These background checks took place on December 29, nine days before the auction. I think I have a couple somewhere but if you have any that you have read or have been sent to you could you please forward them onto me?
I said I would let you take a look at it and see what you think. Who was pulling the strings? There never was any intent to have any arrangement other than following due process and testing any candidate. The trial Bharucha insisted upon would consist of putting a player through a demanding set of simulated game scenarios.
If he had said something about South Africa we would have spoken to all the players we know there to find out about the player. Or was it. The most obvious reason for the no-show is that being put through his paces at a trial would drastically decrease his chances of landing a deal.
This is the central paradox of the Shankar endeavour: the closer he came to realising the fantasy of Being-a-Star-Cricketer, the more he had to back away from it to keep it intact, to stop the fantasy from melting in the pitiless empirical light of sporting meritocracy. But Shankar was far from ready to call it quits. Getting on the auction shortlist was a significant step forward, for only those players could be called upon should franchises need injury replacements.
At the last minute he was added, which suggested that some well-informed franchise had been tipped off and requested his entry on the register. Nuwan Pradeep, bought at base price by RCB, merits just 90 words. With an indian passport, he can play as a local. Entering the auction therefore signals either that he wanted to remain a British local player for county cricket purposes, or that he saw that his best way into the IPL was to avoid the trial process and be picked up later, perhaps as a Bharucha-backed spur-of-the-moment replacement.
It was also, therefore, inevitably about the franchise he owned, the franchise with which Codrington Fernandez had the strongest links having shadowed Hayden at IPL3.
Indeed, this precise mechanism was perhaps not intended for public consumption, yet the sterling reporterly legwork of Singh had seemingly got to the bottom of things, all hinted at while finessing the narrative around the hot-ticket yet curiously overlooked Shankar.
He wanted to wear the tracksuit, banter with the lads, be looked at admiringly as he stepped off the coach — the pseudo-realisation of the fantasy, in other words — and facing high-quality bowling was, potentially, a major inconvenience not least if he was thrown in against RCB, with Nannes out for revenge!
Had Shankar and Codrington Fernandez somehow managed to persuade Rajasthan Royals to bid for him — and it would probably have been successful, given the unlikelihood of any bidding war — we can only imagine the efforts Shankar would have made to ensure his new teammates were up to speed with his credentials.
At Westminster constituency level the only area in Northumberland to vote Remain was Hexham. Northumberland has traditions not found elsewhere in England. These include the rapper sword dance, the clog dance and the Northumbrian smallpipe , a sweet chamber instrument, quite unlike the Scottish bagpipe. Northumberland also has its own tartan or check , sometimes referred to in Scotland as the Shepherd's Tartan. Traditional Northumberland music has more similarity to Lowland Scottish and Irish music than it does to that of other parts of England, reflecting the strong historical links between Northumbria and the Lowlands of Scotland , and the large Irish population on Tyneside.
The border ballads of the region have been famous since late mediaeval times. Thomas Percy , whose celebrated Reliques of Ancient English Poetry appeared in , states that most of the minstrels who sang the border ballads in London and elsewhere in the 15th and 16th centuries belonged to the North.
The activities of Sir Walter Scott and others in the 19th century gave the ballads an even wider popularity. William Morris considered them to be the greatest poems in the language, while Algernon Charles Swinburne knew virtually all of them by heart. One of the best-known is the stirring "Chevy Chase" , which tells of the Earl of Northumberland's vow to hunt for three days across the Border "maugre the doughty Douglas".
Of it, the Elizabethan courtier, soldier and poet Sir Philip Sidney famously said, "I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet". Ben Jonson said that he would give all his works to have written "Chevy Chase". Overall the culture of Northumberland, as with the North East of England in general, has much more in common with Scottish Lowland culture than with that of Southern England.
One reason is that both regions have their cultural origins in the old Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria , a fact borne out by the linguistic links between the two regions. These include many Old English words not found in other forms of Modern English , such as bairn for child see Scots language and Northumbrian dialect.
There are more Scots in England than English people north of the border. Much of this movement is cross-county rather than distant migration, and the incomers thus bring aspects of their culture as well as reinforce shared cultural traits from both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border.
Whatever the case, the lands just north or south of the border have long shared certain aspects of history and heritage; it is thus thought by some that the Anglo-Scottish border is largely political rather than cultural. Attempts to raise the level of awareness of Northumberland culture have also started, with the formation of a Northumbrian Language Society to preserve the unique dialects Pitmatic and other Northumbrian dialects of this region, as well as to promote home-grown talent.
Northumberland's county flower is the bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum and her affiliated Royal Navy ship is her namesake, HMS Northumberland. Northumberland has its own flag, which is a banner of the arms of Northumberland County Council. The shield of arms is in turn based on the arms medieval heralds had attributed to the Kingdom of Bernicia which the first County Council used until it was granted its own arms.
The Bernician arms were fictional but inspired by Bede 's brief description of a flag used on the tomb of St Oswald in the 7th century. The current arms were granted to the county council in , and adopted as the flag of Northumberland in A precursor of modern football is still seen in the region at some annual Shrove Tuesday games at Alnwick. Newcastle United were first division champions three times in the early 20th century, reaching the FA Cup Final three times before winning it at the fourth attempt in In - 18 season Newcastle United is a Premier League team.
St James' Park in Newcastle is a first class football venue, often used for international games at all levels. Blyth Spartans A. There are many notable footballers from the county, pre Second World War and immediate post war greats were George Camsell and Hughie Gallacher , these were described in the "Clown Prince of Football" by Len Shackleton. Shearer remains the highest scoring player in Premier League history with goals in appearances.
Golf is a Scottish import to many countries but it is said to have been played in this region by St Cuthbert on the dunes of the Northumberland coast. The oldest club in Northumberland was at Alnmouth , founded in , it is the fourth oldest in the country and is now Alnmouth Village Club and a 9 hole links course. There is one old links courses at Goswick.
Today inland golf courses are abundant in the county, [59]. The county has a professional golfer who has played in many professional golf tour events: Kenny Ferrie from Ashington who has won events on the prestigious European Tour. The annual Great North Run , one of the best known half marathons in which thousands of participants run from Newcastle to South Shields. In the 33rd Great North Run had 56, participants most of whom were raising money for charity.
It is worth remembering however that although Northumberland, like many administrative areas in England, has been shorn of its geographical regional centre, that centre—Newcastle upon Tyne—remains an essential element within the entity we know as Northumberland. Lionheart Radio , a community radio station based in Alnwick , has recently [ when? Radio Borders covers Berwick and the rural north of the county.
Ashington was the birthplace of three famous footballers: Bobby and Jack Charlton , born in and respectively, and Jackie Milburn , born in In the international cricketer Steve Harmison was born in the same town. Mickley was the birthplace of Thomas Bewick , an artist, wood engraver and naturalist born in , and Bob Stokoe , a footballer and F. Cup-winning manager with Sunderland in born in The site [1] contains exhaustive detailed entries for notable deceased Northumbrians. NOTE: New parishes have been added since These are missing from the list, see List of civil parishes in Northumberland.
Although not on this list, the population of Cramlington is estimated at 39, Some settlements that is part historic county of Northumberland now fall under the county of Tyne and Wear :.
Copyright The image is from Wikipedia Commons. Wikipedia Page. For other places with this name, see Northumberland disambiguation. Ceremonial county. Coat of arms. See also: Northumbria. A Yes you can but please complete a separate booking for each child. A Yes, while there are separate girls sessions, both boys and girls are welcome to attend Q What happens if I can't make any of the dates?
A If you are unavailable for any of the dates please email julia. Q What do I need to bring? A If you have any cricket kit bring it along, if not don't worry there will be plenty you can use, no need to come in whites, just a tracksuit would be great. As the session lasts most of the day we would recommend bringing a packed lunch. Q What happens if it rains? A In the event of poor weather we will try to allocate indoor facilities as backup and will inform parents on the morning of the session, in which case please bring along indoor trainers.
Q Where are the sessions being held? A Sessions are held at clubmark accredited clubs who have access to quality facilities. Q Do I have to stay at the session all day?
A Parents are welcome to stay and watch but we appreciate it is a long day, coaches are experienced and fully qualified, therefore you can leave them with us for the day and come back to collect them at 3pm. Q What happens after the open days?
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