Remember john emburey who could bat as well 1986 tour
 Who extracted bounce and turn in tandem
With Phil Edmonds


Older members may remember Fred titmus.

Geoff Miller effective oon the 78 /79 tour
Phil tufnell 6 at Sydney 1995
Graene Swann held ends and 2013 caused issues with turn

Ashley Giles


Let's see how the batting goes in the early hours once the two final wickets have fallen

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 17, 2025, 02:55:47 PMNow I'll await all those who say 'Standard box sizes saves money' blah blah

I think you'll find it's your own fault for not buying enough to fill their boxes.

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 17, 2025, 03:08:26 PMEngland so desperately need at least one decent spin bowler. Most countries' spin bowlers strike fear into batsmen but I reckon other teams just relish it when England turn to spin. It's been too long since the likes of Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar and, going back some, Graeme Swann and Derek Underwood

I would tend to agree. I think that spin bowling at the very least can be used as a tool to break the monotony of continued pace and, perhaps, encourage batsmen to open up and with that make mistakes. At its best spin is a devastating tool specially if combined with an "encouraging" pitch.
I'm not sure England trust Bashir after he somehow got ahead of Jack Leach in the pecking order but he is young and he's played hardly any cricket lately after injury.
Maybe it's time to give someone like Rehan Ahmed of Leicestershire a try with the added bonus that he can bat.

England so desperately need at least one decent spin bowler. Most countries' spin bowlers strike fear into batsmen but I reckon other teams just relish it when England turn to spin. It's been too long since the likes of Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Monty Panesar and, going back some, Graeme Swann and Derek Underwood

Parcel arrived for me today as promised by R. Mail but look what Bure Valley Models did



Now I'll await all those who say 'Standard box sizes saves money' blah blah

Spotted this little beauty on the Bure Valley Models website for £19 so into my cart it went.
Ordered Sunday and arrived today so great service, although they are open 7 days a week



but look what it came in

Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2025, 01:14:23 PMMerry Christmas everyone!  I hope you all have a good time and that nobody is having to work. 

Chris, you used the W word and the swear filter didn't spot it?!

Luckily, this year I'm off from Christmas Eve and return to the bosom of the NHS on January 5th. I've just been given £65K to buy my team a new machine that helps us fight blood cancer, so I am a very happy bunny this Christmas.

Merry Christmas one and all.

Quote from: chrism on December 12, 2025, 01:34:03 PM

Quote from: thebrighton on December 12, 2025, 01:20:25 PMDid some manly angle grinding yesterday wearing full safety gear, goggles etc and survived.
Got home, had a shower, washed a metal splinter out of my hair into my eye, A&E at 2am then back this morning to have the splinter removed with a follow up next week to remove the rust.
The moral of the story is don't wash!

Or keep the goggles on while doing so.

Or go for a grade 1 all over.

Link here: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/mrh-202512-december-2025-13759655

Jon

Quote from: The Q on December 10, 2025, 01:08:36 PM

Quote from: Newportnobby on December 01, 2025, 09:25:36 AM

Quote from: Graham on December 01, 2025, 02:34:31 AMAs for being refused a job because of being a communist, think about it, we were in the midst of the cold war. No way was anyone going to get a job in an organisation which could involve touching national secrets.

But the UK suffered more spies than it wanted in the Cold War, mainly from Cambridge Uni

If you look at the full history there were many more than that, about 50 labour MPs of the 1940s to 80s  were later found to have been soviet spies.
Most of CNDs leaders, were members of the uk communist party which was heavily sponsored by the soviet union.

John Cox (Chair from 1971-77) was a communist, and so was Kate Hudson (2003-2010, latterly general secretary until 2024), and Malcolm Caldwell (1968-70) was a very left wing socialist , but Joan Ruddock wasn't, and neither was Bruce Kent, Bertrand Russell, Canon John Collins, Olive Gibbs, April Carter, Hugh Jenkins, Paul Johns, Janet Bloomfield, etc. A Stasi-mole (Vic Allen) tried to become leader in 1985 but Paul Johns defeated him. 3 from 18 is hardly 'most' of the leadership. CND were as opposed to Soviet weapons as anybody else's weapons.