Cricket 2019

[Greyhound]

Somerset's Tom Banton has been voted Young Cricketer of the Year.

Meanwhile, the club are in the market for a "Chairperson".

 

[Jason H]

Somerset's Tom Banton has been voted Young Cricketer of the Year.

Meanwhile, the club are in the market for a "Chairperson".

"Chairman" is not gender specific. Grrr.

Anyway all's not well at the Middle. Amidst rumours of Yorkshire wanting to sign him, Dawid Malan has resigned* the captaincy. We've signed the mediocre Miguel Cummins on a Kolpak (after our Director of Cricket swore we'd never use the Kolpak route).


*I think.

 

[Greyhound]

Tom Banton will also be a Local Icon for Welsh Fire in the Blundered next year. I thought you'd want to know that.

 

[Alistair20000]

**Shakes fist** at the very mention of the wretched Hundred on a cricket thread.

I see the organisers are being criticised for a big sponsorship deal with KP Snacks where popcorn, crisps, nuts and other so called “junk food” will be advertised. Organisers say they want to attract youngsters hence this advertising deal. The food thought police say it will encourage obesity etc.

 

[Jason H]

**Shakes fist** at the very mention of the wretched Hundred on a cricket thread.

I see the organisers are being criticised for a big sponsorship deal with KP Snacks where popcorn, crisps, nuts and other so called “junk food” will be advertised. Organisers say they want to attract youngsters hence this advertising deal. The food thought police say it will encourage obesity etc.

As someone who followed the fortunes of Everton as a nipper I was forever begging my Mum for tins of Hafnia.*



*Which was a bit tricky, as it wasn't available in the UK.

 

[Alistair20000]

As someone who followed the fortunes of Everton as a nipper I was forever begging my Mum for tins of Hafnia.*



*Which was a bit tricky, as it wasn't available in the UK.

I thought Hafnia was a bacterium but I am no expert in these matters

 

[Jason H]

I thought Hafnia was a bacterium but I am no expert in these matters

It is, but not sure you'd get bacteria sponsoring Everton. Nor would you get the Latin name for Copenhagen doing so.

A Danish purveyor of canned meat, on the other hand...

 

[Alistair20000]

It is, but not sure you'd get bacteria sponsoring Everton. Nor would you get the Latin name for Copenhagen doing so.

A Danish purveyor of canned meat, on the other hand...

Are we talking of products similar to Ye Olde Oak ham which my Mum used to serve as a treat but which I would now classify as something fit only for the Feckin’ Dire thread ?

 

[Jason H]

Are we talking of products similar to Ye Olde Oak ham which my Mum used to serve as a treat but which I would now classify as something fit only for the Feckin’ Dire thread ?

To be perfectly honest I haven't a Scooby. But probably.

 

[Alistair20000]

To be perfectly honest I haven't a Scooby. But probably.

In which case you had a fortunate escape.