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What AOC Learnt This Week

Elephants never forget, but they don’t remember as much as Sam Stow. AOC’s human encyclopaedia downloads another week’s worth of information from the part of his brain labelled ‘cricket’.

I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it. I’m about to lose control and I think I like it. It’s unlikely that The Pointer Sisters were anticipating a visit from Matt Prior when they sang their famous track back in 1982, but that’s exactly what I’m doing as I write this column. Who wouldn’t want to meet the world’s finest keeper batsman? I’m sure Matt’s really looking forward to it. Anyway, while I’m off signing autographs it’s time for you to take your weekly trip to my school of cricket weirdness… (more…)

What AOC Learnt This Week

Sponge-brained stumper and AOC stalwart Sam Stow soaks up some more cricket silliness on your behalf. It’s the end of the week: it’s time to relax. You’ve got a whole weekend of not sitting at your desk pretending to work but actually reading about cricket. So, to see you through the weekend, here’s a few [...]

What AOC Learnt This Week

With the weekend in touching distance, Sam Stow offers up another ‘Grab Bag’ of curiosity to see you through ‘til beer o’clock. I’ve just been to the pub. ‘Lunch’ is a concept that we’ve always been philosophically opposed to at AOC, so to have been away from my desk for a whole hour, in a [...]

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