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For cricket fans there is free cricket for a month on HUM Masala on HUM Europe (CH 833) from Thursday 20 February to Sunday 22 March.

Instructions are in the link.

https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-t...e-cricket-2020

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I assume you are using the term 'cricket fans' very loosely there Den.:rolleyes:

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Surely those organising this tournament should have planned for this and had a reserve day.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51748442

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36026377)

Surely those organising this tournament should have planned for this and had a reserve day.:(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51748442

We signed up to those playing conditions, so can't really complain. All about time and money these days.

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Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36026381)

We signed up to those playing conditions, so can't really complain. All about time and money these days.

And a lack of clear common sense..

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England's two-Test series in Sri Lanka has been cancelled as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus.

https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/ne...anka-postponed

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Former first class cricketer and England captain Tony Lewis has sadly passed away :(. Of course he eventually became better known for other cricketing reasons.;)

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The BBC article says he was born in Bolton, wrong he was a proud Welshman born and bred.

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Originally Posted by iadom (Post 36030114)

l remember him more as the figurehead of the BBC's cricket coverage but he came across as a lovely man.

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It was many years after it was first introduced that I found out he was the Lewis of Duckworth-Lewis fame.

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Originally Posted by iadom (Post 36030122)

It was many years after it was first introduced that I found out he was the Lewis of Duckworth-Lewis fame.

And it took me even longer to find that out.;)

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Actually it isn’t true, an untruth I believed for years until very recently. :)

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Originally Posted by iadom (Post 36030135)

Actually it isn’t true, an untruth I believed for years until very recently. :)

Actually Lewis of Duckworth/Lewis also died recently which will add to the confusion. Even his Wikipedia has got confused with 2 death dates.

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. Anthony John Lewis MBE (25 February 1942 – 15 March 2020)[1] was a mathematician who, along with Frank Duckworth, developed the Duckworth–Lewis method of resetting targets in interrupted limited-overs cricket matches.[2][3] ....
Lewis was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He attended Kirkham Grammar School and graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics.[4] In January 2008, he retired as a lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods from Oxford Brookes University. He was formerly a lecturer at the University of the West of England where the Duckworth–Lewis method originated from an undergraduate final-year project. He was also a former chairman of the Western Operational Research Discussion Society[citation needed] and was a keynote speaker at the Second IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport in 2009.[4]

Lewis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[5]

Lewis died on 1 April 2020, aged 78

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony...(mathematician)

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I even remember Tony Lewis as a test player, and I have got the two mixed up as well, Welsh Tony is still alive and kicking at the age of 81.:dunce:

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Originally Posted by iadom (Post 36030153)

I even remember Tony Lewis as a test player, and I have got the two mixed up as well, Welsh Tony is still alive and kicking at the age of 81.:dunce:

Oh good at least one Tony Lewis is alive ! :)
Nice bloke too, the Welshman that captained England.

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Yes, he got the short straw of tours to India and Pakistan.