"Rain, Rain Go Away. Come Again Some Other Day?"

Thanks for watching and welcome to Part 15 from my self-published book in August 2023, "The Spirit of Cricket".

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Here follows a snippet from the chapter being read here, and chapter number 34 of a total of 41 from a book I'm immensely proud of:

"It’s exactly 12.18am on a dark and early Saturday morning after the Friday night before, and it’s raining. OK I may be two hours away from Manchester but if the weather reports and those damn doom mongers are to be believed, it’s going to rain everywhere here in England for the entirety of Saturday into Sunday, completely washing out today’s play and threatening the viability of any play on a Sunday also threatened with heavy rain showers.

Best case scenarios seem to suggest, weather permitting, a couple of hours play or maybe an elongated session of play on Sunday, at best, and lest we all forget, England HAVE to win this Test Match to have any hope remaining in this series. A drawn game here in Manchester? Australia retain the Ashes regardless of what happens at The Oval next week.

So I’m wrapping this diary entry early to perform some reverse rain dances. I may even recreate Tim Robbins’ hands on knees prayers to the almighty in the pouring rain after escaping Shawshank Prison.

I also think we’re gonna need a bigger boat.

See you tomorrow.

Weather permitting".

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