It was not pretty … it was not rugby!

Well South Africa have won the world cup … but rugby was not the winner! As I said in my last blog … mauling and brawling is not rugby, but as far back as I can remember South Africa have been able to maul and brawl, England dictated the nature of the game, it would …

The World Cup

In many ways I am a romantic! I believed that rugby was invented by a guy named Webb Ellis at Rugby in 1823 when he picked up a ball and ran. Whether this be true or nay, I cannot tell … however I have always been a lover of the game, since about the age …

Who’s guilty … the bribers or the bribed?

Having just re-read my earlier blogs, I see, I left this question hanging. In the earlier blog my subject was dealing with the integrity of politicians … where I tried to show there is little difference between our first world politicians and those of the third world that we often smirk at. We have seen …

I could have said I told you so!

Today we saw Matt Prior make his test debut … back in November last year I selected him in my choice squad for the Ashes series. Although his normal batting position is at the top of the batting order, I wanted him as my No 7. He had been tried in the 50 over version …

How long will Australia dominate World Cricket?

With four retirements of front line players one would imagine that there is a glimmer of hope for the rest of world cricket … alas this is not the case! If we look at Australia’s future tour commitments … we see that this is actually the ideal time for a changing of the guard! After …

Golden rule of Computing

R.T.F.S. If we keep this foremost in our mind, all the time we are using a computer, we will generally be able to resolve most issues or problems. If to need to ask … it means “Read the f……. screen”. Ah you say but the language computers use is impossible to understand. However we mean …

The Ashes … in ashes … already?

If I listen to people around me, England have already lost The Ashes. I think it is still a case of “early days”. Yes, I am disappointed that our team is obsessed with playing Russian cricket … you know, they “rush out” then they “rush in” again! Please note I am at last prepared to …

Anarchy

This is a subject to which I will turn again and again. Firstly what is anarchy? To most of us it conjers up pictures of gangsters roaming the streets an shooting anyone at a blink of an eye. Or, maybe, some suicide bomber in Iraq blowing himself up with no care about the innocents that …

The Ashes

I intended writing daily, alas after serious sleep deprivation on Wednesday night as I listened to the cricket commentary on the first day of the first test between Australia and England I battled to get through my work on Thursday and Friday. At least I am relatively up to date now. While it is easy …