It had to happen sooner or later, a list of cricketing term re-engineered for the dating and relationship arena.
Possibly quite blokey…
Well I do declare, cricket talk can be rather mushy
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 to the comment subset
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Bowled over by the artballing artwork of Michael Vaughan
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 23 March, 2009 to the design and art subset
Former English cricket captain Michael Vaughan has found a way to make a name for himself as an artist while also retaining ties with the game he loves, by becoming an “artballer”:
The “Artballing” series of paintings involved the batsman hitting paint covered balls at a stencil over a canvas to create a unique set of [...]
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Howzat for a French cut? Cricket was invented in Belgium
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 3 March, 2009 to the comment subset
Apparently the “English” sports game cricket originated in Belgium not England, according to (and the plot thickens) an Australian researcher.
Experts believe the game was introduced by northern Europeans who settled in England from the 14th century. It may even have been resisted by the local population at first. And to add insult to England’s injury, [...]
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{ What’s on Boxing Day, easing the day after hangover }
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 24 December, 2008 to the events subset
I’m not really sure what you can do to ease the Boxing Day after-effects of the day before, whether incurred as a result of overeating, over drinking, or both, so perhaps choosing denial, and pretending you feel just fine, will be the best course of action.
Anyway here are a few ideas, and let’s call it [...]
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Baseball 2.0
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 to the events subset
Sir Allen Stanford believes Twenty20 cricket, a shorter, faster paced, version of the historic game will be a hit with US sports fans, so much so he has 20 million dollars in prize money riding on the idea, when England play the Caribbean in November.
Financier Stanford hopes his winner-take-all $20-million match between England and a [...]
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The Randwick end
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 to the snap shots subset
A view looking towards the Sydney Cricket Ground, as seen with one of its iconic/trademark floodlight towers.
Home to cricket and also sometimes home ground to Australian football, or “Aussie Rules” football team the Sydney Swans.
This photo was taken a few years ago, but conditions were very much like this last Saturday evening.
Update: I’ve uploaded [...]
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© 2008
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 5 January, 2008 to the disassociated subset
Don’t forget to update your copyright notices (if you use them) to include 2008.
Most people carry them in the footers or sidebars of their websites, so changing them globally (across the whole site) shouldn’t be too difficult.
In the “old days”, like a year ago, before I was using a CMS, and template based web [...]
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Burnt
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 6 January, 2007 to the comment subset
Day Six… Well another Ashes Cricket series winds to an end, and what a PATHETIC performance by England. Sorry to say it, but can these guys PLAY cricket?
While it’s nice to see the home side win the series, I think many would have enjoyed a slightly more COMPETITIVE tussle, but alas these sorts of events [...]
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