Early in 2005 Canterbury lost its most iconic feature - after 200 years the famous lime tree, situated just inside the boundary, was blown down during winter storms. It was the end of an era, but not of a tradition, as Kent had planned ahead and had been growing a replacement. Just ahead of the 2005 season, the new tree was replanted by Chris Cowdrey. The St Lawrence Ground was built around the tree in 1847 and is quintessentially English with space for spectators to watch from their deckchairs or cars. Kent's long history of producing England wicketkeepers is remembered with the Leslie Ames Stand, prior to 1973 it was known as the Iron Stand. In 1999 St Lawrence - "The Spitfire Ground" to its many friends - was picked to play for England against Kenya in the World Cup, taking 2 wickets, making 15 runs and dropping a catch.
Will the 'Rogers to jail' micro teacup storm be as good at destabilizing him as the 'Morgan/barmaid' beat up was at the WC?
Posted by: Nick | Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 06:36 PM
Apparently not
Posted by: philsgone | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 08:18 AM
In the scheme of Sportsman Go Bad, Rogers' bagatelle hardly Lance Armstrong meets OJ.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 09:08 AM
Of course, that won't stop someone from accusing him of being the worst person in the history of the world, and demanding an apology.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 09:09 AM
If I batted at that ground I bet I would smash a few over the tree.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 11:36 AM
I had a brain freeze and was Googling to see if I'd used the word "cherubic" correctly in a sentence when I came across this Joe Root dedication. Love the ass shots.
It appears to be a very sexist site, treating male cricketers as pieces of meat to be ogled at.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 11:44 AM
I used to play on a small field ringed by trees. Hitting the tree on the full was a six, even though several trees encroached a long way onto the field. I hit numerous sixes which would not have carried the "square" at the MCG. I was even caught once, but the ball had barely clipped a leaf and the fieldsman was too honest, so I carried on batting.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 12:22 PM
M Marsh joins Watto. Watto crawling. Marsh crunches some 4's...and Watto out caught. Psych
Posted by: nick | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 09:04 PM
Smith retired to make sure Hunn could not get 10 wickets.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:29 PM
That article went a bit Python towards the end there, Mister Belpit.
Posted by: m0nty | Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Yes. I'm more than happy to be compared to M. Snake.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 12:07 PM
Well, Watson seems determined to not quite score as many runs as Mitch Marsh in this warm-up but he'll still maintain his spot, bless him and his beaten down demeanour.
That Ashes wouldn't be the same with that big eejit and Badhands letting balls fly between them while they stare at each other in a puzzled manner.
Posted by: lou | Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 06:20 AM
Who was the fast bowler in the Kent match with the, ahem, less than fluid action?
Posted by: Tony Tea | Monday, June 29, 2015 at 08:14 PM