http://www.pleasantdinners.com/rss.xmlThe Pleasant Dinners Cricket Club, supporting Hoggshire Cricket since 1066!Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTinfo@pleasantdinners.comen-gbTue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:59 GMTCopyright: (C) Pleasant Dinners Cricket Club (PDCC), see http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Legal for terms and conditions of reuse.10New York: Variety show host Ed Sullivan has admitted he was "lost for words" when the Beatles made a number of obscure cricket jokes during their first live appearance on American television. Manager Brian Epstein is understood to have assured the veteran presenter that the 'Fab Four' will avoid using cricket humour next time they appear on the show. In an interview due to appear in the New York Times tomorrow Epstein admits that "America is full of surprises. The lads had assumed cricket was as well known as Her Majesty and Big Ben. It was a little bit naïve I suppose and whilst they won't be doing it again I thought it was rather charming." Ed Sullivan: How has your reception been so far? Ringo: Terrible, I can barely get Test Match Special. Ed Sullivan: Let me put it this way. America is Beatles crazy and we want to make you boys feel welcome. Are we getting close? John: You can have the whole Yorkshire side for all I care; I'm a Lancashire supporter. Ed Sullivan: I hear that none of you have been able to leave the hotel because of all the fuss; yet your manager is having a great time exploring New York. That isn't fair is it? It can't be nice being left around? George: You'd be better off asking Paul that question. I'm right-arm over.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/On_This_Day_In_Cricket/February/7Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTOn This Day In CricketHe was the golden boy of Hoggshire cricket at a time when regional greats abounded. These days Boris Gripper is a recovering addict in a viewless room at Green Fountain Sanatorium.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/Marriage_me_and_the_RSPBFri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTFeatures"It was a funny old day" for Hoggshire league umpire 'Boring' Norman Makepiece. A bizarre sequence of events left him questioning his sanity ... but even worse news was to follow. However, in a PDCC exclusive, we ask: is it all a terrible misunderstanding?http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Umpires_ordeal_is_no_jokeThu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsCricket legend Sir Ian Botham can lay claim to being the best all-rounder of all time. But that's not his only talent. Behind the scenes the Ashes hero has a reputation as the go-to-guy when computer problems strike. Ladies and gentleman ... meet I.T. Botham.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/The_IT_Guy_the_secret_world_of_Ian_BothamTue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMTFeatures"Let me make this clear, I am not toasting Redfern's dinner with a supermarket brand toaster. Bring me a four-slice Breville or the deal's off."http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Cricket_umpires_wife_denies_cash_for_favoursMon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsOverweight layabout Mark Horse was given a benefit season by Surrey - despite never having played cricket in his life. The cheating conman would have got away with it if it hadn’t have been for a pesky sharp-eyed fan.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Imposter_conned_county_into_awarding_him_a_benefitFri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsDick Crabtree is the latest regional celebrity to criticise the Hoggshire Cricket League over its appointment of a mischievous PA announcer.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Unconventional_PA_announcer_upsets_cricket_celebritiesMon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsScientists have been stunned by the discovery at a cricket ground of a creature previously thought extinct.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Back_from_the_brink_discovery_at_cricket_ground_stuns_scientistsFri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsAn umpire who holidayed in the Sussex countryside found out that life there compares favourably to rural Hoggshire. Sadly for Larry Tugg it will be sometime before he is able to return.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Umpires_dream_holiday_ends_in_scandalMon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsAshes hero Alastair Cook is fed-up of his nice guy image. But as these new photos show: the choir boy has grown up, and small mammals better beware.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Alastair_Cook_I_m_the_daddy_now_Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMTNewsWith just one bet on his accumulator to go Hoggshire chef Terry Stupid is hoping England batsman Michael Yardy will make his dreams come true.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Kiss_me_Yardy_Hoggshire_punter_stands_to_win_over_two_million_pounds_on_cricket_betFri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMTNews