What an absolute disaster! For England. To be fair to England, I did not expect them to win, for I do not expect them to do… Continue reading→
Cricket by LeggieLefty
This page is devoted to Leggielefty’s chats about his all-consuming passion for cricket.
He can be quite opinionated …. so be warned that some of his opinions may not be warm and fuzzy or follow popular tastes…
The Summer Game
<This article first appeared in sloword.wordpress.com. Given the abject surrender by England yesterday, I thought it may be pertinent to read what I had written almost… Continue reading→
WC2015 – Two big matches already
It’s been a strange first week at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 edition. Two of the biggest matches have already been completed. Australia beat England, to… Continue reading→
Bats, batsman, batting
Folks keep coming over to read this on a regular basis. They come here because they’re searching for the answer to the question: “Can I use… Continue reading→
How to bat
Your way through this blog. It’s really very simple. Check the offside menu (if right handed) or leg side menu (if left handed). All posts are… Continue reading→
#WC2015 kicks off
5-0 so far, but February 15th, 2014 is another day, another match, another team in another country. A country that has not been too kind to… Continue reading→
A spell at last
3 or 4 years later, <after this story> I was in Canada, far removed from cricket. A chance remark by a friend at dinner found me… Continue reading→
Forward Defensive
< This is a continuation of an earlier post written many, many months ago. Why has it taken so long to get to this one? Well,… Continue reading→
Death on the cricket field
Phil Hughes is dead. He died from a brain injury caused by a vertebral artery dissection. The dissection was caused by a cricket ball bowled by… Continue reading→
ek glo! Despite you, Hansie!
Almost exactly 3 years ago, LeggieLefty wrote this ode to cricket. At that time three young men had been sent to jail for “spot-fixing”, predetermined outcomes… Continue reading→