May 23 2008
WHIRLWIND is a word commonly associated with the game played on the green baize. And while followers of snooker will readily attach it with the legend that is Jimmy White, it’s also fair to say that’s exactly the kind of lifestyle a civil servant from Childwall has been leading during his rise as a semi-professional referee....
Jul 12 2007
AS LANCASHIRE and Yorkshire struggled for bonus points in the rain-wrecked Roses match at Old Trafford yesterday, the more zealous home supporters could argue good-humouredly that the announcement of England’s preliminary squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship represented a pleasantly conclusive 4-1 victory for cricketers west of the Pennines. ...