Cricket! If you know me, you know one of my personalities is all about cricket. Yep, it’s true that LeggieLefty loves cricket. So, when we set out to plan the 2018 visit to England AND I discovered that Test Cricket was coming to the “Mecca of Cricket”, aka Lord’s Cricket…Continue reading→
He can be quite opinionated …. so be warned that some of his opinions may not be warm and fuzzy or follow popular tastes…
The Menace of the Bendy Arm Brigade
By LeggieLefty Way back in time, at the turn of the last century, Jim Phillips single handedly started the first crusade against the Bendy Arm Brigade. This group of bowlers was breaking the rules by bending their arms at the elbow when bowling. Phillips, himself a medium-pacer with 355 First…Continue reading→
Redesign and a reunification
Well, you will notice immediately that the look of the blog has changed a wee bit. Change log: The color purple has been replaced by a more sombre grey. Click on Home and see a brand new Featured Posts Slider. Amazing, eh? The 3 most recent posts appear in a…Continue reading→
Legspin and England
I’ve just been reading about the England vs Pakistan series and the exciting sight of a leg spinner on each side. Yes, an English leg spinner! A sight as rare as a Posh Spice smile. Of all the countries that play cricket only three really understand it. All three have…Continue reading→
Second Anniversary
WordPress informs me that today marks the birthday of LeggieLefty as a blog. Wow, I had no idea this was coming up. Frankly, I’ve neglected this blog a bit. Luckily, no one has missed it, so there’s really no harm done. 🙂 The news from the UAE is that England…Continue reading→
India in SriLanka 2015
2-1 to India and an overseas series win after a long time. Does it partially take away the horror of the 4-0 England trip and the equally horrible Australian trip? The England trip I was lenient about. There were loads of injuries to key players and it’s England where India…Continue reading→
#Ashes2015 – The Final Report
So that’s it then. The Great White Hype is over. This must rank as the worst Ashes series over. With both teams vying for underwhelming batting performances the not particularly brilliant bowling looked much better than it actually was. This series will,
#Ashes2015 – The Summer of 60
Back in the day, growing up in India at the tail end of the Great Spin Quartet, I had to endure the ignominy of the Summer of 42. A classic tale of loss, heartache and the end of a dream. The Summer of ’42 was a
#Ashes2015 – Midpoint Analyses
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Prosper, Race and Chucking
Prosper Utseya, the Zimbabwean pie-chucker offspinner, has laid a claim of racial discrimination against Zimbabwe Cricket. This news was reported on Cricinfo. Strangely, it has been ignored completely by every Cricinfo reader. The article has no comments at all, which is strange , given how readers there are quick toContinue reading→