Farewell to cricketing legend, #SyedAbidAli (right) who batted with zeal, bowled with skill, fielded with guts and faced every challenge ---including reading his own obituary twice with unwavering strength. You will be deeply missed. #RIP

RIP Peter Lever Here’s an article about him at the age of 30 - a Yorkshireman playing for Lancashire, he always seemed highly regarded in overheard conversations when I was young

Sad to hear the news that Farooq Hamid has passed away. I was lucky enough to finally meet up with him at his home in October in Lahore. In his youth he was a great athlete. I wrote a limited Monograph on Farooq in early in 2024. Condolences to his wife & all his family.

RIP Farooq Hamid

A glorious slow run in the Wiltshire spring sunshine this morning

In a Hampshire village, snapped this glorious morning

Note the mini-roof on the wall to the left (we sometimes have thatched walls too). The reason these mini-roofs are needed is because the walls are traditionally of ‘wattle and daub’ construction which means they potentially disintegrate when exposed to rainfall

Happy 60th birthday to the amazing Waugh twins, born June 2nd, 1965 This Peter Roebuck piece about them was written before Mark had debuted for Australia and when Steve was established but without a Test century at this stage (The Cricketer, May 1988)

A Hampshire cottage from this morning’s bike ride

Matthew Revis… take a bow. 150 for the first time in his first class career and a third first class ton. Outstanding knock. #bbccricket BBC Sport West Yorkshire

Glad to see that Crawley’s finger seems ok so far

Wow!

A delightful clip of young Imran Khan batting stylishly for Worcestershire against Warwickshire in the Benson & Hedges Cup semi-final, 1976 Among the bowlers is Bill Bourne (Barbados) who eventually represented East Africa espncricinfo.com/series/benson-… youtube.com/watch?v=TjJELD…

Happy birthday to the great Dennis Lillee, born July 18th, 1949 (76 today) What a bowler. So 1970s Here is a 'Gallery' profile written by David Frith in The Cricketer, March 1976 issue

25th June: 93* v Notts 1st July: 150 v Essex 24th July: 110* v Surrey 31st July: 152* v Sussex Matthew Revis is in serious form.

Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury, Berkshire

The Black Mountains, south Wales

This could be Woakes batting at The Oval, if required. Rare footage of Saleem Malik who batted despite broken arm in the 1986 Faisalabad Test. Batted left-handed & right-handed. Helped Wasim Akram get to his maiden Test fifty.