Sticky wicket as moisture evaporates. When covers were introduced into England's County Championship, John Woodcock wrote an article for the 1981 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, criticising the move, in an article titled, "Sticky dog is put down". He added, "I cannot forbear ... from lamenting ... a part of the very heritage of English cricket – a drying pitch and a sizzling sun." In the game of croquet, the phrase "sticky wicket" may refer to a hoop (wicket) that is difficult for a ball to go through because of the narrowness of the opening. This usage is confined to the United States. An
Dog Trumpet some tracks. The cover is a painting by Mombassa of him and his brother Peter when they were small children. Dog Trumpet released their fourth album "Antisocial Tendencies" in March 2007 on Half A Cow Records. The album features a cover of "Lili Marlene", a popular World War II song made famous by Marlene Dietrich. In 2008 Mombassa and O'Doherty began recording songs for the next Dog Trumpet album, uploading a demo of "The Great South Road", a new song from the forthcoming album, on their MySpace website in December 2008. The album, "River of Flowers", was released on 28