Comments on: England end up looking a bit fast-medium

By: n

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 02:40:31 +0000

In reply to Jon J. TGNW

By: Hoopy

Hoopy — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 23:30:30 +0000

In reply to sam. Cool. Are England coming home?

By: sam

sam — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:15:17 +0000

Declaration!

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:59:32 +0000

In reply to Ged. ...and there was me thinking that the unsighted picnic bag fumble was a standard defence for a rather sleasy crime.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:03:59 +0000

In reply to Ged. Ah, Unsighted Picnic Bag Fumble. Saw them at the Astoria in '95.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:52:32 +0000

In reply to Sam. And the super-prescient comment by Bert. There's a psychic in there somewhere

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:33:09 +0000

In reply to Ged. Supports my point entirely, KC. Indeed, my Essex-suffering friend, Charley the Gent, went to Chelmsford that very day (persuaded against his better judgment by his son). Appartently the match was over before they had even started their picnic. So he enjoyed his picnic and reading uninterrupted for the rest of the day. He certainly didn't need to resort to the unsighted picnic bag fumble.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:49:10 +0000

In reply to Ged.

We assure you that Lancashire’s second division trundlers can most certainly dissuade people from reading.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/engine/current/match/593567.html

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:13:49 +0000

Medium-fast (most of the county stuff, especially in the second division e.g. Lancashire) is not the same thing as Fast-medium (e.g. the test stuff or the better bits of Middlesex v Durham starting in a couple of hours time).

It rocks because you are not induced into putting down your book or suspending your conversation too often. Contrast with Friday at Lord’s a couple of weeks ago, when I ended up spending the afternoon feeling my way through our picnic while simultaneously making sure I watched every ball.

By: cent

cent — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:09:04 +0000

indeed… but it didn’t rock the aussie batsmen too much apparently.

i’m distressingly shallow when it comes to the ashes – couldn’t even bring myself to watch the highlights last night 🙁