Geoff Lemon's Blog, page 11
August 23, 2024
England v Sri Lanka: first men’s Test match, day three – as it happened
Jamie Smith’s superb 111 put England in charge but Angelo Mathews led Sri Lanka’s resistance after openers wobbled
67th over: England 283-6 (Smith 89, Atkinson 11) Nope, Vishwa continues and bowls a maiden to Atkinson. Why the hell not?
“I’ve been idling away an hour in the bath reading the cricket reports, until I got distracted by wondering about the origin of the surname Brook,” writes Kim Thonger. “It is apparently a topographic name for someone who lived by a brook, stream, water-meadows or low marshy ground, from the Middle English brook Old English brōc. Seems appropriate for Harry, a veritable flowing stream of runs.
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England v Sri Lanka: first men’s cricket Test match, day three – live
67th over: England 283-6 (Smith 89, Atkinson 11) Nope, Vishwa continues and bowls a maiden to Atkinson. Why the hell not?
“I’ve been idling away an hour in the bath reading the cricket reports, until I got distracted by wondering about the origin of the surname Brook,” writes Kim Thonger. “It is apparently a topographic name for someone who lived by a brook, stream, water-meadows or low marshy ground, from the Middle English brook Old English brōc. Seems appropriate for Harry, a veritable flowing stream of runs.
Continue reading...August 8, 2024
Paris 2024 Olympics day 13: McLaughlin-Levrone takes 400m hurdles glory, Lyles wins 200m bronze before Covid revealed – as it happened
Team GB’s Matt Hudson-Smith missed out on a 400m gold medal yesterday by just four-hundredths of a second. The bittersweet finish was magnified by the fact it would’ve been the first British gold in the men’s 400m since “the Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell in 1924, a race made even more famous by its depiction in the 1981 classic Chariots of Fire.
While it was a golden Day 12 for Australia, Team GB enjoyed a day of silver linings.
Continue reading...Paris 2024 Olympics day 13: athletics, taekwondo, diving, golf and more – live
Team GB’s Matt Hudson-Smith missed out on a 400m gold medal yesterday by just four-hundredths of a second. The bittersweet finish was magnified by the fact it would’ve been the first British gold in the men’s 400m since “the Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell in 1924, a race made even more famous by its depiction in the 1981 classic Chariots of Fire.
While it was a golden Day 12 for Australia, Team GB enjoyed a day of silver linings.
Continue reading...August 4, 2024
Paris 2024 Olympics day nine: Noah Lyles dips to men’s 100m gold for USA – as it happened
Noah Lyles came from behind to pip Kishane Thompson by five thousandths of a second and take gold for USA in the men’s 100m
Some absolutely sensational shots in here that really capture all the emotion of day eight. Personally I can’t go past this fantastic shot of Simone Biles, but I’d love to know what your favourites are? You can let me know via email – the link is at the top of the page.
The track cycling will get underway on day 10 and hot off the presses, here is Kieran Pender’s fantastic interview with Australian coach Tim Decker. From small town South Australia to the world stage, this is a truly fascinating story.
Continue reading...Paris 2024 Olympics day nine: Djokovic v Alcaraz in tennis final, women’s cycling road race and more – live
Some absolutely sensational shots in here that really capture all the emotion of day eight. Personally I can’t go past this fantastic shot of Simone Biles, but I’d love to know what your favourites are? You can let me know via email – the link is at the top of the page.
The track cycling will get underway on day 10 and hot off the presses, here is Kieran Pender’s fantastic interview with Australian coach Tim Decker. From small town South Australia to the world stage, this is a truly fascinating story.
Continue reading...August 3, 2024
Paris 2024 Olympics day eight: Alfred, Biles and Evenepoel win golds – as it happened
St Lucia’s Julien Alfred roared to a historic women’s 100m gold, Simone Biles triumphed on the vault and Remco Evenepoel won the road race
France’s male footballers are following suit and yesterday Thierry Henry’s side reached the semi-finals at Argentina’s expense in a bitter grudge match that spilled into violence at full-time.
The song sung by several of Argentina’s Copa América-winning side last month, singling out France’s players of African heritage, sparked an international incident and justifiable hurt throughout a country whose diversity is a superpower. Its footballers knew the importance of defending their homeland, its predominant values and, not least, themselves.
Afterwards Millot, who will be suspended for the semi-final against Egypt, said the game’s grim context had “given us a pep”. France certainly began like a train and so did their support, who whistled through Argentina’s national anthem and booed when the visitors’ names were recited.
He is France’s most popular sports star, a smiling powerhouse known as the nation’s teddy bear, who for years aced judo contests to crowds’ shouts of “Teddy Bam Bam!” in honour of his ability to swiftly throw and pin his opponents to the ground.
All hopes were fulfilled when Teddy Riner displayed his ice-cold tactical calm and spectacular physical might in his home city of Paris on Friday – making history by taking his third Olympic individual gold medal in the +100kg category.
Continue reading...Paris 2024 Olympics day eight: athletics, men’s cycling road race, GB rowing gold and more – live
France’s male footballers are following suit and yesterday Thierry Henry’s side reached the semi-finals at Argentina’s expense in a bitter grudge match that spilled into violence at full-time.
The song sung by several of Argentina’s Copa América-winning side last month, singling out France’s players of African heritage, sparked an international incident and justifiable hurt throughout a country whose diversity is a superpower. Its footballers knew the importance of defending their homeland, its predominant values and, not least, themselves.
Afterwards Millot, who will be suspended for the semi-final against Egypt, said the game’s grim context had “given us a pep”. France certainly began like a train and so did their support, who whistled through Argentina’s national anthem and booed when the visitors’ names were recited.
He is France’s most popular sports star, a smiling powerhouse known as the nation’s teddy bear, who for years aced judo contests to crowds’ shouts of “Teddy Bam Bam!” in honour of his ability to swiftly throw and pin his opponents to the ground.
All hopes were fulfilled when Teddy Riner displayed his ice-cold tactical calm and spectacular physical might in his home city of Paris on Friday – making history by taking his third Olympic individual gold medal in the +100kg category.
Continue reading...June 25, 2024
Australia miss out when it matters at T20 World Cup as David Warner bids farewell | Geoff Lemon
Mixed campaign came to a close with Afghanistan’s win over Bangladesh as did the opener’s international career
Most often, in trying to assess a sporting team’s tournament, you might as well be looking for the future in chicken entrails. Throw enough offal and you can interpret it as any shape you like.
Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign can go a couple of ways. Look at the struggles against lower-ranked teams and you can see a side that never hit its straps. Australia lost nearly half a game against Oman, three-quarters of a game against Scotland, and finally an entire costly one against Afghanistan. Marcus Stoinis rescued the first two with a bit of help, but nobody could ride with Glenn Maxwell to save the third.
Continue reading...June 23, 2024
Afghanistan’s magical rise continues with T20 World Cup giant slaying of Australia | Geoff Lemon
In short two decades Afghanistan have gone from nothing to within touching distance of the top, all the while carrying a shadow to their story
In a sense, you felt the cricket gods owed Afghanistan one. In the T20 World Cup of November 2022, Rashid Khan blazed 48 at the end chasing Australia, but a couple of good slower balls saw him fall one boundary short. A year later in the one-day World Cup his team had the champions cold, seven down for 91 with 201 more to win. Problem being that Glenn Maxwell went on to make that many himself in one of the most extraordinary innings ever played. By the final few overs of that mad chase you could see Afghan players not so much wilting as melting into puddles on the grass, stop-motion plasticine men in blue.
Eight months later in the shortest format, they came back for another tilt and prospered, even surviving a test of nerve as Maxwell played another lone-hand marvel. Winning by 21 runs on the island of St Vincent leaves Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign at risk and Afghanistan’s path open to the semi-finals. It will depend on Monday’s coming games when Australia play India and Afghanistan play Bangladesh, but the chance is realistic.
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