As previously documented on this here website, my youngest daughter was born during a big match. By rights we should have called her Ian Ronald Jonathan.

New Zealand should pick a second Colin and then ask England to concede. They’d probably oblige if they heard what was at stake.

I wish you the best of luck. With the final, the birth, the name, the lot. 🙂

Our 2nd child is due on the 15th (NZ Time). Surely my wife wont notice if I’m in front of the TV/earphones in during the labour/birth???

My wife and I “agreed” several weeks ago that if NZ win the World Cup and baby arrives on the day of the final then the baby shall be named Martin Henry Kane Ross Tom Jimmy Colin Mitchell Matt Lockie Trent Lbking. At the beginning of the tournament he could have ended up with 2 Colins in his middle names but sadly that will most likely not be the case.

Anyway, I have just seen the highlights and can confirm that Buttler shouts “your end” as he throws.

“Your end” is the soft southerner public school equivalent of shouting “megs”. The term, “your end” is advising the batsman to take care of his anus, lest the ball strikes him there.

Some prefer the more neutral expression, “shove it up yer arse”, but I went to posh school on a scholarship so I can’t spake like that.

England are the best cricket team in the whole world.

http://ianlouisharris.com/2019/07/11/the-cricket-world-changed-that-day-and-i-totally-missed-it-keele-25-june-1983/

The article doesn’t mention the fact that I had no television back then. Students didn’t tend to have them; a TV was an expensive item. Even the licence fee was nigh-on prohibitive.

I have to take my 8 year old for a birthday party. But it is at his friend’s house and I know his friend’s dad is a fan. So maybe we’ll have a strategically placed TV. Here’s hoping.

It jolly well was. I’m not sure which element I’m most happy about. England getting into a world cup final, England beating the Aussies in a must win game or England having a bowling attack that look like they could replace the wonderful but rather geriatric Anderson and Broad.