I might count. Not only am I the right side of 35 (until I pass it, then the right side of 35 will change), but I only got into cricket in 2013, just in time to see England plummet off a cliff. I have however read several King Cricket articles about both Hayden and his opening partner. I am by this stage well aware of Hayden’s dross-talking, for which I have this site to thank.

Thank you, yer maj.

And we’re not going to apologise for that.

We wouldn’t consider ourself an expert in this area, but he does indeed appear to be one of the hardest-working men in cricket.

Oh yes no very strong. I mean you guys will totally know how you want to feel about this one.

…a cross between a match report, cricket people spotted and “Did You See.”…

…Did you see King Cricket fan & journalist, Adam “Collo” Collins, on Sky this evening, announced as “Adam Brown” by the Taunton ground announcer, afore Collo did the presentations?

More surprising for me & Daisy was to hear Collo commentate on the telly from Taunton at all.

After our FoodCycle Marylebone gig finished around 2:30, Daisy and I hot-footed it up Lisson Grove in the hope of catching the dying moments of Middlesex’s home season. We succeeded…just.

Hungry and thirsty, we managed to procure top-notch coffees and cakes just before the coffee shop closed. We sat on benches facing the Coronation Garden to enjoy our snacks.

Then, on heading to the Grace Gates, we ran into Gus Fraser. While chatting briefly with him, Collo came along and greeted Gus, while giving us the “nodding acquaintance” nod.

When Collo’s voice came in the TV a few hours later, Daisy asked who this commentator might be. I told her it was Collo, to which she stated that it couldn’t possibly be him as we had seen him just a few hours ago at Lord’s.

“But it only takes a few hours to get from Lord’s to Taunton”, I said.

“Then he’s working too hard”, said Daisy.

I’m not yet quite 40; maybe he meant people like me?

Excellent work as usual, KC, highlighting and calling out this nonsense-speak. I wonder why “haydos” hasn’t yet made the full transition to the corporate or management world? He’d surely fit right in.

In other news, Brezzylad took six slip catches today, one short of the all-time record, which is held by actual wicketkeepers!

‘Monkey wrench’ is a good way of describing the spanner in question.

Our favourite part of this is the perfectly credible definition of ‘young reader’ as ‘middle aged person relatively new to the website’.

Thank you for your patreonage. Much appreciated.