Tag: Cricket
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JUST STOP
Of all my blog posts, I don’t think that any has had the topical immediacy of today’s. Yet again, I am moved to write about the ongoing test series between England and Australia, but sadly, for the wrong reason. This morning, those who care about such things were excited by the resumption of hostilities after…
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Criticism Is Just Not Cricket
If you ask any English cricket fan to name his or her top ten test matches, they will almost certainly name a goodly number of English victories over Australia. Their list would probably include “Botham’s match”, played at Headingley in 1981, England’s victory by three runs at Melbourne in 1982-83, their two-run thriller at Edgbaston…
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Gambling With Lives
One of the things which is causing an increased level of frustration among Facebook users, is the number of adverts. These adverts are not, in themselves, at all surprising. Facebook may be free for most of us, but it exists to make money. As we don’t pay the bills, advertisers must. The striking thing, however,…
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Who Knows Best?
During the EU referendum campaign of 2016, the cabinet minister, Michael Gove, made what can only be described as an infamous comment. During a television interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Gove declared that “people have had enough of experts”. The nation spluttered as one into its collective cup of coffee. Remainers expressed shock that…
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