It's great to hear someone publicly talking about Blessing Muzarabani. 50 at 20.62 with a SR of 41! That would have to be the equal of some of the best in history in terms of 50 wickets. God, I wish we'd get to see him in a Test against Australia... hopefully he can demand some attention, Zimbabwe have nine Tests this year, can't recall the last time that happened
I saw Ed last night in Sydney at the sold out Camelot, and had the horrifying thought that i've seen him perform in 5 consecutive decades. Wonderful night it was.
Re: the poor fielding. Perhaps it’s just indicative of T20 in general, there’s so much concentration on batting as in hitting fours and sixes, that things like ground fielding, catching (except for the high-profile poser-stuff on the rope) and even running between wickets take a back seat.
He includes a postscript having read Taylor's book after finishing his own manuscript, which included a chapter titled Dresden. Musgrove flew there, the final mission in his tour.
Musgrove "was pleased that the views I had expressed in my memoir were broadly confirmed" in the Taylor book. Musgrove's arguments throughout the book are given in a reasoned way, sometimes in quite a lot of detail. One example being in regard to his opinion that area bombing of German cities was used long after it had been proved a failure in finishing the war. Another that Operation Thunderclap missions to far-eastern Germany, which included Dresden, were ordered as a part of the to and fro between Churchill and Stalin. Not the least factor being the views of the latter about the English commitment to prosecuting the war wholeheartedly.
Musgrove views "the loss of more than 700 of England's finest young men" during Thunderclap as "Churchillian gesture-politics at its worst...". Musgrove was disappointed that Taylor "opted out" of engaging with the "complex and ambivalent moral framework" of Dresden that he, Taylor, identifies in his book.
Perhaps time to read the Taylor book will arise, one day.
Just liked connection between label on bottle & Hitler - I’ve only read the rise & fall of the 3rd Reich & Parallel lives Hitler & Stalin that was enough - except perhaps a bit of Bolano ‘s fiction
My late husband whose death many years ago we celebrated today flew in 10 Squadron RAAF & won a DFC - like me he loved cricket & footy though we followed different teams - an emotional time for our family
It's great to hear someone publicly talking about Blessing Muzarabani. 50 at 20.62 with a SR of 41! That would have to be the equal of some of the best in history in terms of 50 wickets. God, I wish we'd get to see him in a Test against Australia... hopefully he can demand some attention, Zimbabwe have nine Tests this year, can't recall the last time that happened
The BBL might tap him - he's awesome.
Some smiles in there. Number One is always a winner.
Great photos from Greg Hardy
I saw Ed last night in Sydney at the sold out Camelot, and had the horrifying thought that i've seen him perform in 5 consecutive decades. Wonderful night it was.
Re: the poor fielding. Perhaps it’s just indicative of T20 in general, there’s so much concentration on batting as in hitting fours and sixes, that things like ground fielding, catching (except for the high-profile poser-stuff on the rope) and even running between wickets take a back seat.
And just on the shelf above that bottle with the interesting label is a book on the spine of which is the word HITLER
Hmm?
Ian Kershaw's two-volume biography. It's first-rate.
Might be one with the word Dresden as well.
Frederick Taylor's book on the bombing. Also excellent.
Thanks Gideon, read his book on the Berlin Wall but not Dresden.
An RAF navigator Frank Musgrove (https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/242691.Frank_Musgrove) titled his war memoir "Dresden and the Heavy Bombers an RAF Navigator's Perspective".
He includes a postscript having read Taylor's book after finishing his own manuscript, which included a chapter titled Dresden. Musgrove flew there, the final mission in his tour.
Musgrove "was pleased that the views I had expressed in my memoir were broadly confirmed" in the Taylor book. Musgrove's arguments throughout the book are given in a reasoned way, sometimes in quite a lot of detail. One example being in regard to his opinion that area bombing of German cities was used long after it had been proved a failure in finishing the war. Another that Operation Thunderclap missions to far-eastern Germany, which included Dresden, were ordered as a part of the to and fro between Churchill and Stalin. Not the least factor being the views of the latter about the English commitment to prosecuting the war wholeheartedly.
Musgrove views "the loss of more than 700 of England's finest young men" during Thunderclap as "Churchillian gesture-politics at its worst...". Musgrove was disappointed that Taylor "opted out" of engaging with the "complex and ambivalent moral framework" of Dresden that he, Taylor, identifies in his book.
Perhaps time to read the Taylor book will arise, one day.
Just liked connection between label on bottle & Hitler - I’ve only read the rise & fall of the 3rd Reich & Parallel lives Hitler & Stalin that was enough - except perhaps a bit of Bolano ‘s fiction
My late husband whose death many years ago we celebrated today flew in 10 Squadron RAAF & won a DFC - like me he loved cricket & footy though we followed different teams - an emotional time for our family