For sports fans far and wide
During the rain delay of the Sydney Ashes Test between Australia and England the ABC played an interview conducted by the BBC’s Simon Mann with the Managing Director of England Cricket, Ashley Giles. For any England fans that heard the
“As long as there is a Yorkshire man in the England side, England will do well,” that was the claim when this writer was growing up. Was it a truth or was it a myth, and who perpetuated the myth?
Over time there have been many sons and daughters follow their father or mother into a sport. This should come as no surprise as the children grow up around their parents playing that chosen sport. Often there will come a
For many generations Lord’s has always been the home of cricket. If you were English there was never any doubt that it was. Just as every young boy, and now girl, wants to play at Wembley if they play football
It was Michael Jordan who gave the sage advice that aspiring athletes should “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.” Some may say that it is a great deal easier to utter such words of wisdom when you have earned
