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The sun gently slipped towards the horizon, and fans with smiles on their sunburnt faces gently swayed between others coming in the opposite direction.
With the Kent v Gloucestershire decider still to come, it was the hour of contemplation at Twenty20 finals day.
Everyone – barring perhaps the odd diehard Sussex or Lancashire fan – was having a jolly good time at England’s premier domestic cricket event.
Continue reading "Move over 50-over cricket"
It is often unfair to accuse any individual, or indeed any team, of choking in the world of sport.
Jimmy White could never beat Stephen Hendry in the final of the World Snooker Championship, Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia have never won one of golf's major tournaments.
Are any of those three chokers though? Or were they simply outmanoeuvred when it mattered most?
In terms of cricket, the prodigiously talented Mark Ramprakash had a poor England career, but even his under-achievements barely compare to Lancashire's failure to win trophies.
Continue reading "Lancashire fail again at finals day"
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