Not much time to write anything about the First Test between England and Pakistan, as I leave for London (and the game) in the morning and am busy getting everything together.
All I can say is that I hope it'll be an interesting game and an equally compelling series and that the England team's two outstanding newcomers of the past six months - Alastair Cook and Monty Panesar, in case you didn't know - can once again reaffirm their potential.
These pictures show Cook batting against Murali in the Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's in May, and Panesar bowling at Worcester in June.
We are what we want to see when we watch sport. The angry fan finds tribal belonging; the pessimist sees steady decline and fall; the optimist hails progress in each innovation; the sympathetic soul feels every blow and disappointment; the rationalist wonders how the haze of illogical thinking endures.
Ed Smith, What Sport Tells Us About Life (2008)
Cricket has lasted because it is what it is. It's a game which reflects life, with all the nuances in it. You can be a success in the morning and crap in the afternoon, then come back in the evening. As at work, you can spend four days doing something and nothing comes of it. Another time you will dash something off and it's terrific. Life resonates through cricket like no other game.
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