Yes, the birth qualification wasn't changed until 1992 - Yorkshire then immediately signed Tendulkar, and a young Lancastrian called Vaughan became eligible. However, many of us were very critic… (View Post)

It's worth mentioning, I think, that the investigation into Paterson dates from October 2019, pre-Covid, and was based only on evidence up to that date. Since then, those of us who are observant… (View Post)

Yes, that's quite right, and if PT would only read the report he'd know this. It is, of course, entirely coincidental that Paterson has only ever raised public interest concerns on behalf o… (View Post)

On Paterson, the respectful and honourable thing to do would have been never to mention his wife's tragic suicide, and treat it as a private matter of grief for him and his family, quite separat… (View Post)

Yes, I keep thinking of Blackadder. Johnson is Baldrick, with his cunning plan to save Paterson. But he has no Blackadder to put him right. For all his sins, he used to have Cummings in that role. (View Post)