I read this article by Jonathan Agnew and was struck by it’s smarmy tone. As an apology for Peter Moores‘s reinstatement it fails convincingly. About the…Continue reading→
Gender and the Blogger
The Slo-Man was recently struck by a comment. It jumped right off the screen and hit him smack between the eyes. He then went digging into…Continue reading→
Jeepers! Peepers!
Introduction This is the story of a peeper, a peeping tom who chose us as a subject of study. Read on! A small ground floor flat…Continue reading→
Prohibition and Aristocrat
Background Once upon a time, I worked. My boss decided to send me up to the North East state of Assam, famous for tea and rain….Continue reading→
Spring in the air!
“Why should I?”, you ask. And you may have a point there. Spring is still not fully sprung; it is in fact still a bit of…Continue reading→
Saving the ODI
Continuing the earlier post about T20, inspired by this analytical article. In recent years the ODI has been threatened by T20. (if you don’t know what…Continue reading→
Cricket and T20
I just read this very numbery article. If you’re not into statistics and numbers you’re going to be quite numb at the end of it. However,…Continue reading→
Tea and dBaseII
(This is the story behind the reference to tea in this earlier chapter of the memoirs.) The phone rang as I started shutting the front door behind…Continue reading→
I am? I do?
I am? I do? A question put to me the other day left me scratching me head. Not because I have dandruff or other head afflictions,…Continue reading→
Is that a sport?
Well, here we are again! Figure skating controversy at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Surprise! Shock! Horror! I must confess this post was started during the London…Continue reading→