the benefit... year. It's another of those anachronistic things which are good and worthy in principal and increasingly unworkable in practice. Selvey reveals that Andrew Flintoff 'is reported to have pocketed ... (more) Fit for purpose

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
Ain't no sunshine now he's gone...
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — One of the new blights on UK high streets is a shop called The Works, a bizarre... abomination apparently aimed at people who want to buy a big picture book of World War II fighter planes and a massive pack of felt pens in the same place. They hoover up publishers' leftovers and stack them up for ... (more) Ain't no sunshine now he's gone...

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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 28 days ago
The sword in the stone
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — Like the monomaniacal cyberstalker I probably am, I often gravitate to the website of Millichamp & Hall,... batmakers, where I sit with my nose pressed against the glass, dreaming of the day when I make the journey west to Taunton and have them make me a bat . There's a new bat-sizing section ... (more) The sword in the stone
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theoldbatsman.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
Rain down, rain down...
— theoldbatsman.blogspot.com — 'Each man kills the thing he loves,' said old Oscar, and he should know. Without being impertinent... and trying to second-guess him, I take that line to be about the complex closeness of love and hate, of how too much of one provokes the other. In a terrific piece for the Guardian, Stuart ... (more) Rain down, rain down...
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