How often do you go to a jewelry shop ! ~ when was the last time, you bought a Gold ornament .. .. days, months, or year back ? ~ which is your favorite jewel shop ?
Recently,
the Stratford-upon-Avon-based jeweller Pragnellexpanded its premises — but they've not had to move to do so. Instead,
they knocked through into the house next door, a home built by a friend of
William Shakespeare. 65 years ago, George Pragnell took a bit of a gamble. He
was already a successful face in the business, having supplied several items to
Queen Mary while running Biggs of Maidenhead. In 1954, he decided to go out on
his own and bought a Tudor building in Stratford-upon-Avon to serve as
headquarters for his new business — as well as his family home.The rest, as they say, is history. Pragnell
incorporated several other jewellers over the years, not least Philip Antrobus
of Bond Street, who made The Queen’s engagement ring and a bracelet she wore on
her wedding day.
Remember him play at Chepauk in 1983 test – a sportstar picture
revealed him to be wearing a thick gold chain on which was written ‘live-love-laugh’. Those
days, we heard that Caribbeans are care-free, luxury chasers who live their
lives happily.People doubted that big
man who opened with Gordon Greenidge – was he a dour defencer ~ nay, he could
smack couple of huge sixers pushing back Greenidge and even Viv Richards.Desmond Haynes, the man, burst on to the
scene, when he was called up from
relative obscurity for a One-Day International against Australia. The impact
was immediate. He set the Antigua Recreation Ground on fire, with a blazing 148
against Australia and this showed that the kid nicknamed "Joe Louis"
-- because of his love for the famous boxing champion -- was ready for the world.
Today,
the battle for Ashes continue at Old Trafford.England have made one change to the team that won the third Ashes Test,
with Craig Overton coming in for Chris Woakes.Overton, the Somerset seamer, made his Test debut during the 2017-18
Ashes series, dismissing Steven Smith to take his first England wicket, and
most recently played in the defeat at Auckland in 2018. He won selection ahead
of Woakes and allrounder Sam Curran. Woakes has taken nine wickets at 29.00 in
the series, but has struggled for control, leaking 3.34 runs per over, and has
bowled fewer overs per innings than the rest of England's seamers.
This is no post on Cricket or specifically ‘Ashes’ but on
jewellery – one worn by a Cricketer – Jofra Archer to be specific.MailOnline reports that Jewellers
have created an incredible gold neck
chain for fast-bowling England star Jofra Archer featuring a link set with
rubies for every Australian wicket he takes during the Ashes. Fast-bowler Archer, 24, was given the gold chain by his
sponsor Pragnell.Stratford-upon-Avon
jewellers have since made him an ambassador for them and have promised to encrust the chain with a ruby for
every Ashes wicket
Fast-bowler
Jofra Archer is seen with a large gold neck chain – and this would become more
valuable as it will have a ruby
encrusted for every wicket he takes during the Ashes. The cricketer, 24, became
England's top wicket taker this season soon after being selected for the Test
side. His sponsors, who made the link set to mark his
achievement, have promised to add a red jewel for every wicket he takes against
Australia this Ashes. Archer, who moved from Barbados four years ago to play
for Sussex, has already bagged 13 Australian wickets.
Pragnell,
a jewellers based in Statford-upon-Avon, say on their website: 'We will set one
link of his chain with rubies for every wicket he takes during the Ashes series
this summer.'The family-owned business
started work on the bespoke gold chain, which is also set with diamonds, after
Archer's 'super over' against New Zealand that saw England win the World Cup
final.It is not known how much the
chain will be worth, but Pragnell's most expensive standard necklace is priced
at £99,750. Archer has become known for wearing jewelry and large watches on
the pitch.
While the ICC does not ban players from doing so, they could
cause a health and safety issue or a distraction for the opposing team. During a 2009 game, England claimed West
Indies player Fidel Edward's yellow and green fluorescent wristband was
off-putting.Earlier in 1993 in a tour
to Windies, Dean Jones called for the wrist bands of Curtly Ambrose to be
removed – claiming them to be distraction.This enraged Ambrose, who promptly ripped through the Aussie line-up
with a 5 for.
Reflecting
on 2019 so far, Sussex player Archer said: 'It's probably the best year of my
life. 'I've made all of my debuts, all a few months apart. We've won a lot of
games in all three formats, so I am happy at the moment. 'I didn't think I was
going to get my maiden five-for this series, so I'm over the moon to actually
be doing all right for the team.'
With
regards – S. Sampathkumar
4th
Sept. 2019.
