Ben Stokes is cricket’s last action hero – the ODI captaincy can be his Viking funeral | Barney Ronay
The instinct is to protect England’s Test captain, but it’s hard to think of anyone better to lead the ODI team. After all, he’s the functioning brain of BazballThis column is about the rise of high-end supermarket cheddar cheese that has delicious and addictive crunchy crystals in it. What are these exactly? And is everything just basically crisps now? This column is about the MCC being needlessly given £70m because the ECB sold a hat that isn’t really a hat just the promise of a brightly coloured future-hat.This column is about cricket umpires being reduced progressively to a theatre of facial expressions, from the brave, wounded “you’re on screen, please reverse your decision”, to the screw-you triumphalism of the confirmatory finger to an empty set of stumps. Michael Caine once said that while doing a closeup you should always stare at a fixed point, always into one eye not both eyes of your scene partner. Do we need to train Joel Wilson in this? Continue reading...
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The instinct is to protect England’s Test captain, but it’s hard to think of anyone better to lead the ODI team. After all, he’s the functioning brain of Bazball
This column is about the rise of high-end supermarket cheddar cheese that has delicious and addictive crunchy crystals in it. What are these exactly? And is everything just basically crisps now? This column is about the MCC being needlessly given £70m because the ECB sold a hat that isn’t really a hat just the promise of a brightly coloured future-hat.
This column is about cricket umpires being reduced progressively to a theatre of facial expressions, from the brave, wounded “you’re on screen, please reverse your decision”, to the screw-you triumphalism of the confirmatory finger to an empty set of stumps. Michael Caine once said that while doing a closeup you should always stare at a fixed point, always into one eye not both eyes of your scene partner. Do we need to train Joel Wilson in this?
Continue reading...
