tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post8867039900073419141..comments2024-02-09T10:49:08.034+00:00Comments on WITTERINGS: Delaysfantasy bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13071236617768809320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post-48318388644487191322012-05-29T09:29:50.891+01:002012-05-29T09:29:50.891+01:00Grateful to FB for filling in the blanks here - ad...Grateful to FB for filling in the blanks here - advancing age results in memory loss at this end. I wonder if this incident is captured on Youtube.Silly Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513218113000230778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post-13412547056106965792012-05-29T00:30:23.356+01:002012-05-29T00:30:23.356+01:00Ah yes this was Dickie Bird being wound up by Both...Ah yes this was Dickie Bird being wound up by Botham and Alan Lamb. The phone was duly put in Dickie's pocket - after some protest. A few minutes later it rang and Dickie's reaction was something to behold. What laughs. Boys will be boys.fantasy bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071236617768809320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594530012918925567.post-53872427305255507782012-05-28T09:31:27.925+01:002012-05-28T09:31:27.925+01:00I heard a while ago a top umpire relating how, whe...I heard a while ago a top umpire relating how, when standing in an important match, he was handed a mobile phone by an incoming batsman, for safe keeping. His bafflement was clear but perhaps he shouldn't have been so surprised. Cricket has always been a leisurely game, stopping, as FB has pointed out, for just about everything. We should really rejoice in this blissful escape from the frantic pace of modern life (and the IKEA shopping run).Silly Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513218113000230778noreply@blogger.com