mespilus

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• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 7 hours, 43 minutes

  

  Properr krigged!
  Lyon hit out the attack once, Root 50, century partnership, Denly 50.
  Still notionally 22 overs to bowl.
  Eng need to bat through all of them to get the Aussie bowlers properly tired.

• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 10 hours

  

  This is more like a Test match. Attritional accruing of runs at scarcely more than 2 an over.
  Eng only need another 301.

• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 hours, 3 minutes

  

  England seemed to have operated without a pair of openers for so long,
  I assume the first 2 wickets will seldom amass any meaningful number of runs.
  Purposeful 50s from Root & Denly will put a different perspective on the match situation,
  if ultimately merely prolonging an easily forseen outcome.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 10 hours

  

  Not that I'm a flesh eater,
  but,
  there look to be quite a few portions in Sarah Vine.

• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 10 hours

  

  Far from promoting the (dismal) prospect of 4-day Tests,
  the ICC should be considering 6-innings Tests.

• EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 11 hours

  

  Daily Mail readers will be fighting each other to glean the rosehips from hedgerows.

• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 11 hours

  

  Aus 206-2 by close of play?

• West Beers : Every Thursday @ Red Lion Ealing, W5 5RA

  in Social • 1 day, 13 hours

  

  Gastronomic update.
  Damas Gate was 'out' of felafel by the time Oliver & myself entered. We enquired and one the till people told us 'More will be coming in 15 minutes'. We waited for @hamrack to arrive, but did not see the promised delivery. The meat-free kibbe featured spinach, (or another green leaf), and pomegranate pearls. Adjacent in the serve yourself display were large domed items. I enquired and was told they were 'felafel mixture coating with a lightly spiced vegetable filling'. They were just £1 a piece and featured large yielding chunks of either squash or sweet potato within a filling filling.
  If @platypus does not lead a 2nd Felafel Ride, a loosely copycatting 'Kibbe Ride' might find some takers.

• Cricket

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 13 hours

  

  The experiment of playing Root as 3rd opener is giving consistent results.

• West Beers : Every Thursday @ Red Lion Ealing, W5 5RA

  in Social • 2 days, 4 hours

  

  What a pleasure to meet up with & chat with @regal!