Thought for the 4th Day

Posted on July 21, 2013 by The Ed

Yep, Bell should have walked, Broad should have walked. Clarke should have walked , Haddin should have walked— (Root should only walk when he actually does hit it.) Chappelli should have walked, Percy Fender should have walked, Jardine, Woodfull (while he still had his head), WG Grace…. they all should have walked at some stage.

I have seen three or four batsmen walk this summer, some English, some Aussies, —and a lot who haven’t : some Poms, some Aussies. I am off up to HQ later , hopefully to watch an hours tonk-fest by Root etc, then Jimmy and Swanny get amongst the Australian batsmen (sic). Some of them may walk. Some may not. 150 years of bringing up kids in the colonies and teaching them NEVER EVER EVER to walk (attrib: Damien Martin) does have a tendency to come back and bite you up the arse.

Keep an eye out for me: — I’ll be the fat bloke in the crowd, big read head, stupid T-shirt.

Alas Mel Smith

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Ed

So farewell then, Mel Smith. Comedian, actor and director. One half of Alas Smith & Jomes & one quarter of the Not the Nine O’Clock News team.

He once had a friend who thought he might be stout.

He was often wild. Now I bet he’s absolutely livid.

But here’s my favourite character of his, from the brilliant The Princess Bride

Mandela Carries Bat as Assad makes Most of Easy-Paced Pitch.

Posted on July 20, 2013 by The Ed

Another record of sporting History from the vaults of the Sharp Single. Those who witnessed it say it was probably the greatest match ever played in Dartford Park, and that had the park keeper not told them all to “bugger off home” at 6 o’clock, it would have gone down in history as the best game never played. (click to enlarge)