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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 26, 2020 14:43:57 GMT
How to Lose Cricket Ashes and World Cup Medals During Lockdown: Part 2Pheww! Jof has found them. We can sleep better tonight.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 27, 2020 14:28:43 GMT
Off-PisteHo, Ho, Ho... That's what happens when you get unfollowed by Donald Trump on Twitter. Piers Pughe-Morgan has been an absolute prat in recent months. Also, he's been Twitter unfollowed by many hundreds of thousands of people too. Covid-19 and 2020 will go down as his personal 'meet your Waterloo' moment.
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Post by flashblade on Apr 27, 2020 14:59:49 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 28, 2020 8:54:28 GMT
I agree. No surprise that DT unfollowed him. Morgan has a self-destruct button which follows him through his career. First, the Daily Mirror, then CNN and now this self-sabotage. First, he becomes embroiled with a particular subject and then gets obsessed with it, throwing all rational judgement out of the window. He's like a rottweiler that won't let go of someone's leg, so the only way to achieve this is to shoot the dog.
A great pity because around a cricket field he's like a normal person. But when you have the ego the size of China, an addictive ego that needs constant attention, constant adulation, constant fame, obsession is a natural by-product.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 28, 2020 11:48:22 GMT
"What are you missing the most about the cricket season?" is a question I've heard various times since April 12th. Is it: Not seeing your friends at Hove; a wave to Brenda; the sound of ball on willow; the ripple of applause after a good shot: the cry of HOWZAT!; Harveys beer; an early morning bacon roll... then I saw this picture and I realised there and then (sound of a drum roll, please). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek56AgxwybIReading tweets from BBC Radio commentator, Adrian Harms, about the Sussex CCC cakes at tea.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2020 10:36:23 GMT
"Sarwan, you're a snake. You're wicked, you're evil, you're poison.”One might think this is a line from an Indiana Jones film, where Harrison Ford is berating one of his evil adversaries, but no… This is Chris Gayle, yes that Chris Gayle, West Indian cricketing hero and the best T20 player ever to swagger on the planet. His comments are neither a joke nor a josh. It is deadly serious aimed towards a former Windies team-mate and captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, in a remarkable, but rather rambling 15-minute video on 'YouTube' released this week. One part of a series of three. Watch All three Videos Here
__________________________ www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-you-are-a-snake-worse-than-coronavirus-chris-gayle-destroys-back-stabbing-ramnaresh-sarwan-watch/351644Perhaps, Gayle’s ego is suffering from Covid-19 lockdown and a lack of airing? Perhaps, it was time to release a long and building resentment towards his fellow team player? What triggered this outcry? When Gayle was released by Jamaica Tallawahs last week before the next series of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and who does he blame? Assistant Coach Sarwan, of course. "What transpired with the Tallawahs, you had a big part to play," berates Gayle, who is the leading run-scorer in Twenty20 international history (a combined 19,321 runs for West Indies in Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s). "You know, Sarwan, you're not the most loved person in the Caribbean. No-one in your own country loves you. You're so vindictive. You're still immature, still stabbing people in the back." Gayle led the Tallahwahs to the CPL title in 2013 and 2016 and, after a spell with St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, returned to the franchise last year. Despite scoring 116 in his second game, he managed only 243 runs in 10 innings as the Tallawahs finished bottom of the table. He has signed for St Lucia Zouks for this year's tournament, which is due to start in August. "You are no good. You are despicable," rants and raves Gayle, who has not played for West Indies since last year's World Cup. "You want the franchise, have it. There's no Gayle. You run the show.” The video is the second of three released by the West Indian after his departure from the Tallahwahs. He also claims the management knew a month ago that they would release him, but did not tell him at the time. He suggests the tension with Sarwan dates back to their time playing teenage-group cricket. "From 1996, that's when our careers started in youth cricket days. We shared the same room in the West Indian Under-19s," says Gayle. "You allowed the management staff to send me home from Barbados. I forgive, but I'll never forget that. You told the management team you can't sleep because Chris Gayle was watching TV too late in the night. That's what I got sent home for. In everybody's eyes you act as if you're a saint, like you're a good person. "Sarwan, you're evil." It appears Gayle and Sarwan won’t be sending each other Christmas cards this year. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52455117
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2020 12:39:40 GMT
Three cheers. The more cricket can be used to raise money the better. Why don't the Sussex players carry out a similar charity event in their back gardens?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 29, 2020 14:04:14 GMT
You've gotta ask the question... How the hell did this guy become an MCC Member or is that tie a piece of Ebay flannel? Amazing moves. Puts Cliff Richard singing at Wimbledon in the shade. And compared to Theresa May's attempts at that Birmingham Tory Party conference... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QJRWXrKhc
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 30, 2020 11:42:29 GMT
UK history may show that centurion Captain Tom Moore and what he has achieved in recent weeks to uplift the spirits of a nation during the covid-19 pandemic, will become one of the great long lasting and positive stories during this bleak and challenging period. Captain Tom, a former war veteran of WW2, has inspired not just Great Britain, but the world, to take this man to their hearts. Raising over £30m for 'NHS Charities Together' by walking endless laps around his garden with the aid of a zimmer frame, put to shame the thousands of professional healthy and fit sports people huddled in their homes. Capt Tom’s recent treatments for a broken hip and skin cancer did not deter him. His 100th birthday today was honoured with an RAF flypast, birthday greetings from the Queen and PM along with thousands of birthday cards from admiring well-wishers, not forgetting his No.1 hit single alongside singer Michael Ball and, of course, a telegram from the Queen. And to add a large cherry on top, he's been made an Honorary Colonel too. Head of the Army, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, called Capt Tom "an inspirational role model”. Yet his birthday will be a low-key affair, spent self-isolating with his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her family at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. "Reaching 100 is quite something, but reaching it with such interest in me and huge generosity from the public is very overwhelming.” Capt Tom said. "People keep saying what I have done is remarkable, however it's actually what you have done for me which is remarkable. Please always remember, tomorrow will be a good day.” To share in the public’s adulation, cricket has stepped in too with the help of former Captain, Michael Vaughan, who presented “the nation’s heartbeat” with an England cricket cap this morning as a 100th birthday gift, to make him an honorary member of the England Cricket team. The moral of the story. You are never too old to initiate a positive impact on the world. Watch The Video with Michael Vaughanwww.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/52486374For more information about Captain Tom Moorewww.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52472132Look what's just turned up on Twitter!
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Apr 30, 2020 15:44:07 GMT
"Ollie" is making a splash at The Cricketer Magazine.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 1, 2020 13:42:46 GMT
Another vintage photo to add to the list of innovative wickets. Courtesy of The Cricketer Magazine, the superb image is entitled, 'Cricket in the Blitz'. Is that a battered leather suitcase, by any chance?
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Post by kevininnessupersub on May 1, 2020 19:48:10 GMT
You may like to know that Luke Wright has been phoning all the older members, including Brenda. It seems the club a doing a lot of things behind the scenes, without Publicising it .
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 1, 2020 21:18:47 GMT
I am very pleased to hear it. I know the Club's Chairman has been phoning Members of 70 years-old or more to see how they are fairing and Rob Andrew has been communicating with supporters in recent weeks. The more the club can do to help and support the local community during this very challenging time the better.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 2, 2020 13:25:27 GMT
The "Tymal Tornado" is back today at 5pm when he 'virtually plays' Glamorgan's Roman Walker. Millsy's toughest game to date, the match can be watched live here. www.thecricketer.com/quarantinecup.html
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 2, 2020 21:23:40 GMT
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