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Indexed September 3, 2009
Well there you go. Another season done and dusted. A season where- Steve found his batting mojo again- I suddenly thought that I might have a batting mojo somewhere in the house- I hardly managed double figures in wickets taken- But our 1st...(
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Today there was an interesting article in The Spectator, by Alex Massie, regarding the loony SNP politician Sandra White. The woman is clearly an idiot....much the same as Christine Grahame 4 years previously. Amazing how these ignorant pol...(
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Yesterday our 1st XI managed a rare feat. A loss. And ZERO points from the game (our league has 20 points for a win, but the loser can get up 12 points, depending on wickets taken and runs scored). You don’t get points from a game whe...(
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Not many blogs since the season started ... well, we’ve been busy.For a start, the season started! We’re a small shop and those doing the donkey work are keen cricketers, so a fair few hours are taken up by playing. The shop is,...(
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Have a look at these!"Punched in the guts" Is this your club’s champion bowler, mid-delivery stride? Or is it a plastic re-enactment of that famous photo from the Spanish Civil war, showing an unlucky ant-fascist getting shot?"Cricket...(
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Steve’s really pretty good with this hockey stick! Session 3. The slog/sweep - with a hockey stick. (He reckons this would have gone for six. Hang in there to watch it all go wrong - buffoonery can be transformed into a "thing of beau...(
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Some ’alternative’ coaching from Mr ’Colvinator’ Colvin.2. How not to play the pull shot - with a hockey stick.1. A nice and tidy off drive - with a hockey stick....(
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Last year we were delighted to have a bowling challenge entry from the one and only Steve Harmison.Well, this week we were surprised (if a little bemused) to get the following entry from telly’s Graham Norton. The more the merrier, I ...(
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Have a look at these!"Crazy bowling" Is this your club’s champion bowler, mid-delivery stride? Or is it a plastic re-enactment of that famous photo from the Spanish Civil war, showing an unlucky ant-fascist getting shot?"Cricketers in...(
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Steve’s really pretty good with this hockey stick! Session 3. The slog/sweep - with a hockey stick. (He reckons this would have gone for six. Hang in there to watch it all go wrong - buffoonery can be transformed into a "thing of beau...(
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Some ’alternative’ coaching from Mr ’Colvinator’ Colvin.2. How not to play the pull shot - with a hockey stick.1. A nice and tidy off drive - with a hockey stick....(
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Last year we were delighted to have a bowling challenge entry from the one and only Steve Harmison.Well, this week we were surprised (if a little bemused) to get the following entry from telly’s Graham Norton. The more the merrier, I ...(
more)
Steve’s really pretty good with this hockey stick! Session 3. The slog/sweep - with a hockey stick. (He reckons this would have gone for six. Hang in there to watch it all go wrong - buffoonery can be transformed into a "thing of beau...(
more)
Some ’alternative’ coaching from Mr ’Colvinator’ Colvin.2. How not to play the pull shot - with a hockey stick.1. A nice and tidy off drive - with a hockey stick....(
more)
Last year we were delighted to have a bowling challenge entry from the one and only Steve Harmison.Well, this week we were surprised (if a little bemused) to get the following entry from telly’s Graham Norton. The more the merrier, I ...(
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Steve has started me off on plastic trophies.I’m really not a fan of those plastic trophies and I will be trying to make sure they are banished from our end of season awards booze ups / dinners for evermore.Since his post, I’ve ...(
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As usual, April is a tease: we’ve played both of our scheduled matches!OK, our first pre-season friendly (18th April) was a bit chilly, but it was dry and we even got a BBQ going. And we actually got a bit of sunshine last Saturday. H...(
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Cricketing authorities are offering up to £2000 for old players when traded in for newer, shinier versions.The committee of one local team, Kirk Brae CC based in Liberton, has expressed caution, saying the scheme may result in many service...(
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This picture shows a batch of 600 new ESCA league balls - all packed up and ready to be delivered to the pre-season League meeting. As we watched my old car strain under the weight, we couldn’t help thinking about the exciting life a...(
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As your skipper is trying to pull a team together for the first games of the season (and trying to make sense out of the rambling replies he’s had to his simple request "do you want a game of cricket at the weekend"), spare a thought ...(
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