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By: Ged

Ged — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:21:31 +0000

In praise of tied cricket matches – a 2005 reminisce and perhaps a discussion piece on how tournaments ending in tied matches should be determined:

http://ianlouisharris.com/2005/07/02/a-tied-final-to-an-international-one-day-cricket-tournament-at-lords-janie-and-i-were-there-2-july-2005/

By: Ged

Ged — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:08:44 +0000

I also want to thank KC for publishing the AB de Villiers in Deptford Park piece on Wednesday.

I know you don’t normally do requests or “news” stuff, KC, but in this instance you embraced the good cause and I thank you for that. I hope you got lots of hits as a result.

By: Ged

Ged — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:07:46 +0000

In reply to Exile.

Thanks for your kind words, Exile.

Indeed, the interview was originally billed as “just under 15 minutes” and then reduced because of the Eoin Morgan World Cup parade. I think that all added to the buzz and the timeliness of it, while Kevin Hand from the BBC was very apologetic.

So yes, it might have given you pause, but I didn’t do much pausing myself for 8 minutes. Not too much repetition and very little deviation.

By: Exile

Exile — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 07:33:56 +0000

In reply to Ged. Very inspiring on all counts, Ged. I wish the Trust had been around when I were a lad (and about 400 miles north.) Also, stellar work in packing a whole T20's worth of information into the interview equivalent of 100 balls! It gives one pause.

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:45:46 +0000

Extraordinary buzz around Lord’s last night. Presumably word got out that I would be doing the interval interview on BBC Radio London and BBC Essex.

For those (few) who might have missed the interview, I have embedded it into my write up of the day:

http://ianlouisharris.com/2019/07/18/tennis-at-queens-followed-by-a-bit-of-london-cricket-trust-charity-media-at-lords-18-july-2019/

Those of you with a mind for comedy more than charity will enjoy the story of my drive home from Queen’s earlier in the day.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:47:44 +0000

In reply to Sam. S16.4

By: Edwardian

Edwardian — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:09:24 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. I tell you what is slow. Me only just realising that the title of these ongoing posts is playing on the 10cc lyric.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:41:21 +0000

In reply to Thesmudge. It's like a solitary shove. You generally need a lot of shoves to get something rolling.

By: Thesmudge

Thesmudge — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:33:30 +0000

Mrs. Smudge, who normally treats my cricket obsession with charming, patient, if bored indulgence, got rather excited during the final. This required me having to answer awkward technical questions whilst breathlessly incoherent, but it was nice to share the moment for a change. The girls were carried away by the excitement but didn’t quite know why.

My four year old youngest, during the Wimbledon Ladies final the day before asked “is this girl-cricket?”

In our bit of Berkshire it reached out beyond the normal cricket audience (me) and was better for it, but I’m not sure there have been any permanent converts.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:52:25 +0000

In reply to Dane. You need to conduct a protracted Sarah Taylor YouTube drive.