Play resumes where it left off last night... who's coming into bat next?#
How about a great English band celebrating a great English sport?
And here's another pair of posh English lads with an interest in the game...
Remember when you were more easily led
Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed
Trembling as your dreams came true
You looked right into those blue eyes and knew...
Pet Shop Boys - Can You Forgive Her?
Another Neil, Mr. Hannon of The Divine Comedy joined with Thomas Walsh of Pugwash to pool their musical expertise and love of cricket as The Duckworth Lewis Method. In case you're wondering, they're named after "a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score (number of runs needed to win) for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances".
I had a clue all set to go for these guys, involving Jack & Vera meeting an Oxford detective... until I realised that if anyone identified them, it'd give the game away immediately.
The Duckworth Lewis Method - Test Match Special
I'm not sure Tom Petty would have known one end of a cricket bat from the other, but he did write a great song about a batsman sent in at the end of the day...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Nightwatchman
On Saturday morning, we had a picture of this fella at the top of the pages. No prizes for guessing why...
And here's a novelty record you may remember from 1985... Rory Bremner was responsible, with a nod to Paul Hardcastle.
The Commentators - N-N-Nineteen Not Out
Next, a cricketing band who appear more interested in football players. (I had to google Garry Thompson... not Geoffrey Boycott.)
Geoffrey Oi!Cott - Glory Glory Garry Thompson
However, BAD prefer their sportsmen all in white...
Oh, Rol.........this could have made for a magnificently themed ICA!
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Thank you, JC. I'll post them later in the week.
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