Cricket, equality and a night in Tunisia

A friend of mine, a fellow cricket lover once made the comment that 'cricket is a process, not a game or two'.

Another friend, a fiercely patriotic Indian fan then retorted, 'that's nice when your team is winning!'.

Hallowed turf of The Lords

I, whose retirement ambition is to spend the entire winter attending overseas tours of wherever the England team decides to winter in have lately taken a largely different view. It is as if a sign of maturity has been slapped on my head, especially the patch upon which where less hair is now prevalent that there is little meaning to a winning or losing, I seem to be enjoying the game for what it is regardless of the outcome. Yet, I could not help let out a sign of disapproval all week after another batting collapse.

Truth be told I have gone to bed early, got up at 4 AM, switched on Test Match Special and subsequently returned to bed. Someone had suggested tweeting through the night all the legal developments as morning papers would start to get updated but this would simply get in the way of enjoying the game. Ardent followers of LawNewsIndex might have noticed that the 'Focus of the Day' stories would not be added until after 11 AM on a match day but can you really blame me? I have always taken the view that LawNewsIndex is not about speed but substance!

Musical highlights of this week did not include any live performances. Too cold, too wet, body clock out of sync because of early Test Match Special start times. But I am going to leave the reader with a wonderful performance of Arturo Sandoval blowing one of the most famous jazz standards, 'A night in Tunisia'. The reader might have noticed a couple of stories within the LawNewsIndex about proposed legislative changes in Tunisia on equality issues.

This week's Twitter highlights had included wonderful interactions with the following from the legal community: