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Dear readers,

I am off to the South of France,
I will not be able to keep in touch with the dreadful weather up North as well as the thousands of unfolding amusements of the British Isles. Nor will I be able to follow the action at Edgbaston and Headingley. If all goes well, I should reach a radio five in time for the Oval somewhere near the Mediterranean sea, in which case I hope the score will either be 1-1, or even better, 2-2, for a grand final.

enjoy the cricket, I'll be back later with a tan

Smoke on the horizon, York cathedral

garden, Olbadswick

dead end (York, King's Court)

scrouge

to scrouge : to hassle

fielding position

Sefton park

Now if I were still living in Liverpool, I could go to Sefton park this week end and watch the cricket on a large screen.
But I am perfectly happy to listen to radio 5 here in my southern provinces.

Playing in England

"Jeez, it's not even as cold as this in my fridge back in Brisbane"

Jeff Thompson

Cardiff

Well, I followed the unfolding horror turning to miracle till the end on the way South, as fortunatly Radio 4 longwaves reaches the shores of France. I was around St Omer when Collingwood was finally bowled out, and past Arras when the draw was secured by Anderson and Monty, sometime around 7.40 I believe.
Now for Lords.

Ash

Here we go,
down there in Cardiff,
Already 3 down, Pietersen will have to do the job,
radio commentator raving about the man 'bringing a frisson at the wicket'
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