My punishment for calling the Hundred the worst thing in cricket? A day at the Hundred | Barney Ronay

Crowding out every other format from the centre of summer for this still seems odd, but if you sell it they will come and this was a good day“That was SO COOL!” What’s cool around here? The aggressively upbeat DJ box? The handsome supply teacher type with the roving microphone whose job is force people to clap and who promises to get your selfie on the big screen, but only if it’s “supportive”?Perhaps the singer Sapphire is cool, present to perform a live world premiere of her new single during the interval, which she started just as the rain came thrashing down, sending 10,000 people stampeding from the stands as the opening notes rang out. To her credit Sapphire carried on gamely, serenading the empty seats. The new single is called Pessimist. Her last one was In Crisis. Presumably all of these are taken from the forthcoming album Career-Ending Side-Strain. Continue reading...

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