Only they’d been teasing and were buggers to catch

Only they’d been teasing and were buggers to catch.)Perhaps fish do this jumping fish when they feel very wily and have no intention of being fooled by a fisherman’s fancy. Because on both occasions when I’ve seen this the fishing was very hard, perhaps made all the more frustrating because you can see the fish and can’t fool yourself that they’re not feeding On Clavering Lakes I had several hours of blanking. I know I tried to fashion some sort of “floating mayfly”, pulling it out of the water and dangling it half a foot off the surface, hoping they fish would jump on it as they did the natural. I thought I might invent a totally new way of fishing “very dry fly” But no. I do, however, now that I think of it, plan to do more research into this; maybe with a slightly weighted mayfly that wouldn’t flitter in the wind and would hang above the wateræpermil;.But I have no memory, whatsoever, of eventually catching the four fish I list in my diary Not what I caught them on, not what I did with them Two of them got off, apparently. Now then, what’s the name of the prime minister?a.barbieri independent.co.uk. England Under-19s suffered a chastening second day of the second Test against Australia here yesterday where a century from Michael Bright carried the hosts into a 346-run lead by stumps.

In the light of the United States’ advice to its citizens to consider leaving Zimbabwe, the England players’ representative, Richard Bevan, believes the International Cricket Council will have little option but to move England’s World Cup fixture from Harare to South Africa next month. The National Constitutional Assembly chairman, Lovemore Madhuku, said: “It is our belief that the [Robert] Mugabe regime is not fit to play host to any international tournament of whatever sort.”Australia’s players, who depart for the World Cup today, have “growing concerns” over their scheduled match in Bulawayo. The Australian Cricket Board’s chief executive, James Sutherland, met the squad and Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive, Tim May, yesterday.”I think it’s fair to say we have growing concerns, but I don’t want that to be exaggerated,” May said. “That does not mean the players don’t have confidence in the processes the ACA and ACB embark on in terms of considering security.”However, India have no reservations about their game in Harare on 19 February, according to their captain, Sourav Ganguly “We toured Zimbabwe two years ago… We were looked after very well then, so we have no reservations about going there now,” Ganguly said.England’s Barmy Army have conceded to security fears and issued a warning to supporters expected to make the trip. Throughout the recent tour of Australia, Barmy Army co-ordinators published a detailed itinerary on their website, advertising the best places for England supporters to stay and where to meet during and after the games.But organisers already in South Africa have bowed to security advice and will not be publishing such details for the World Cup. Instead they will spread information by word of mouth at games.South African police are angry at a Cape Town security firm which is advising World Cup tourists to carry a water pistol full of bleach to squirt into attackers’ eyes.

“People must disregard this ridiculous and absurd advice,” a spokesman said “I mean, how do you fight a firearm with bleach?”. England went down by seven wickets to Australia in the fourth match of the World Series of Women’s Cricket in Lincoln, New Zealand. PWL WBLBPtsR/R Australia22020121.09 N Zealand2111060.20 India211106-0.33 England202000-1.00. The Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is urging Sven Goran Eriksson to give him a chance in England’s friendly against Australia at Upton Park next month so he can show West Ham fans how much he has improved since heading to west London. However he is now hoping to break into the national side, with the 12 February friendly against Australia as his first target.”I certainly know my way around Upton Park,” Lampard said, “and although I don’t know what sort of reception I’d get, it would be great to go back and play in the team and show the West Ham fans how much I’ve come on.”If you’d asked me a year ago after I’d played well, I might have said that I wanted to be in the England squad.

These days, I’ve moved on and I’m determined to push for the team.”Obviously it’s hard as Paul Scholes is one of the best midfielders in the world and Steven Gerrard is a fantastic player, but if I keep on doing the best I can, then why not be in there and challenging them?”Lampard has won just seven England caps, two of them in the starting line-up, including the friendly against Italy just before the World Cup. However, his subsequent exclusion from the squad for the finals has given the 24-year-old added incentive to perform for his club.Ever since, Lampard has been at the centre of Chelsea’s midfield, with his superb display against Leeds on Tuesday earning glowing praise from Claudio Ranieri. The Chelsea manager called Lampard a “complete midfielder” and urged Eriksson to make him an England regular.Lampard responded: “My level of confidence has now changed. I feel I’ve learned a lot since I’ve been here and I think I’m ready for the England team.”I’ve taken the game by the scruff of the neck for Chelsea and that’s what I would aim to do if I got involved with England now. I heard Sven left with 15 minutes to go, so I think my dad will be sending him a video!”The manager showed great confidence in me to buy me for all that money,” Lampard added, “and he’s developed my all-round game.