Comments on: The Edge cinematic match report (in other words, a review)

By: Ged

Ged — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:25:37 +0000

In the fullness of time, KC has kindly agreed to publish a KC-style report on my three days at Lord’s for the Ireland Test.

Meanwhile, here is a very different, Ogblog-style angle on the event:

http://ianlouisharris.com/2019/07/26/the-week-that-ireland-came-to-lords-23-to-26-july-2019/

Trigger warning – cricket does occasionally get mentioned.

By: Edwardian

Edwardian — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:25:41 +0000

Good review, Sam, of an honest and insightful documentary. I watched it back-to-back with Being Kevin Pieterson. Curiously, in the latter film, I found KP’s general hutzpah and gusto in the franchise cricket a bit depressing. Watch The Edge, folks! I can’t recall when I first discovered King Cricket, but I guess there must have been some pithy comments on the KP film when it came out.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:00:39 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd.

This week’s cricketer spotted in the Wisden Cricket Weekly (free e-mail newsletter edited by a certain KC) is an absolute classic.

It has not just one but two county cricket yeomen, it has the Co-op and it has excruciating detail on the cricketers’ transactions.

Absolute classic, I tell you.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:53:48 +0000

In reply to Ged Ladd. I really shouldn't chime in from the mobile phone at my age, should I? I meant, of course, "cricketer spotted", obviously. JB has confessed that he didn't get anywhere like spitting distance from Jimmy.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:34:21 +0000

In reply to JB. Sounds like a “cricketer spitted” to me, albeit from somewhat of a distance. Someone’s autobiography should be titled “didn’t make the final cut”. Not sure whose, though.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:42:08 +0000

In reply to JB. Bloody court orders.

By: JB

JB — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:37:41 +0000

It is a great film. I thought Jonathan Trott came across as a very sympathetic character and the comment about Swann being like a Mars Bar was priceless.

I have a claim to fame about the film in that I saw Jimmy Anderson being filmed very early one morning on our local beach doing the running bit. I did not make the final cut, nor was I allowed within a million miles of him.