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Funny old game cricket. Sunday was a day that will live long in the memory; Monday a day instantly forgettable. ‘You cheated,’ jokes Allan back at the Commodore. ‘Cheated?’ I ask. ‘Dipping out today.’ ‘Guilty as charged,’ I reply, ‘I … Continue reading
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TEN DAYS IN CAPE TOWN — DAY 6 It’s Sunday and the second day of the Newlands Test. I wasn’t going to write much about the cricket, but I’ve decided that I will. Because, afterall, that is why we are … Continue reading
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What happened to day two, do I hear? It passed, largely by the pool, in the gym or on the Waterfront. Batteries re-charged, it’s time for action. Whether mischievously or not, a challenge has been laid down, late in the … Continue reading
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Day One Heathrow, Terminal 3, Monday 28th December 17.35 and our ancient, overladen British Airways 747 begins to trundle down the runway. Someone once told me that if you haven’t left the ground after forty seconds, you are in deep … Continue reading
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A very short story written in a very short time at this afternoon’s Maccwriters’ workshop It’s ten to nine. Forever. Time stopped for Daniel at that precise moment. They’d argued and left late as usual. And then they argued … Continue reading
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Sonny Bill Williams: New Zealand star gives Rugby World Cup medal to young boy and is presented with replacement at award ceremony This is the Independent’s on-line headline we awoke to on Sunday morning. I am deeply disconcerted by … Continue reading
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Sunday morning. Replacing the peel of church bells from England’s spires on a glorious ‘Indian summer’s morning was the clattering of chickens coming home to roost. England had crashed out of the World Cup. Humbled, disgraced and even humiliated, defeated … Continue reading
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By my reckoning, England are as good as out of the World Cup. It will take a miracle, based on last night’s performance, for Stuart Lancaster’s men to beat Australia and not to become the first World Cup hosts to … Continue reading
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I had a dream the other night. In all honesty, it was more of a quasi-religious-stroke-rugby nightmare. In my dream Sam Burgess had become the New Messiah — the New Rugby Messiah. And the worst part was, the following day … Continue reading
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Five lessons We Have Learned From the Ashes One England should play all home Tests against Australia either at Edgbaston or Trent Bridge. This may not suit southerners but there is sound logic to this: 1) Both are geographically placed … Continue reading
