Author Archives: Jon

Village Cricket Team gets DRS

Posted on Fri, February 17, 2012 by

Due to the vast number of errors in umpiring decisions in village and social cricket, a small village team has invested in their own version of the Decision Referral System (DRS). Maid Upton CC have spared no expense in installing … Continue reading →

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Me and the Ancient Mayans

Posted on Sun, January 29, 2012 by

Twenty-twelve, it just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? And it’s finally here, the international year of alliteration and the Chinese year of the dragon. I recently did a ‘who do you think you are?’ type of test, that was … Continue reading →

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Some Winter Reading

Posted on Mon, January 2, 2012 by

In a cricket mad house this Christmas there were bound to be a few cricket related books changing hands. Books by Flintoff and Botham were given to my mother and I received Graeme Swann’s autobiography, The Breaks are Off, and … Continue reading →

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Psalm 23 (not out)

Posted on Sun, December 11, 2011 by

A somewhat blasphemous take on Psalm 23: Rich Blagden is my Captain; I shall not dissent. He maketh me to bowl down green wickets: he guideth me towards the off stump. He endeth my spell: he sendeth me into the … Continue reading →

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The Laws of Tea

Posted on Tue, November 1, 2011 by

Tea is a very important aspect of cricket. For those of you who don’t know, ‘cricket’ is the name for the time immediately before and immediately after tea. We, the Cavendish Cavaliers, are very proud of our tea and our … Continue reading →

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The Winter of our Discontent

Posted on Tue, October 11, 2011 by

The cricket season went out with a whimper a couple of weeks ago as England lost a twenty20 game against the West Indies in convincing style. It’s been a brilliant summer, for international cricket, for domestic cricket and for the … Continue reading →

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