Comments on: Ben Stokes was at best only partly responsible for the most exciting moment of the second Test https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270206 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 22:35:49 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270206 In reply to A P Webster.

Think they slowed the march to nothing left by employing the one lad who took 46 years to pull each pint.

]]> By: A P Webster https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270204 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:58:13 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270204 In reply to A P Webster.

Apologies for the mistakes in the above, I promise that alcohol played no part in those errors, for which I alone must take the blame.

]]> By: A P Webster https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270203 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:54:30 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270203 Pleased to see (or rather, to surmise from the colour of the cups) that you were making the correct beer purchasing decision, ie visiting the Cask Ale bar.

The supplies at said bar on Saturday (the day when I was in attendance) lasted much longer than I feared they might based on previous ‘nothing left by 1pm’ experiences.

The move back to paper cups was a significant topic of discussion for me on a recent trip to Headingley, so I had expected the same at Old Trafford. The relative pros and cons, not least with regard to the knock-on impact on the serpent-creation activities within the Fosters Party Stand later in the day, were discussed at length on Saturday.

But the real news is that the seats I front of where I was sat had QR codes which, rumour has it, could bring about the delivery of Peroni or Neck Oil to ones’ seat. As these seats where occupied by a family who didn’t appear to be interested in partaking in this option, the rumour went unconfirmed.

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270202 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 17:49:20 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270202 In reply to JB.

Diameter is the key detail, isn’t it?

]]> By: JB https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270201 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:39:26 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270201 Many moons ago, Thunderbirds’ Tracy Island was a Christmas bestseller. So much so that it sold out. Blue Peter brought out a DVD (VHS?) of how to make one’s own island out of cardboard and sticky backed plastic etc.

Any plans for something similar for The Device?

]]> By: Ged Ladd https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-was-at-best-only-partly-responsible-for-the-most-exciting-moment-of-the-second-test/2022/08/29/#comment-270199 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:42:08 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=27468#comment-270199 This is without doubt one of the most exciting match reports ever published on this site.

Proof positive, if proof were needed, that King Cricket and his family should be left to their own devices at cricket grounds more often.

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