1 Jun 2010: Quote of the day: 1/06/2010
“Peter Crouch, eat your heart out” – the ECB blog salutes tourist and celebrant extraordinaire Tamim Iqbal.
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31 May 2010: Quote of the day: 31/05/2010
“Someone would have had a word with young Tamim Iqbal a couple of decades ago. ‘You can’t play like that in Test cricket, lad’” – Vic Marks on Bangladesh’s brilliant opening batsman. Is it just us, or is he channelling Boycott there?
30 May 2010: Quote of the day: 30/05/2010
“Anderson produced a near-perfect delivery shaping to swing up the hill to the watchful Jahurul Islam only to nip away off the seam and kick to take the outside edge for another Matt Prior catch” – Test Match Extra celebrates Jimmy’s first Test wicket of the summer.
29 May 2010: Quote of the day: 29/05/2010
“Swann et al have the simple briefing of ‘take wickets, then take more’ on day three, as the hosts look to extinguish Bangladesh’s valiant resistance like a long overdue pin thrust into the side of the Betfair blimp” – Cow Corner’s assessment of the day’s work. Here’s hoping they get on with it…
28 May 2010: Quote of the day: 28/05/2010
“We were all thrilled to hear the news of CMJ’s elevation [to MCC president-elect] and I have no doubt he will do a splendid job in his year in office. Although when I saw the present incumbent, John Barclay, on Monday night I did ask if he really knew what he was letting the MCC in for. I warned John that CMJ would clearly be late for most official functions, with the reasonable chance he’d turn up for duty at The Oval rather than Lord’s!” – TMS producer Adam Mountford pokes some gentle fun at the unworldly CMJ.
19 Apr 2010: Quote of the day: 19/04/2010
“Usually the drinks waiter is a lowly young hopeful but on this occasion it was the former Test player and captain of the county, Robert Croft. It was a poignant reminder of the passage of time, of how the end of a lengthy career can often resemble its beginning” – Different Strokes reflects on how county cricket can encapsulate a player’s entire career.
17 Apr 2010: Quote of the day: 17/04/2010
“The real highlight was the abuse heaped on some hapless ancient in the pavilion who was holding up play by doddering down the steps. ‘Sit down. Either that or drop dead,’ shouted a stripling in the Grand Stand. A stripling of about 60, that is. Only at county cricket can the middle-aged feel young again” – Stephen Moss soaking up the colour at Lord’s for The Guardian.
25 Mar 2010: A picture that provoked thousands of words – most of them wrong, as it turns out…
Could a photograph that helped foster a series of misconceptions about wealth, class and cricket’s role in Britain’s social divide actually have been about something else entirely?
22 Mar 2010: Quote of the day: 22/03/2010
“Calls to the BCCI to seek clarification on this point have proved fruitless, however we have since been advised that Yuvraj will be required to represent India in this tournament, therein leaving us in an untenable position, leading to us make the decision to notify Yuvraj Singh’s representatives that we will not be pursuing our interest in bringing him to Lord’s” – Yuvraj Singh was prepared to play for Middlesex but, in the event, Middlesex was not prepared to sign Yuvraj Singh.
18 Nov 2009: Quote of the day: 18/11/2009
“I do wonder whether Lord’s would be so keen to keep its title if it had been founded by a man with a rather less grand handle. Sometimes fate just fits: cricket got Thomas Lord, the toilet got Thomas Crapper” – The Guardian’s sports blog on the latest cricketing storm in a teacup.