I had a lot of work to do but there was a crucial hour or so of play in the third cricket test against Australia that required my concentration if we were going to pull it through. As I pushed the work aside and turned the beam of my attention to the cricket, I received messages from friends – one at the ground, one in a business meeting, one doing whatever he usually does at that time of the week – each recognising the importance of this hour. We were scattered around the world, all of us living our lives, all pulled together by a gravitational moment in the pointless strivings of twenty-two men dressed in white. It was lovely.
30 October 2026 (Friday) – Vouno Melisson
