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The lightning has started to strike around the ground. There’s no chance of them getting out there anytime soon, I’m afraid.

In the meantime, why not take a look at some of the cricket pieces we’ve published in the last few days.

First up – Don of the sports interview Don McRae sat down for a reflective and revealing chat with Jimmy Anderson:

He pauses when I ask what would have happened to him without cricket. “That’s a good question,” says Anderson. “I have no idea. I was in sixth form thinking about going to uni if ​​I didn’t get a contract. I had no idea what I would do if cricket didn’t happen. It’s scary because I’m sure , that there are a lot of people in the same position and they don’t have what I loved with a passion. I feel so lucky that I had cricket.”

His wife, Daniella, was furious when England dropped him as a player. Is she still angry now that Anderson is back in the fold as Test bowling coach? “I think so, yes. She’s been my biggest supporter since we first met. I had injuries and she was the one who motivated me to get going again. She just felt it wasn’t the right way to have done things on. She felt that I should go on my own terms. But I think it’s getting easier now.”

Hi Sam MacAulay! That sausage looks like it could be useful for deflecting any lightning that comes your way. No further comment, Your Honor.

Take it easy on the rocks, we may still have some work to do here. We can push for a five over game if we get to the park before 8.30pm local time. (hiccup)

I don’t have this. As if things didn’t feel apocalyptic enough right now…

A Hard Raiiiiiiiin’s a Gonna Fall?

Bob Dylan was in London the other night and enjoyed this review very much.

An artist who freewheeled in 1963 seems no more likely to stick to a script 61 years later. It’s best to stay close to the guy in charge and keep your eyes open to see where he’s going. While they hawkishly follow his unpredictable vocal phrasing and a piano style that’s at once booming and ragged—Art Tatum in the form of Les Dawson—he’s still able to put them wrong: There are moments when you’d swear the band begin to build to a climax or slow to a conclusion, only to discover their leader has other ideas.

Reports of sound-level thunderclap around the stadium. Are you in earshot, any OBOs locally and got the skinny on the storms? Write to us in the usual way, links on the left of this page.

Any wet weather reading? Martin Pegan has you covered as he digs into how time waits for no man, not even Australian cricketers:

Australian cricket has had several reminders that Father Time remains unbeaten. The lingering effects of an end for every cricketer and every era have been hammered home in recent decades as fallow years have followed bumper crops of all-conquering Australians. Yet it remains to be seen whether the lessons of the past have truly been learned as the current men’s Test team start another summer of cricket rolling towards a cliff edge.

Batten down the hatches, Mr. Binnacle!

Throw delayed by threat of lightning

Preamble

James Wallace