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Fire in Babylon (Riley, 2010)

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Dan Slevin
Sep 19, 2024
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Still from the 2010 sports documentary Fire in Babylon

One of the most surprising developments in my life over the last few years is my decreasing level of interest in watching cricket.

I look back on how I organised my summers as if that was a different person. Plans would be made around the World Series Cricket schedule. The Boxing Day test at Wellington’s Basin Reserve was a ritual for the few years that …

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