“Jeffrey Archer… continues to nurture the boyish daydream of opening the batting for England at Lord’s. Oddly enough, watching the former Tory peer playing in a Test match also happens to be a recurring reverie of my own. Although in my version he is not elegantly compiling a century before lunch but having bouncers ping off his noggin with a sound like somebody striking a ripe peach with a meat mallet” – Harry Pearson considers the nature of fantasy sport, especially for those over 40.
“Being without Jimmy and a bowling coach definitely gives you that extra responsibility” – Broad steps up to the plate in Bangladesh. Er, no, wait a minute, that’s baseball, isn’t it…
“One of the most nervous moments I’ve had in cricket was after I gave ‘Bunny’ that single in the last over at Centurion” – Paul Collingwood recalls the potentially match-deciding moment in South Africa when he put England’s last batsman, Graham Onions, on strike. Nervous? You and us both, mate.
“The concept of MCC involvement in the IPL is something I believe is worthy of thorough investigation, and something that we’ll take to our committee for their deliberation” – Keith Bradshaw, MCC chief executive.
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“Sachin Tendulkar has broken the record for the highest individual score in a one-day international, passing the mark of 194 not out set by Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry and 194 by Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar in today’s one-day international against South Africa” – What is left for him to conquer?
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