Cold grey days forever hovering on rain. Playing this late in the year one more or less guaranteed to have unfriendly weather. . One would almost think the ECB had arranged things deliberately to turn people off the four day game.

Nonetheless there were interesting things on show. Middlesex started by
De Caries hit a fast fire 40 to top score in the Middlesex winnings. He looked every inch the top order battalion, very strong on the drive.

He only bowled a few overs but ha again gave the impression of spinning the ball very hard but

Midlesex began the match by engaging in their now traditional batting shambles being. all out for 121 . Warwicks so far have responded with 228-8. Will Rhodes is 95*looking very secure.

Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and then with Middlesex, As a cricketer he really does not look significantly now than when he was a young man.
RH

In message <ee21dada-943c-4ba8-b9e2-a664226fd7cfn@googlegroups.com>,
Robert Henderson <anywhere156@gmail.com> writes
<snip>
>Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a
>coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with
>his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I
>have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and
>then with Middlesex, As a cricketer he really does not look
>significantly now than when he was a young man.

Did you mean to put "does not look significantly slower..."?
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:33:07 +0100, John Hall
<john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <ee21dada-943c-4ba8-b9e2-a664226fd7cfn@googlegroups.com>,
>Robert Henderson <anywhere156@gmail.com> writes
><snip>
>>Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a
>>coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with
>>his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I
>>have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and
>>then with Middlesex, As a cricketer he really does not look
>>significantly now than when he was a young man.
>
>Did you mean to put "does not look significantly slower..."?
>
>
>
I read that and it reminded me of Harry and Bert from the two Ronnies.

max.it

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 8:34:48 PM UTC+1, John Hall wrote:
> In message <ee21dada-943c-4ba8...@googlegroups.com>,
> Robert Henderson <anywh...@gmail.com> writes
> <snip>
> >Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a
> >coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with
> >his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I
> >have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and
> >then with Middlesex, As a cricketer he really does not look
> >significantly now than when he was a young man.
> Did you mean to put "does not look significantly slower..."?

Yes. RH
> --
> John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
> like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
> its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
> Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 7:55:26 PM UTC+1, Robert Henderson wrote:
> Cold grey days forever hovering on rain. Playing this late in the year one more or less guaranteed to have unfriendly weather. . One would almost think the ECB had arranged things deliberately to turn people off the four day game.

Nonetheless there were interesting things on show.
De Caries hit a fast fire 40 to top score in the Middlesex winnings. He looked every inch the top order battalion, very strong on the drive.
He only bowled a few overs but ha again gave the impression of spinning the ball very hard but

Midlesex began the match by engaging in their now traditional batting shambles being. all out for 121 . Warwicks so far have responded with 228-8. Will Rhodes is 95*looking very secure.

Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and then with Middlesex, As a cricketer he really does not look significantly slower now than when he was a young man.
RH

Cold grey days forever hovering on rain. Playing this late in the year one more or less guaranteed to have unfriendly weather. . One would almost think the ECB had arranged things deliberately to turn people off the four day game.

Nonetheless there were interesting things on show.

De Caries hit a fast fire 40 to top score in the Middlesex winnings. He looked every inch the top order batsman n, very strong on the drive.

He only bowled a few overs but ha again gave the impression of spinning the ball very hard.

Midlesex began the match by engaging in their now traditional batting shambles being all out for 121 . Warwicks so far have responded with 228-8. Will Rhodes is 95* and looking very secure.

Tim Murtagh confirmed he would be retiring as a player to take up a coaching role with Middlesex then celebrated by taking a wicket with his first ball after the announcement of his retirement was made . I have been watching him bowl for around 20 years first with Surrey and then with Middlesex. Hhe really does not look significantly slower now than when he was a young man..
RH