Ashley Giles in a quote from yesterday’s Guardian regarding the point when Hoggy came in to bat.
…so Hoggy came out to face Lee for the first ball of the next over.
“Come on, let’s you and me get it done,” he said, with a bit of a smile.
“It’s reversing at about 95mph,” I told [...]

I would have thought Nork Rise would have been higher than no.98. I bet it raises a titter every time somebody drives past it!
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I wasn’t supposed to be playing cricket today but did so. We batted first after winning the toss and made 199 for 5 in our 45 overs. The opposition (Cawood) then went for it and were looking good to beat us until we got a couple of key wickets in the 40th over. Anyway they [...]

Talk about skin of the teeth. We won the test but only just. It was another tense affair in this utterly compelling Ashes series. When the wickets started tumbling I thought it was going to be the reverse of the Botham Headingley test of 1981 where we bowled Australia out when they were chasing 129 [...]

For only the second time this season York CSCC second XI won yesterday. I turned up at New Earswick at 12.30 at the same time as one of my teammates and he said to me we’re going to win today and, so it turned out. We lost the toss, nothing new there, and were put [...]

Boro get their first win of the season. Viduka’s first start of the season and he bags a brace. So it’s Viduka plus any one from Hasselbaink, Yakubu, Maccarone and Job from now on.

Well, we lost again at cricket today. But put up a stirling effort. Playing away at 2nd in the table Hemigbrough was always going to be a tough ask without key players missing. We won the toss and elected to field. It’s only about the 3rd or 4th time we’ve won it this season (out [...]

Just got back from a few days in Rhyl. My brother and his family are over there staying in a caravan. I took my Mum there on Sunday and stayed there until today. Did a bit of sightseeing in Snowdonia on Monday..
On Tuesday following a discussion about where we might go - [...]

It seems Lee and McGrath could both be fit for the Old Trafford test tomorrow. Manchester hasn’t been the most successful of grounds over the years for England so this is all we need. Well, at least the groundsman reckons there won’t be much in the pitch for Warne. So that’s alright then!

I was watching the test match this morning and the wickets were tumbling. Oh dear I thought perhaps we aren’t going to be able to make anything of the 1st innings lead. Then I had to go off to play myself - more on that later. Anyway seems I missed most of the fun. Flintoff, [...]