I’m currently reading Scott Oliver’s excellent book, Sticky Dogs and Stardust – When the Legends Played in the Leagues.
Scott writes about the fierce competition and rivalry in cricket leagues across the country. So fierce, indeed, that they pay out huge sums to attract the best cricketers in the world.
It got me thinking about just what a fabulous thing a ‘league’ is. It’s never simply about winning a single game.
The narrative of a league is about gaining points across the whole season, about the tactics involved in the accumulation of points in order to earn promotion, avoid relegation...
