T20 cricket...

I watched the last match of England’s tour of the West Indies. As a biff-bang run-fest, T20 cricket isn’t really my cup of tea, but the West Indies couldn’t even bat out their twenty overs, being bowled out for just 71. England knocked off the runs for the loss of two wickets. When it’s as one-sided as this, the shortest form of the game can be quite boring, but one moment stands out. Adil Rashid bowled a leg spinner to Fabian Allen, who hit it out of the park. The next ball was a googly, which fizzed past an outstretched bat and clipped off-stump. The batsman looked up and down, and left and right, totally confused by the flight, the guile and the spin. He stared at the pitch, he stared at his bat; he looked back at his shattered stumps, before walking off, shaking his head…

Licensed today: one of the first pix I uploaded to Alamy...