'If we are honest to ourselves, the way we've done in the first innings - making 336-7 on day one - in hindsight wasn't a brilliant effort. As batsmen we take it on the chin and will make amends next time we play. The wicket is still very flat as their guys proved, and there are a lot of ways to stay in there but we didn't manage to find them. So in that respect we will learn the lesson'
- Andrew Strauss in Cardiff
Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior, Andrew Flintoff
- England batsmen dismissed yesterday in exactly the same manner as they were in Cardiff
Apropos of nothing, OB, Points West (the local BBC news here) had a little story about Andy Caddick playing a testimonial match at Clevedon this morning. Nearly made me choke on my muesli.
ReplyDelete"This is the second testimonial year that Somerset have granted Caddick, who has been at the club since 1991" said the newsreader.
And how did they illustrate this visually?
One long-range shot of Caddick running up and getting creamed through the covers for four by some county batsman. And then a shot of him at the end of his run-up, being tossed the ball by mid-on... and dropping it.
Thanks, Points West.
Also apropos of nothing, have you picked up The Duckworth Lewis Method yet?
ReplyDeletePerfect! I'm sure Caddy wil, er, see the funny side, like he usually does...
ReplyDeleteI heard the DL one about Warne, but was slightly put off when Neil Hannon was being interviewed on the radio referring to runs as 'points'...
You should get it, OB. There's a song called 'Mason on the boundary' that will speak to you.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of concept albums generally so I probably should. Makes me yearn for the old days though, when people used to be able to whine 'can't you just tape it for me...'
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