MJK Smith has died at the age of 92.
Smith played 50 Tests between 1958 and 1972, scoring 2,278 runs.
He also captained England in half of those matches.
@CapelLofft Fundamentally sound selection. Delighted to see Smollett get his due. Very funny. Always cheers me up. Wrong Waugh novels for me. Might have put Swift higher. Gissing and Conrad would have made my list.
Aintree Saturday 16.00. My study of the form has led me to Favori de Champdou 33/1. Previous experience suggests my tips are a sure guide to the wrong answer. Bet on anything else.
England struggling in World Cup against Italy. At cricket. 107 for 5. That said, Italyโs best player, J J Smuts, is a South African who has never been to Italy. #T20WorldCup
Winger Damola Ajayi becomes our first January arrival โ๏ธ
The 20-year-old joins on loan from Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season ๐ค
He will wear the number 25 shirt ๐ข
BTW, congratulations on this @CapelLofft. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Much that I recognised in contemporary Westminster (cross-party financial scrutiny and creative procedure); much I did not (tiger-baiting). Highly recommended.
@CapelLofft Counterpoint: Sierra Leone 2000. British operation. Entirely successful. Itโs only a partial history of failure. Worth pondering the political, military and geographic differences between Sierra Leone and the other disasters, I think. Tentatively, sometimes intervention works.