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Six and Out - Some Serious Cricket

May 31st, 2006

Gratuitous self-promotion. And something serious. Ish.

On the weekend I played in a cricket match (wow) which was Guernsey Island Cricket Club versus the MCC. On the face of it, it sounds rather glamourous. In reality it wasn’t really very glamourous at all. The MCC put out a reasonable team, including John Stephenson, an ex-England all-rounder. The rest of the team […]

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May 24th, 2006

Cricket is popular

No sh*t, Athers. But the prudent observation is that grassroots initiatives are paying off - not least by getting youngsters involved in cricket.
Grassroots initiatives are thriving. The Chance to Shine campaign has now garnered £9 million in private funding and a commitment from the government that the National Sports Foundation will commit £2.5m per annum […]

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May 19th, 2006

Friday rant : The unseen side of cricket

One of the real barriers to the effective globalisation of cricket is the disparity in the quality of the teams. Australia have been the best for ages, England, Pakistan and India are close behind, with South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka bringing up the rest of the best. Zimbabwe, the West Indies and Bangladesh […]

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