Brought to tears by Ashes recollections
I buy a copy of the Guardian every day and am always glad that I do, as there is invariably an article that I feel richer and better informed for reading: often it’s the Country Diary, sometimes it’s political, occasionally music or culture. On Monday, it was sport. Jonathan Liew’s recollection of third days of Ashes test matches (What we talk about when we talk about cricketing dads isn’t as simple as Bazball, 18 June) not only enthralled me, its denouement blindsided me to the extent that I shed tears into my early evening beer in the garden. Simultaneously heartbreaking and life-affirming, it raised sports journalism to another level of emotive resonance for me.Phil RobinsonBristol
