Let no one doubt the cricketing fervour of the Welsh, least of all the Australians, as they gather in Cardiff today for the first Test Match in the 2015 Ashes series. When Glamorgan beat the Australians in Swansea in 1964, and it was the only the second time the tourists had been defeated by a… Continue reading
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King willow still leads the batting in 21st Century cricket
The summer’s test cricket programme is underway, and the purest form of the game, with the reassuring sponsorship of Waitrose, reasserts itself against those many upstart versions. But whether they play test cricket or T20, cricketers turn to essential and traditional tools, the most important of which is the bat. Older readers will recall the… Continue reading →
Nottingham – Ashes venue – scores all round the touristic wicket
Nottingham is the next stop in this big summer of sport. The Ashes cricket test match series, England against Australia, begins there on Wednesday, June 10, at the famous old ground by the River Trent. I made a fresh visit to an old haunt and found a Nottingham offering so much more – besides… Continue reading →
Sobers at Swansea: how I saw the six sixes over
While I can’t remember in detail any of the individual strokes, and you can see it all on YouTube anyway, I do recall the sense of incredulity when we realised we had just seen a piece of cricketing perfection, a feat never accomplished before in the entire history of the game. The reaction was strangely… Continue reading →
Peaceful Abu Dhabi passes new tourism test
The second test match between England and Pakistan (January, 2012) shone a fresh media spotlight on Abu Dhabi. I was there recently. The place of the gazelle is less frantic than Dubai, its near nighbour in the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf. As well as a peaceful place to play big sporting events, the… Continue reading →