Cricket

Agreed.

And my fate tempting.

Those two things.

Yep,
I thought one of the aims of Bazball was to give the bowlers sufficient time and enough runs to bowl out the opposition a second time.

Well they achieved one of those goals.

And my fate tempting.

^^
The real culprit.

NZ’s bowlers all over Aus.

Collapse in progress

Eng 183-7, with 200 looking unlikely, but an Indian 4-1 series win very likely.
Bazball not adapting to the varied Indian bowling attack.

I stayed in bed.

In other news, for the first time ever I booked some coaching down at NET in Battersea https://neweratraining.net/ - first one is on Saturday but as a facility it looks rather impressive.

Is it Groundhog Day again?

This sucks.

But on the plus side, I did not get up early and am listening up the disaster whilst riding my bike in the countryside (OK OK, Richmond Park).

Also, I have added watching a test in Dharamshalla to my life goals list.

NET in Battersea

Do they have a speed gun?

If they did I'd be tempted to take MiniGB down there as she's desperate to find out her bowling speed. She can then have the remaining time against a bowling machine.

Or is there a good speed gun app that works from behind the ball rather than side on?

From checking out their Instagram stuff they do - I don't see any reason why they wouldn't let you use it

Kind of excited to be honest even if it's at 7am and I've got a trek over from Bow; had a club net last night and just felt absolutely awful. Never gonna be the best bat but I'd like to think with some guidance and bit of perseverance could get somewhere...

India clearly intending to have no need to bat again on their way to 4-1.

If they declare overnight they'll probably seal the win by lunchtime.

https://twitter.com/cricketontnt/status/1766380265046159693?t=R2fyQ_T8YvHR4j6huXz2nw&s=19

Bashir looking pretty confident with his review call.

Glad I ignored it all tbh.

Had a good net though

Some insightful comments below this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/mar/27/the-spin-wealth-gap-county-cricket

An uncomplimentary sign-off at the end of this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/03/jonathan-agnew-steps-down-as-bbc-cricket-correspondent-after-33-years

the Guardian have long memories haha

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/may/13/jonathan-agnew-row-with-journalist-bbc#:~:text=Agnew%20has%20since%20apologised%20to,senior%20figure%20in%20his%20industry.

I don't really care for Agnew but Liew has always been rather unbearable

Anyway, roll on the Championship as Surrey aim for 3 on the spin. Weather for the month of April looks absolutely awful though

First day of the '24 County Championship

Sam Northeast 335 no at Lord's. Oof.

Would be mildly funny if Higgins went past it

Harry Brook too good

Good to be back. Wonderful weather for the weekend as well

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Nice little read and conversation piece.
It pains me as an Australian but Gower and VVS Laxman are my favourites still

https://www.ft.com/content/1ea1d8e2-164e-4f63-8900-7a8a997d6f38

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• The irresistible mystery of the beautiful batsman.pdf