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Test Mach Special
By Will 1 month ago, 2 Comments »
There was a frivolous and fun game on Twitter a few months ago, the hashtag being #radio4minus1letter, and they produced some gems.
“lose ends” an invited panel have to find the end of the sellotape roll ·
A look at Judeo-Roman history through one woman’s obsession with a charioteer: Woman’s Hur
The Shipping Forecat – a daily nautical report from a feline stowaway
But this is particularly good. Because it’s about cricket.
Geoffrey Boycott and Blowers travel supersonic in the world\’s fastest planes – Test Mach Special !
Suggestions welcome…
2 Comments »A change is as good as any other headline
By Emma 4 years ago, at the end of October, 3 Comments »
As always in international cricket, we're suffering from 'quiet day' syndrome. England aren't playing until the weekend, and we've finally got bored of rehashing Ashes hype (one month today folks!) so it's at last time to poke a former player for a controversial statement that we can gnaw on for a bit.
Of course, Boycott was always a fairly safe bet. Occasionally, it must be said, I can find it in me to agree with the man. But suggesting a national coach should resign literally 31 days before the biggest series in cricket because he has hit his "shelf-life"? Suggesting Fletcher was incompetent would at least have a better basis for the demand if not a basis in fact. One of the reasons England's one-day record is so much worse than their Test record is that the team chops and changes every five seconds. As a country famously allergic to change – especially given the reaction to the loss of Troy Cooley – I can't think of anything worse than Fletcher spontaneously removing himself from office tomorrow morning. Let's just hope the next four weeks go quickly, so we can talk about some real news. Well, real cricket, anyway.
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