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  • I think those speed guns are a load of crap. Somehow the white ball goes faster - I bowled 83-84mph in the Test match, and 93mph in the one-dayers. It's crazy. I hadn't bowled a ball for ten days.
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    Aug 28, 2008

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    Notes from the pavilion

    By Will last year, at the end of October, 1 Comment »

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    Simon Hughes is podcasting

    By Will 2 years ago, at the start of March, 6 Comments »

    Aside from his own Podcast, Rick Eyre mentions a couple of others: The Cover Drive and The Telegraph’s Simon Hughes. I like Hughes; he’s a really excellent writer, and his podcasts could be quite entertaining. I’m completely unconvinced about Podcasts…who has the time to listen to them all? Not I. I have an Ipod, but the whole “getting it on there” thing has me a bit confused. It’s not easy, and I’m not very clever. So until some genius makes it a simple case of plugging it in, leaving it for a minute, and unplugging then I can’t be naffed.

    I’ll try Hughes’ out though…good on The Telegraph for being bold enough to try out a new technology, though.

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    Thoughts on some cricket books

    By Will 2 years ago, at the end of February, No Comments; be the first!

    My thoughts on Graham Thorpe’s autobiography (bleurgh) and Simon Hughes’ Morning Everyone (splendid) are over at the other blog for your reading delight.

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    Perks of the job

    By Will 3 years ago, mid-November, 6 Comments »

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    I get to review Simon Hughes’ new book, Morning Everyone - hurrah! Two days off and far too much to do, but hopefully will work my way through it. Looking forward to reading it.

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    Simon ‘Yozza’ Hughes on the BBC

    By Will 3 years ago, at the end of October, 3 Comments »

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    Bugger. Just missed Simon ‘Yozza’ Hughes on the BBC’s programme Loose Ends, who was speaking to promote his new book (which will be good). He also mentioned he’s been working on a DVD with, guess who, Andrew Flintoff. You can pre-order it at Amazon for about £15. Flintoff must surely now be the most marketable English cricketer, certainly since Botham but perhaps of all time.

    Who’s tiring of it/him then?! I just hope he can continue his cricketing-brilliance this winter, next summer and beyond - I don’t give a shit about all the houses he buys or whatever advert/product he wants to promote.

    Oh, Hughes’s thing on the radio should be up on the Beeb’s site tomorrow.

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    Ashes DVDs and a couple of books

    By Will 3 years ago, mid-October, 3 Comments »

    My 3-set Ashes DVD (£14.99) has been dispatched by Amazon - a weekend of beer, pizza and cricket awaits some time in the next couple of weeks! Also, two other books of note:

    1) Simon Hughes’ new book, Morning Everyone, is released on October 20 (Thursday). A lot to live up to after his previous two books.

    2) Gideon Haigh’s Ashes 2005. One of the best writers around, this should be an excellent - and one of the better - accounts of this summer’s Ashes. Out, too, on October 20.

    So rare to have a feast of cricket-DVD-and-book’age happening - and it’s far too long to wait for Christmas! - so get ‘em now like I have.

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    Simon Hughes’ “Morning Everyone”

    By Will 3 years ago, mid-June, 2 Comments »

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    With a title no doubt influenced by his Channel 4 colleague, Mr Benaud, Simon Hughes “The Analyst’s” new book (out in October) has a finalised front cover. Very much looking forward to reading it after his first two were so excellent.

    UPDATE 21 October 2005. The book is now available at Amazon, priced £10.19. For more cricket books, see this tag.

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    Tony Greig joins Channel 4 team

    By Will 3 years ago, mid-June, 19 Comments »

    Tony Greig joins the Channel 4 team for this summer’s Ashes. Here are the following voices you’ll be listening to in a few weeks time:

    Mark Nicholas, Richie Benaud, Mike Atherton, Geoff Boycott, Michael Slater and Simon Hughes

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    Simon Hughes’ new book

    By Will 3 years ago, mid-January, No Comments; be the first!

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    Pleased to note Simon Hughes, ex-cricketer, commentator and author has finished his latest book (think he finished it in the summer). Morning Everyone: A Sportswriter’s Life. Not out til October but worth pre-ordering. His other books, including Yakking Around The World on the right, are excellent too.

    I like Hughes. He’s not a smooth operator as Mark Nicholas; doesn’t have the dry wit of Richie Benaud; is more sensible than the idiotic Dermot Reeve but has become a much respected “analyst” of Cricket with Channel 4 and knows his stuff.

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