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P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982) Michael Apted

August 20th 2022

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John Arlott

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This the fanciful engraver might

In his creative dream have seen,

Here, framed by summer's glaring light,

Grey stone, majestic over green

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Not since W.G.Grace has cricket produced a man who so combined technical skill, concentration, determination - or who did so on so carefully planned a course. I doubt that cricket will see such another - for cricket has a way of getting under a man's skin. I do not think cricket is under Bradman's skin, but I believe that it is under his skull - in close control. Therefore he has missed something of cricket that less gifted and less memorable men have gained. How, I wonder, would Don Bradman define happiness?

John Arlott on Don Bradman

Concerning Cricket, 1949.

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John Arlott: Salty quality of human nature

“Cricket, like the novel, is great when it presents men in the round; when it shows the salty quality of human nature. ” —John Arlott. 

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Basingstoke v Headliners CC

Basingstoke v Headliners CC

 Cricket tour. Ahhhh, paired with each other, the most beautiful words in the world.

If ‘organised loafing’ is the best description of this wonderful sport, a cricket tour is gonzo organised loafing. (more…)

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Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen...

John Arlott

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Cricket

A 1950 documentary narrated by John Arlott and Ralph Richardson.