The Vandal – Derek Haines

It’s been a while since I posted part two in this, what was never intended to be series of moans, whinges, complaints and petty nitpicking, but what the hell, I enjoy it. It gives me a form of release and relief to get these little nasties of my chest. Then there is the other consideration. When my creative mind is a total blank, which it often, this is an easy blog topic to clack out. So let’s clack away with another five all time favourite annoyances. 1. Computers. In any form at all from PCs to Macs and smart phones to cable TV set-top boxes. They all have the same

When you mention ‘The Box’ to many, they may immediately think about television. But not to a cricketer. Now I know many of my readers aren’t familiar with cricket, so I won’t go into the complexity of the Laws of Cricket or any of the many customs that go a long with it. What I would like to tell you about is the stages of life that a cricketer’s most cherished possession, his box, goes through as the years pass. Firstly you need to understand that when batting in cricket, there is a bowler who is hurling 5.5 ounces of extremely hard material encased in shiny red leather at nearly