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Is there ever a good excuse for an opener to be run out?

I opened once with a guy who thought he was playing a test match - it was an evening 20 over bash. Every over I took one run of the first ball of the over, then he batted out the remaining 5 balls. Must have been 6 or 7 overs in.

Reader - I ran him out.

Dimly recall Botham once did that to Boycott.

Brian Rose opened with Boycott and the pair set off at a funereal pace. In his book A Cricketing Hero Leo McKinstry wrote that as they prepared to head out, Rose said: "I suppose we're going to go out and slog it?" to which Boycott replied: "You play it your way, I'll play it mine."

When Rose fell for 7 England had crawled to 25 for 1 after 80 minutes. Boycott was all at sea, barely able to get the ball off the square. Pushing for quick runs was the last thing he needed or was likely to do.

Derek Randall came in to get things moving and was finding his feet when he was controversially run out by Ewen Chatfield while backing up. No warning was given, and England were livid. "New Zealand's reputation for fair play is in the gutter after the meanest act I have seen on a cricket field," was Pat Gibson's conclusion in the Daily Express.

Botham was promoted to No. 4 by vice-captain Bob Willis with the aim of quick runs - and also with a specific order from Willis to "go and run the bugger [Boycott] out". Given the mental state of the tour party, it was a sentiment that probably echoed what they were all feeling.

Botham's first job was to let Chatfield know what he thought of his behaviour, and he then walked on to meet Boycott, who told him how he was struggling. Botham smiled and told him not to worry, and that he would sort it.

After 20 minutes the chance came. Botham called for the most improbable of singles, and by the time a bemused Boycott realised what was happening and tried to send his partner back, it was too late and Botham had run past him before he could regain his ground at the non-striker's end.

"He never stood a chance," admitted Botham. "What have you done, what have you done," Boycott muttered as it dawned on him he was out. Botham's response - allegedly, "I've run you out, you ****" - has gone down in folklore. "I couldn't look at him," Botham added. "I cracked up and had to go for a walk around the back of the umpire."

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1978-botham-to-boycott-i-ve-run-you-out-you-604169

Great story but suffers from a lack of clarity over the starred-out word. I hope it was c**t.

Either Farage drinks in exactly the same pub, with the same group of England fans for every match or he has decided to get involved in recycling:

And drinking Spanish beer (see the drip tray). What a traitor!

Madri is as Spanish as Francis Drake.

I believe he spelled it 'Francisco'.

Either Farage drinks in exactly the same pub, with the same group of England fans for every match or he has decided to get involved in recycling:

And drinking Spanish beer (see the drip tray). What a traitor!

Madri is as Spanish as Francis Drake.

I believe he spelled it 'Francisco'.

Madri is a top quality Spanish beer, known for its authentic Spanish flavour, brewed in the uk on
Licence

It’s the spirit of Madrid

Madri - A beer famous for being invented in Burton Upon Trent? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrí_Excepcional

Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.

Beer is actually pretty simple. Choose your grain, malt it then extract the wort and brew with your choice of hops. Water can make a difference. You can tailor the inorganic salts in the water to match any water in the world (e.g. when Gales were bought by Fullers they switched production to Chiswick but with water to match Horndean.)

I guess it is simple - however, as an enthusiastic home brewer it often feels like a lot of cleaning until all of a sudden some brewing happens.

But like cooking - quality of ingredients matters, techniques matter and if you cut corners generally the output is worse (e.g. you can pressure ferment lager means so you can ferment at higher temps and get a quicker result, you can also throw in a load of chemicals to clean it up for packaging rather than letting it actually “lager” at a cold temp for ages). The lager I will open tonight was made at Christmas and kept cold until now.

Is there ever a good excuse for an opener to be run out?

I opened once with a guy who thought he was playing a test match - it was an evening 20 over bash. Every over I took one run of the first ball of the over, then he batted out the remaining 5 balls. Must have been 6 or 7 overs in.

Reader - I ran him out.

Dimly recall Botham once did that to Boycott.

Brian Rose opened with Boycott and the pair set off at a funereal pace. In his book A Cricketing Hero Leo McKinstry wrote that as they prepared to head out, Rose said: "I suppose we're going to go out and slog it?" to which Boycott replied: "You play it your way, I'll play it mine."

When Rose fell for 7 England had crawled to 25 for 1 after 80 minutes. Boycott was all at sea, barely able to get the ball off the square. Pushing for quick runs was the last thing he needed or was likely to do.

Derek Randall came in to get things moving and was finding his feet when he was controversially run out by Ewen Chatfield while backing up. No warning was given, and England were livid. "New Zealand's reputation for fair play is in the gutter after the meanest act I have seen on a cricket field," was Pat Gibson's conclusion in the Daily Express.

Botham was promoted to No. 4 by vice-captain Bob Willis with the aim of quick runs - and also with a specific order from Willis to "go and run the bugger [Boycott] out". Given the mental state of the tour party, it was a sentiment that probably echoed what they were all feeling.

Botham's first job was to let Chatfield know what he thought of his behaviour, and he then walked on to meet Boycott, who told him how he was struggling. Botham smiled and told him not to worry, and that he would sort it.

After 20 minutes the chance came. Botham called for the most improbable of singles, and by the time a bemused Boycott realised what was happening and tried to send his partner back, it was too late and Botham had run past him before he could regain his ground at the non-striker's end.

"He never stood a chance," admitted Botham. "What have you done, what have you done," Boycott muttered as it dawned on him he was out. Botham's response - allegedly, "I've run you out, you ****" - has gone down in folklore. "I couldn't look at him," Botham added. "I cracked up and had to go for a walk around the back of the umpire."

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1978-botham-to-boycott-i-ve-run-you-out-you-604169