With apologies to any fans of ITV’s, now abandoned, On the Ball football highlights programme, what follows is a consideration of the ideal cricket ball. The post comprises a series of thought experiments, with little (no) actual research or science to support them…but there might be some hypotheses that could be worth further investigation.
Category Archives: cricket
Review — Beastly Fury: The Strange Birth of English Football — be careful what you wish for!
In the continuing debate about the future of professional cricket in England, there is an iconoclastic strand that would see the end of the “First Class” system — a big “no” to the elitist, closed shop of the MCC and the Counties. One repeated theme has been the need for an “FA Cup of cricket”, …
Back where it all started. And the importance of a hub for local cricket.
This week, I visited† the Ilford Cricket School, for the first time since I left school in 1980. Where I, and countless numbers of local school children, have been introduced to the game since the facility opened more than 70 years ago. The telephone number on the board by the front door has not updated …
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The Teesra 