Arise Sir Chef

Knighted in the New Year's honours list.

I don't get why he has been knighted

Especially when the country is crying out for a PM.

Congrats but they seem to be handing out knighthoods for any old tosh these days.

More Test runs than anyone in English cricket history isn’t “any old tosh”. Not like giving them for some flash in the pan achievement. Good to see “proper cricket” still getting recognition, hopefully Jimmy Anderson will join him in the club when he retires.

beamer wrote:More Test runs than anyone in English cricket history isn’t “any old tosh”. Not like giving them for some flash in the pan achievement. Good to see “proper cricket” still getting recognition, hopefully Jimmy Anderson will join him in the club when he retires.

Along with Sir Graham Gooch, Sir David Gower and Sir Geoffrey Boycott?

Jimmy will be elevated next to Sir Frederick Trueman.

This looks like an interesting book

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/nov/27/ian-botham-derek-pringle-memoir-cricket

beamer wrote:More Test runs than anyone in English cricket history isn’t “any old tosh”. Not like giving them for some flash in the pan achievement. Good to see “proper cricket” still getting recognition, hopefully Jimmy Anderson will join him in the club when he retires.

Yeah beams, I guess I was a bit dismissive. Well done to Chef, a great servant of English Cricket.

I sort of agree with the basis of skulls original comment. You guys hand those things out like we do state funerals.

But anyone who can survive and thrive, more often than not, in that system probably qualifies for canonization. Same for Jimmy.