Saturday, July 18, 2026

Crash, Bang, Wallop?

 England's Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum react ahead of a cricket match.

mike atherton

In Test cricket v Bazball, Test cricket won — and we should be grateful.

It is a perfect endorsement of longest format’s beauty, with its thorough examinations of wit, skill and heart, that simplified approach fell apart — despite a few notable successses. Times.

Sonnet: The Gentleness of Jesus.

He does not break the bruised and fragile reed, Nor quench the wick that dimly burns away; He meets the weary in their deepest need, And tur...