The current addition of Private Eye contains an hilarious article about current (for how much longer?) ECB Chairman, Colin Graves. Not content with unashamedly seeking, no by your leave or rather no by the Board of Directors of the ECB’s leave, to create a two speed county system by throwing money at some counties and not others, Graves is now throwing his weight around with ESPN Cricinfo and a its correspondent George Dobell, having instructed legal eagles to fire off a letter before action concerning Dobell’s comments on Graves’ stewardship of the ECB.
Like any bully, he does not pick on the big boys in the playground, preferring to pick on someone smaller. Any chances of suing Dobell and Cricinfo have been thoroughly scotched by the Eye’s intervention, but not before the ECB’s cash has been wasted paying for Graves’ legal costs.
Apparently the Creator Of Costcutter objected to the picture of Graves used on Cricinfo which showed off a terrific set of gnashers. It took a while to racell who they reminded me of, but in the end it came to me – Dick Emery’s vicar!
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