Sunday, June 14, 2009

Summer weather

Whenever we get disappointing weather in June I try to cheer myself up by remembering 1976

The Saturday of the Lords Test was abandoned to the weather – in truth the rain stopped early, but the day was overcast & the ground wet, so paying spectators were just left to make their own amusements

By the time of the final Test at the Oval Greenidge & Richards were batting on a wicket which was more like home to them and we were still glorying in the longest, hottest summer since goodness knows when




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