Comments on: Observations after half-watching the Hundred on TV with a couple of kids milling about the place

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:26:40 +0000

On the topic of Ian Bell…

…Stuart Broad and Bumble were banting the other day about having their names attributed to something at their home ground. Bumble was reminding Stuart that there is already a Jimmy Anderson End at Old Trafford and wondered whether there were such plans for Broady.

Stuart demurred and his repost was to wonder what had been named at Old Trafford in Bumble’s honour.

Bumble mumbled about one of the smaller boxes in the media centre.

But all I could think about was the notion of renaming one of the Edgbaston ends (presumably the pathetically monikered “City End” after Ian Ronald…

…The Bell End.

I was wide awake, btw. Loved your semi-conscious dream piece, Deep Cower. All apologies accepted.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:18:02 +0000

In reply to Deep Cower. Dravid had a considerably more wrinkled face than Bell in that half-dream. In case you were not wondering.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:16:42 +0000

I started reading this post and got to the third picture after reading about the kids bit. (Before going further, I should mention I was sleep-deprived at this point). For some reason, I saw the banner in the picture to read ‘CapseyCross’. I imagined this to be a picturesque, yet desolate railway station somewhere. On a bench were an 80 year-old Ian Bell and Rahul Dravid (again, I was only semi-conscious) waiting for the train. Neither were carrying a newspaper. Bell was animatedly detailing how one has to stand up tall and smother the spin (or something like that) so the close-in fielders don’t have a chance. Rahul seemed to smile and agree – he was half-asleep.

All this made me extremely happy before I woke up and got back to work. So thank you for this post, KC.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:09:16 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. I apologise freely for everything, Ged, and am glad to do so in this case as well. It is one thing marriage has taught me well.

By: Bradders

Bradders — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:06:30 +0000

I completely agree with your sentiments KC. My one bugbear is the commentators who mark butcher aside seem to be ridiculously overexcited the whole time. Listening to KP and ‘Doully’ the other night was painful.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 20:55:55 +0000

In other news, Daisy and I spent an abbreviated day at Lord’s today – report to follow.

In other, other news, I saw this report on the BBC News website and wondered whether our own Deep Cower is going to apologise for his moniker: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57961870

Not that I am associating our friend Deep Cower with the latest hapless UK Health Secretary.

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:00:57 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. I love Pavel Florin's accent. He's been doing some commentary for ECN and it's a bit like having early-career Schwarzenegger telling you what an important wicket it just was. He does sound genuinely disconsolate when he sees a drop, which I particularly like. Plus the shout-outs to all the Romanian kids watching, in Romanian, which is possibly a bit optimistic but I think is a lovely touch.

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:13:03 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. Hope he wasn't dissing Haseeb Hameed's century in Romanian.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 07:02:26 +0000

In reply to Sam. "Gladiator!"

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 07:00:48 +0000

Stop what you’re doing and watch this

https://twitter.com/pavelflorin13/status/1418920975576571904?s=21