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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 20, 2020 9:35:46 GMT
Excellent to see the Hove County Ground as one of the seven venues for the trial.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 20, 2020 9:38:30 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 20, 2020 10:43:24 GMT
This is an interesting story especially when Mark Robinson is involved. I bumped into Robbo just before the lockdown in my local village. Turns out he lives only a few miles from me. We had a friendly chat about all things cricket. While Mark has been offered various new roles in the sport, he is sensibly taking his time and waiting for that right offer. Below is a link explaining what '121 Cricket Coaching' is about. www.intouchcricket.co.uk/coaching/121-coaching/
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 20, 2020 10:53:13 GMT
Off-PisteWhile it is sad to see Piers Morgan and his Good Morning Breakfast (GMB) show now tanking in the TV ratings, his obsession to persuade 'any' Conservative Minister to appear on GMB, is turning into a Brian Rix farce. And now this. Make of that what you will.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 20, 2020 15:34:09 GMT
This photo takes one back a bit! That summer I was revising for my A levels whilst lying in a cold bath, as it was so damn hot.
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Post by northfan on May 21, 2020 8:33:10 GMT
Still the best summer in my lifetime, although I recall that some parts of the country experienced snow in early a June. Went to Knebworth, along with about 500,000 others, to see the Stones headline. Other notable bands on the line up were Lynryd Skynryd and 10CC.
Also got through to the final of a cricket tournament for accountancy companies, only for the weather to break before the final was played, robbing me of my only chance of cricketing glory.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 21, 2020 12:28:33 GMT
The seamer trials begin today. Here is the required shopping list. Having your own female toilet is pretty cool. But what about food and drink? Nf, I attended Knebworth the following year and saw Zappa, The Tubes and Peter Gabriel. June snow was during a Championship game at Buxton between Derbyshire and Lancashire. Given the extremes of weather that summer, I am sure, if 44 years on, the whole thing would be blamed on global warming and climate change. www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22539954/snow-stopped-play
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 21, 2020 12:40:05 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 21, 2020 14:46:01 GMT
Off-PisteWith some schools planning to re-open on June 1st after the lockdown, this song is quickly becoming the anthem for social distancing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIZofPB8ZM
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 22, 2020 14:01:51 GMT
A good read from Bruce Talbot.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 22, 2020 14:25:10 GMT
Are you a budding young seamer? If so, what an opportunity to learn and improve your skills from the experienced eye of Mark Robinson with a 1:1 training session. At £50 an hour, well worth it, and you might even get a free autograph too.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 22, 2020 20:21:35 GMT
It is easy to mock Monty for some of the topics he covers and the interviews he carries out for his Monty Channel. His style is not exactly professional and at times is quite embarrassing. Yet, give the guy some credit. He never gives up, keeps coming back and has even been on LBC Radio in recent weeks too.
Do people visit his Twitter and Youtube Channel for a quick giggle and a laugh? Or do they take him seriously as a commentator on current affairs and enjoy watching his, at times, unusual take on subjects, whether it be octopus wrestling or press ups via a sitting room chair? Does it really matter as I find his never give up chutzpah and floating with the fairies headspace, refreshing and even, occasionally, inspiring.
Well done Monty for your media success. You are certainly one of a kind.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 23, 2020 9:26:05 GMT
Why do some well-known actors attempt to hide their upbringing and in particular their education?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It is rare for me to experience a sudden ‘Hero to Zero’ moment over someone I have admired for much of my life. But it happened this morning after reading the piece below about actor Robert Bathurst and his love for cricket. Published in the Cricketer Magazine, never have I seen such cowardice so blatantly portrayed by an individual and it all comes down to education. www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/why_i_love_cricket_robert_bathurst_on_his_cricketing_heroes_and_the_psychology_of_the_game.htmlIt was all going so swimmingly as I read the interview with a warm glow in my tummy, until the phrase at the beginning of paragraph five. I continued to play at secondary school… What? Oh dear, Bathurst is yet another one of those ‘luvvies’ who pretends to hold left-wing socialist values and is embarrassed by the fact that he was educated at a public school for five years. The same Roman Catholic Benedictine public school that I attended. And my relation to Robert Bathurst? We played cricket in the school’s 1st XI together for two years. Here is the actual truth. From Bathurst’s wiki: In 1966, the family moved to England and Bathurst was (later) sent to board at Worth School in Sussex. At the age of 13, he began acting in minor skits and revues... So, here is some further information to add to the Cricketer Magazine interview. Bathurst was an excellent teenage slip catcher and opening bat. He was the school’s 1st XI highest run scorer each summer. No mean feat when Worth Abbey (school) located in Turners Hill, near Crawley were up against some of the top boys' teams in the south east from Christ's Hospital and Hurstpierpoint to Brighton College and a former public school team (Emeritus) captained one year by Sussex CCCs own Mike Griffith. As an impressionable teenager who joined the school’s 1st XI at the tender age of 15 years-old as an opening fast bowler, Bathurst quickly became my hero. Why? Because he never dropped a catch off my bowling and thanks to him, my wicket tally for the two seasons we played together soared. And during the summer holidays it was then... Bathurst played for the Essex Nazeing Common Cricket Club. It is therefore, no surprise to learn he won the village single-wicket competition at 15. Bathurst was an outstanding young cricketer and good enough to play county colts cricket. As an aside, Bathurst was also a brilliant teenage actor. Each summer the school held a revue where both the monks and teachers were roundly mocked and Bathurst stood centre stage. In fact, he was so good, the authorities decided to then organise an annual traditional play during the Winter term, so Bathurst could take the lead and shine. It was no shock that he went on to become a successful actor in later life. Also, Bathurst has an older brother, Nicholas, whom I believe went on to become a highly respected lawyer. They both attended Worth Abbey together where the younger Robert became known as Bathurst minor. His parents came from a classic middle class stock, but perhaps, that needs to be hidden from the acting world, even though other actors like Benedict Cumberbatch, Damian Lewis and Eddie Redmayne have no difficulty embracing their past? Many years later I saw Bathurst outside the Hove county ground, dismantling one of those small disassemble bicycles. Presumably, he had just cycled from Hove Station. Sussex were playing an Australian touring team and Bathurst had a ticket. Usually, I would have little problem going up and saying hello, but that 15 year-old, still in awe of such a majestic and older slip catcher and batsman, hesitated. Not anymore. PS: Here is Worth Abbey's alumni page which names Robert Bathurst. I became a school prefect on reaching the sixth form and oversaw junior boys like Philip Mould and Harry Enfield. Am I embarrassed by my education? Absolutely not. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Worth_School
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 24, 2020 8:45:52 GMT
A fun question from our club social media lads.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on May 25, 2020 12:54:12 GMT
So typical of the BBC to offer the clergy, this time Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Rev. David Walker, yet another left-wing platform during the histrionic, hullabaloo Cummings affair. Walker has been an outspoken critic of the Conservative Government since the Cameron days and holds strong views on pro-immigration. Yesterday, Walker oddly tweeted (and the reason why the BBC invited him to comment today), "Unless very soon we see clear repentance, including the sacking of Cummings, I no longer know how we can trust what ministers say sufficiently for @churchofengland to work together with them on the pandemic."
At least, we can push aside the general vitriol and politics by focusing on the Bishop's sublime bookshelf. On twitter, he describes himself as "an occasional cricketer". I love the model vehicles too which include two Matchbox Models of Yesteryear produced during the late 1960s and '70s and a couple of Dinky cars from a similar era.
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