Test match cricket approaches the profundities otherwise attained only by...
I had to reach my allotted span (indeed, pass it by a year or two: I’m now well into the years of labour and sorrow) before I discovered the great human drama that is test cricket (and above all, that...
View ArticleCricket Australia is still very lofty about ‘The Spirit of Cricket’. After...
Last summer, I discovered the joys of test cricket, demonstrating (to myself at least) that old age can be a time of life in which new experiences are not necessarily a thing of the past. Some of my...
View ArticleCanterbury and Rome prepare for cricketing showdown
The Church of England has agreed to play a cricket match with the newly formed “Vatican cricket club”, with Lord’s cricket ground as the planned venue. The announcement was made today at a press...
View ArticleCardinal Pell: Ashes revenge is sweet
An Australian cardinal has said that “revenge is sweet” following Australia’s Ashes victory over England. Writing in the Catholic Weekly, Cardinal George Pell said: “Revenge is sweet. So runs the 16th...
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