Match stats The parable of the labourers in the vineyard is often said to be ‘problematic’. You know the one – it’s about the workers who are paid one denarius for their day’s labour, and get annoyed when the vineyard’s owner gives the same money to the layabouts who turn up an hour before sunset. The ‘problem’ is that most people who hear it think it … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Vagabonds, Bentworth, Sunday 21 July 2024
The neurophysiology of reward, and the role of delayed gratification, is the subject of intense scientific investigation these days. Why do we pursue certain activities with such passionate dedication, even when – or perhaps partly because – they so regularly disappoint us? Why are particular sounds and movements so uniquely satisfying? Why does it feel … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Arbour XI, Thursday, 18th July
Every batsman arriving at Brown Candover takes in that most deeply ‘village’ of cricket grounds and thinks the same thought. Perhaps his look embraces the patchwork fields stretching in all directions, the rampant English hedgerows, the time-softened thatched cottages, the old church, with its higgledy-piggledy gravestones. Perhaps he hears the cooing of the wood pigeons, the yellowhammer demanding its little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese and the pleasant descending wheeze of the greenfinch. Perhaps he regards with approval the meticulously prepared wicket, the well-mown outfield and the pavilion in its elevated setting. He surely considers the long … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Candovers, Thursday, 11th July. Away.
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