The only news of any important was that both Wayne Madsen and Zak Chappell will accompany Mickey Arthur to Guyana for the Global Super League, where the Derbyshire Head of Cricket will coach the Rangpur Riders.
The Global Super League will see teams from all over the world going head-to-head for a fortnight, with Hampshire (England), Victoria (Australia), Lahore Qalandars (Pakistan), Guyana Amazon Warriors (West Indies) and Rangpur Riders (Bangladesh) all taking part.
The competition begins on Tuesday 26 November, with the final to be played on Saturday 7 December.
The only other news from me was receiving John Shawcroft's new book on Cliff Gladwin and Les Jackson , part of the Association of Cricket Statisticians Lives in Cricket Series. I am currently working through it and thoroughly enjoying every page. I hope to do a full review before the end of the coming week, when I will also give details of how to buy a copy.
In the meantime, here is a clip of Les Jackson bowling for England against Australia in 1961. He was forty at the time, so well past his fastest, but still bowled very respectably.
https://youtu.be/eMXCt3cOUOw?si=alpnOXxV4K4MUC1z
What surprises me is that I had always understood his action to be unconventional and described in some quarters as 'awkward' and 'non-textbook'.
Quite honestly, I don't see anything wrong with it. Slightly round arm perhaps, but he would only need to point to his career averages to defend his method.
I hope that you enjoy it, together with the undemonstrative manner in which wickets are celebrated!
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