Having looked at the rules, I think it's clear that the rules don't adequately deal with the actuality, kind of for the reasons you discuss above. Which is why you have conventions of this … (View Post)

It's uncommon, but it happens at all levels of the game, and tends to create ill feeling whenever it does. My friend's 11 year old son was dismissed in this way a couple of weeks back. The … (View Post)

I really don't think England have been dreadful this series. There have been some poor decisions by England batsmen and some impenetrative patches in the field - but overall I'd give Englan… (View Post)

I think that's right. I know where's cheapest in my locality (Asda) - so if I have the luxury of planning a refuel in advance, that's where I'll go, at some point when I'm pa… (View Post)

What we do to get the lumpen proletariat on board is what the grown-ups have been doing for about 20 years i.e. gradually making the non-oil offer better and cheaper than the oil offer. I'd say … (View Post)