JSngry Posted August 18, 2024 Author Report Posted August 18, 2024 So I'm tuning in early toe The Hundred Final and there's something going on like a Super Bowl halftime show on a smaller scale and I don't mean that as a compliment? Zara Larsson? A lot of women rubbing their asses? Let's get on to the game please! Quote
mjazzg Posted August 18, 2024 Report Posted August 18, 2024 One of the biggest cricket grounds too. I'm there for a day of a Test Match three weeks today, will be packed again Quote
Royal Oak Posted Friday at 09:32 PM Report Posted Friday at 09:32 PM Well, the English Cricket season started today. It almost always starts under grey skies, in barely double-figure temperatures, with gloomy fielders wearing two jumpers. Pensioners, schoolchildren and the unemployed sit huddled in coats and hats in near empty stands. Today however, the weather is unseasonably glorious in the UK, and is forecast to remain so for a week or more yet. I shall be mooching to Old Trafford next weekend to use my first Lancashire CCC membership for 35 years. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted Friday at 09:52 PM Report Posted Friday at 09:52 PM 20 minutes ago, Royal Oak said: Well, the English Cricket season started today. It almost always starts under grey skies, in barely double-figure temperatures, with gloomy fielders wearing two jumpers. Pensioners, schoolchildren and the unemployed sit huddled in coats and hats in near empty stands. Today however, the weather is unseasonably glorious in the UK, and is forecast to remain so for a week or more yet. I shall be mooching to Old Trafford next weekend to use my first Lancashire CCC membership for 35 years. Is there cricket at Old Trafford too? Quote
mjazzg Posted Saturday at 08:18 AM Report Posted Saturday at 08:18 AM (edited) 10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Is there cricket at Old Trafford too? Yes, but not at the self-styled "The Theatre of Dreams" complete with internal waterfall. But next door. Edited Saturday at 08:20 AM by mjazzg Quote
Rabshakeh Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM Report Posted Saturday at 08:41 AM 22 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Yes, but not at the self-styled "The Theatre of Dreams" complete with internal waterfall. But next door. Hopefully they can get their own waterfall too, soon. Quote
adh1907 Posted 16 hours ago Report Posted 16 hours ago Hoping to visit Lords tomorrow to see Lancashire beat Middlesex! Sunny day forecast and only a fiver to get in. Shame there’s no Jimmy bowling. Anthony PS RIP Peter Lever Quote
mjazzg Posted 15 hours ago Report Posted 15 hours ago 1 hour ago, adh1907 said: Hoping to visit Lords tomorrow to see Lancashire beat Middlesex! Sunny day forecast and only a fiver to get in. Shame there’s no Jimmy bowling. Anthony PS RIP Peter Lever I missed the news about Lever. He was a feature of my early teenage cricket watching on TV, that run up. Quote
Royal Oak Posted 15 hours ago Report Posted 15 hours ago (edited) 17 minutes ago, mjazzg said: I missed the news about Lever. He was a feature of my early teenage cricket watching on TV, that run up. He was before my time, although when I was browsing Cricinfo about him, I see he turned out for Lancs in a 1983 NatWest trophy game. I wondered if I saw him, but now on reflection, I realise I'd have been at school that day. 10 full test internationals on show that day - Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Clive Lloyd, David Lloyd, Vic Marks, Graeme Fowler, Frank Hayes, Mike Watkinson and Peter Lever. Despite the quality on show, Lancs laboured to 163/6 off 60 overs, Somerset taking 53 overs to knock them off. Edited 15 hours ago by Royal Oak Quote
adh1907 Posted 14 hours ago Report Posted 14 hours ago I saw him for Lancs against a touring Indian side at Old Trafford. From checking, it appears this was May 1974. I have the scorecard somewhere. Quite how I got off school for the day (dropped off by my parents), who knows! Nice weather for Manchester I recall. Lever was Agnew’s hero, I have heard him speak in awe of him. Quote
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