Cricket
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The Pope’s XI: Vatican Cricket Club v Bishop’s Conference & St Mary’s University at Arundel Castle
There was a big, high wall there that tried to stop meA sign was painted said “Private Property”But on the backside, it didn’t say nothingThis land was made for you and me Woody Guthrie Walking past a folly near Arundel castle, we came across a locked fence. I haven’t yet found a “private” sign I Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #4: New Road, Worcester
I awoke early today, in time to see the cat slink in ashamed from his nocturnal adventures. It was time for some escapades of my own. After a hiatus from my cricket ground adventures due to Brighton Fringe duties, I had both the means and the time to visit somewhere new. I checked the fixtures, Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #3: Hove
I had never been to the county ground in Hove, despite having lived in Brighton for a year. Sure, I’ve cycled past it. Circled it. Peeked in from the car park, longingly. But all these activities took place in the off season – my life, geographically inconsistent, never lined up with seeing the oldest county Read more
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Visiting every county cricket ground #2: The Oval
Two rounds of the County Championship completed, and two grounds visited. This rate, I hope, will speed up in time, but for now I am easing myself in, like an opening batsman pre-Bazball. The Oval is the first cricket ground I ever visited, in 2005, on the last day of the last Test of that Read more
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Visiting every County Cricket Ground #1: Lord’s
On a cold, drizzly Thursday, the the 2023 County Championship season got underway, while I was cycling up through St John’s Wood to Lord’s. I was slightly late. I had met a friend and her daughter at in Hyde Park. They had cycled all the way from their home in Tooting – a burgeoning yearly Read more
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The Cricket and Doctor Who Podcast
It’s always been one of my brain’s conceits that I’m not as good at writing as I used to be. But like time zones, that distance between the time when I thought I was good at putting sentences together and the present day never gets any further away. America is always six hours ahead and Read more
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