Tom had a torrid time dealing with the weather at Tenterden on Sunday.  Although not as late as his skipper, Jasper, Tom managed to misjudge the rain delayed start to get in a round of golf at Deal and then have some lunch before setting off (is he taking lessons from...

The annual all Straggler fixture has involved a few familial contests over the years, but none have seen quite so many close relatives removed.  The Gordons set the tone with reciprocal dismissals, when Joe bowled Alastair for his second Straggler wicket; Alastair...

One of the most enjoyable fixtures of the season, with cricket of the highest standard (and very few terracotta warriors in evidence, in spite of the most generous tea), is played at Provender.  And it was a particular pleasure this year to welcome Joe Gordon, making...

A week is along time in politics, and an even longer time for a terracotta warrior, particularly one now blessed with blue suede shoes - the Elvis Presley of the terracotta army.  The change of foot wear did not make him any earlier to the ground - Tom Spurling had...

In the flat lands of Cambridgeshire, a brace of BBC production units were at a loss to determine the nature of the largely immobile figures in the out-field of Thriplow cricket ground.  In an arc from point round to square leg seven fielders lingered unmoving, with a...

There was a moment in the winter, when shooting in the woods at Otterden, that Hugo shot a Jay; the bird did not reach the ground, as it was neatly pouched by Toby fielding at second slip.  I understand that Trevor Bayliss is now in discussion with the Otterden shoot...