A view from the boundary - off-topic discussion

Very sad to see former Yorkshire opener Jackie Hampshire died today after a long illness. His England career did not properly reflect his quality - he scored a century on his Test debut but was still dropped after another match. He only played a total of 8 tests for England and perhaps even more surprising given his flair he only made 3 ODI appearances. He went on to be a First Class and Test umpire and had been President of Yorkshire since last year.

He would have been opening with Boycott when I first watched Yorkshire probably in a John Player match at Acklam Park, Middlesbrough in the mid 70s. He always played for the team and had some disagreements with Boycott on occasion as the latter would sometimes be more focussed on retaining his wicket than pushing on for the good of the team certainly in the view of many (if not Boycott!).

RIP

Collie D wrote: »

Sorry - another question. Can we come and go as we please or once we leave is that it? If there's a rain delay I'd rather walk into the village for a quick pint than hang around

Yes - you will need to get something stamped (probably the back of your hand) and show your ticket on heading back in

Couple of missed stumpings there.....

Fantastic moment on TMS just then, when Aggers reported that the ICC were removing First Class status from an England v RoW series on the basis it countered anti-apartheid

Boycott was saying how crazy it was, and everyone was agreeing with him. Conversation then turned to his 100th 100, which suddenly becomes his 99th. He was due to have a 40th anniversary charity bash celebrating that event next week, and Aggers was saying he'd been invited under false pretences. He was increasingly winding Boycs up as he explored the ramifications of this decision which was re-writing the record books.

Then eventually Aggers owned up - it was a complete wind-up:D