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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barney Ronay at the Utilita Bowl

My punishment for calling the Hundred the worst thing in cricket? A day at the Hundred

Fans at the Utilita Bowl watching the double-header between Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers
Fans at the Utilita Bowl watching the double-header between Southern Brave and Northern Superchargers. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

“That was SO COOL!” What’s cool around here? The aggressively upbeat DJ box? The handsome supply teacher type with the roving microphone whose job is force people to clap and who promises to get your selfie on the big screen, but only if it’s “supportive”?

Perhaps the singer Sapphire is cool, present to perform a live world premiere of her new single during the interval, which she started just as the rain came thrashing down, sending 10,000 people stampeding from the stands as the opening notes rang out. To her credit Sapphire carried on gamely, serenading the empty seats. The new single is called Pessimist. Her last one was In Crisis. Presumably all of these are taken from the forthcoming album Career-Ending Side-Strain.

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