Article 5SXM7 Ashes 2021-22: Australia thrash England by nine wickets in the first Test – live!

Ashes 2021-22: Australia thrash England by nine wickets in the first Test – live!

by
Jonathan Howcroft (now) and Tim de Lisle (later)
from World news | The Guardian on (#5SXM7)

Ben Carter has emailed in, re: Paul Blakeman's meeting at the toilet door with Graham Swann. It's good Swanny was polite. As a seven-year-old, I ran onto the field at the start of a John Player League match between Gloucestershire and Northants, offering Mike Procter a pencil and a scrap of paper. He looked at me and growled, F off, little boy! We are here to play cricket!"

Mike Procter is someone I would not have wanted to upset, back in the day.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026
Reply 0 comments