Firstly we were prepared for rotten weather, with rain gear, warm layers, umbrellas and a flask of hot coffee – only to find that apart from a downpour at the end of the day, we had lovely warm, dry weather. Secondly with the amazing performance of the England team thus far in the One Day International series, I was convinced we were guaranteed a day of domination by Stuart, Graeme, Ravi and the rest of the boys... How wrong I was !
England had done really well throughout the afternoon, with our Ravi scoring a respectable 96, but with the odd drop of rain in the latter part of the day things started to go awry... Personally, I blame Duckworth & Lewis for their (frankly unfair) mathematical formulations, for the resultant DRAW (!) and consequent loss of the £1 that I had placed on England to win L!
For those not initiated there is a brief potted history of the Duckworth-Lewis method here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckworth%E2%80%93Lewis_method
J’s record of the week ‘Dreadlock Holiday’
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10cc
This has to be the archetypal cricket fan’s song, with those iconic words ‘I don’t like cricket, I love it yeah !’ ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ was released in 1978 as part of the ‘Bloody Tourists’ album. I was only four at the time, and although my parents would be more likely to listen to Bob Marley than 10cc, I have always loved this song ! ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ was the third (and last) UK number one for 10cc. I say... ‘I don’t like Dreadlock Holiday, I love it yeah !’
Jerushah X
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