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Cricket is a pretty musical sport - a bowler needs rhythm; the ball hums (sometimes) on its way to the batsman; the batsman beats his bat on the pitch while he waits, and if he connects well with the ball, the sound it produces is sweet music.So its perhaps not all that surprising that great musicians have been drawn to the game. Buddy Holly and the Crickets toured England in early 1958 and were introduced to their English namesake in the usual way such introductions are made: via a PR brainwave.Philip Norman writes in Buddy: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly:The only publicity arranged by the British Decca organization was a press reception at a Soho club, the Whisky A Go Go, where, in a small triumph of addle-brained PR, Americas Crickets were ceremonially confronted with two English Test cricketers, Denis Compton [fourth from left in the photo above] and Godfrey Evans [second]. The Crickets [Joe B. Mauldin, first; Holly third; and drummer Jerry Allison fifth from left] bafflement was as nothing compared to that of the cricketers; nonetheless Compton and Evans posed for photographers, showing Buddy how to hold a bat and take up guard at the wicket… If rock n roll left a questionable impression on Denis Compton and Godfrey Evans, cricket had made a lasting one on Buddy. During one of the tours London interludes, he asked a friendly journalist, Keith Goodwin, of the Melody Maker, to teach him more about the English ritual his groups name unintentionally suggested. March being still too early to find a live cricket match, Buddy had to be content to see a cinema newsreel report on the England cricket teams current winter tour of Australia.Holly, who died in a plane crash at the age of 22 in 1959, influenced a generation of rock n roll musicians. One of them was the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, who watched Holly perform on this 1958 tour, and has been a lifelong cricket fan. Jagger himself was a pioneer in online cricket coverage - his media company, Jagged Networks, was broadcasting matches over the internet in the late 1990s, offering a live audio feed and video highlights, in partnership with Cricinfo.Theres musical talent within the game as well. Brett Lee, and many other cricketers (Graeme Swann, Curtly Ambrose, Mark Butcher, to name a few), have played in bands, though Lee remains the only international cricketer to sing a duet with legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle. In his autobiography, Lee says he wrote the song, Youre the One for Me, in half an hour while Australia were in India for the 2006 Champions Trophy. I didnt tell any of my teammates what I was up to; when I went to shoot I told them I was going for a look through the streets, he wrote.Neville Cardus, who wrote on both cricket and music extensively, is flanked by former England captain Len Hutton (right) and violinist Yehudi Menuhin, who is also believed to have been a cricket fan.Need to get into the batting zone? Put on your favourite tunes.In the days before video games and Netflix, knowing how to play a musical instrument was a useful skill to have, especially on long tours. Above, England captain Rachael Heyhoe (left) and June Moorehouse play guitars and are backed on vocals by (left to right) Heather Dewdney, Jill Cruwys and Lesley Clifford, at Melbourne airport in January 1969.Before the Sprinkler dance, England celebrated an Ashes win by singing. Commentator Brian Johnston (first from left, sitting) composed a tune after Ray Illingworths England beat Australia away in 1970-71.Johnston recalled it in his book Another Slice of Johnners:After the Ashes victory we wrote a pretty awful song to a delightful old musical-hall tune. When we got back to England we recorded it at the Decca studios. Vic Lewis - the most enthusiastic of cricketers and collector of cricket-club ties - organised a wonderful accompanying orchestra drawn from all the top session musicians in London who were cricket supporters. The end product, called The Ashes Song, sounded smashing to us, though the public didnt think so. We hoped it would top the charts but in fact our total loyalties were ￡53.86. There was no point in dividing this up, so we decided to have a draw at the Test Trial in Hove in 1973. Who better to make the draw than the England captain? And whose name did he pull out of the hat? Yes, youve guessed it. Raymond Illingworth, none other.Cricket fans also make music. Billy Cooper, the Barmy Armys trumpeter, entertains spectators and Geoff Boycott during a Test in Wellington, 2013.Australian cricketers have their own musical ritual - the team song, Underneath the Southern Cross. In this photo David Boon leads the singing/chanting after Australia won the Ashes at Trent Bridge, 1989.Not so much team song as team bonding over a spot of music for the 1971 Indian tourists in Guyana.The pop group Bananarama form a slip cordon for an equality drive launched by Labour politician Frances Morell (batting), the leader of the Inner London Education Authority, at a school in Islington, 1985.British singer Captain Sensible, who founded the punk band The Damned, poses with a bat-guitar (for playing great hooks with, no doubt). Sensible guested on the cover of Cricket in the Jungle (a calypso by the Tradewinds) by English cricketer Adrian Wykes, who went by the name Percy Pavilion in music. 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The Colorado Avalanche goaltender has been trying to recapture that success, but it has been a rough start for the Russian.Varlamov will be in net Friday when Colorado hosts the Winnipeg Jets, but his hold on the No. 1 goalie spot is tenuous. He has lost five straight games, including a tough outing in St. Louis on Sunday. He was pulled after two periods of the 5-1 loss to the Blues and has allowed 20 goals during his personal five-game losing streak.Hes permitted five goals in four of his eight starts and has a 2-6-0 record with one shutout, a 3.67 goals-against average and .881 save percentage. He is being pushed by Calvin Pickard, who was 3-0-0 with a shutout before giving up four goals to Arizona on Tuesday.Both guys, if I look for the battle for the net, weve played better games in front of Pick than we have for Varly, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com after practice Thursday. Varlys played real good first periods and now we need him to sustain his game through the course of 60 minutes or 65 minutes plus.Colorado is hoping it catches the Jets a little leg weary after they played Thursday night. Catching Winnipeg on the second day of a back to back doesnt guarantee a win, though. The Jets came in two weeks ago after beating the Dallas Stars at home and came away with a 1-0 win over the Avalanche.The Jets won, 3-2, in Arizona on Thursday, the team that beat Colorado 4-2 on Tuesday.Bednar shook up his lines in that loss, moving future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla to the third line and putting Rene Bourque on the second line with Gabriel Landeskog and Carl Soderberg. Bednar is trying to kick-start the offense, which has scored five goals in the last five games, four of them losses.ddddddddddddBut boosting the offense wont matter if Varlamov doesnt come out of his funk. He could give way to Pickard if he continues to struggle, but he needs help from his skaters.We have an obligation as a team to play well in front of him as well, Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com. You saw a little bit last game we left Pick hung out to dry on a few of the plays and we end up losing the game. We didnt give up a bunch of scoring chances, but we gave up way too many odd-man rushes. We broke some of them up and we miscued on some, but the scoring chances we gave up, there were too many quality chances.Colorado will be without forward Blake Comeau, who is expected to miss his third straight game with a groin injury.The Jets are coming in tired but happy after beating the Coyotes. They could also get fresh legs if defenseman Jacob Trouba makes his season debut. He took part in Thursdays morning skate but coach Paul Maurice stuck with the same lineup that beat Dallas on Tuesday.The performance of the players that are in the lineup now has to be important, and just getting him on the ice and getting him some time here, getting him comfortable, Maurice told the Winnipeg Free Press. Its going to be a tough call based on (Tuesdays) game, and really for some of them, when the player has to come out, we want it to be the right time.Winning Thursday might help with the decision to change the chemistry.Youre more open to put a new player in on back-to-back (with) fresh legs, Maurice told the Winnipeg Free Press. ' ' '