Old Trafford In The Sun

It’s been a while since I blogged about the cricket, or in fact, any sport at all.� However, the weather is getting positively summery and the football is over, so there’s nothing better than to sit back and while away the hours with a bit of test match cricket.� Unfortunately, the quality on offer leaves something to be desired as the West Indian tourists have arrived in Blighty with one of the poorest looking outfits I can recall.� Brian Lara’s controversial decision to quit the international

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Tags: Chanderpaul, England, Gayle, Harmison, Lara, Panesar, Plunkett, Sidebottom, SkySports, Sport, Strauss, West-Indies

Whose Boat Is It Then?

The twenty first week of the year came up trumps for some top quality viewing, which was for the best considering the terrible weather we’ve been having that’s forcing everyone indoors. The eighth week of The Apprentice was a bit of a weak affair relative to the rest of the series but still managed some great “reality” moments with Jadine finally being fired. I’m tempted to go into more detail on these episodes but I could do no better than (in fact, I couldn’t do anywhere near as well

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Tags: Andrew-Marr, Apprentice, David-Morse, Doctor Who, England, General, House, Lost, Paul-Cornell, West-Indies

Smithster and Gavster

Week 20, and I must confess that it is proving quite a challenge to keep my viewing diary up-to-date. You may have noticed, faithful reader, that I am not here every day to update the lists of the shows that I’ve been watching. It is a fact that I shall attempt to rectify since it’s not like I’m ever away from a computer but it’s a fact nonetheless. So, when it comes to trying to recall the programmes that I have been watching over the last four or five days I find myself

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Tags: Cricket, FA-Cup, Football, Gavin-and-Stacey, General, Nick-Frost, Simon-Pegg, Sky, West-Indies

Reach For The Stars

The Cricket World Cup came alive this week as the Super 8 stages of the tournament came to a close. Up until now it has meandered along with some uninspring and one-sided encounters usually involving Australia dismissing all before them with an unstoppable flourish. However, in a thoroughly irrelevant match because both sides had already been eliminated, between West Indies and England, we got to see 600 runs, 19 wickets and a near-as you can get to a last ball finish. If the whole competition had been just half this good it would

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Tags: 24, Cricket, Dalek, David Tennant, Desmond, Doctor Who, England, General, Lost, Sky-Sports, West-Indies, World-Cup