The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

From a 2017 interview with Smith: In England, people with the last name Smith, well, cricketers anyway, all seem to get called Smudge. Huss (Hussey) had obviously played a lot of county cricket over there and he was the one that started it. After that, it just stuck.

No it isn’t. I’m concerned about the quality of the ‘safety assessments’ given they deemed the already reduced capacity to be safe until another ‘real life’ situation showed them that it wasn’t. Even without the awful history of that stand, surely it’s better just to close it down.

Is it the stand that’s unsafe or just the access to it? (I guess you could argue that’s one and the same thing)

I’m intrigued as to how they’re going to divide 23 clubs into 7 different categories…

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

McGrath vs Atherton = 19 Broad vs Warner = 17

I’d have played Foakes instead of Ali and had Root as our spinner.

Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

Good session but we really need to pick our best wicketkeeper.

The Penguins - Earth Angel

If she does well, it will be interesting to see if she gets the job full time. You might be right about it being a stunt, their owner certainly appears to like the spotlight being on him.

James Bay - Hold Back The River

The Who - My Generation

The MCC haven’t ‘given in’ to Australia, they have merely enforced there own rules which all members agree to follow when they join.

Appointment confirmed

I wouldn’t be celebrating - I’d have fainted from seeing Gallagher do that! 😁

I’ll be surprised if Upside Down does, I think he lives in New Zealand.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Or ‘the inappropriate flashing of one’s ankle (or ankles)’: A formal standard of dress applies in the Pavilion on all match days. Gentlemen A tailored jacket or blazer with a collared shirt; Tie or cravat; Tailored trousers (chinos, corduroys or other formal trousers); and Footwear appropriate to a formal setting with socks which cover the ankle.

From the MCC regulations:

MCC members get in trouble if they wear the wrong blazer/tie. They’re certainly going to get into trouble for confronting players inside the pavilion.

Do you not think if most the crowd made their feelings known but the MCC only felt it necessary to suspend three of its members that maybe, just maybe, those three took it too far?? Blimey, that ended up being a bloody long sentence.

Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger

I’m all for playing to the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law. But whichever view you take, it needs, in my opinion, to be same one whether the action is done by your team or by the opposition.