Neville Scott
@nevillescott.bsky.social
Freelance journalist (Times of London mainly). Writing about cricket and culture/history. Have wandered the uplands of 77 countries.
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Three 100s in 10 inns now for Peter Handscomb (2 for Vics, 1 for Leics). Latest (104 today) against a NSW attack most countries, never mind domestic XIs, could only dream of: Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon, Abbott plus Jack Edwards. At 34, you'd think PH would be perfect for Aus's old-crock Test side.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Three 100s in 10 inns now for Peter Handscomb (2 for Vics, 1 for Leics). Latest (104 today) against a NSW attack most countries, never mind domestic XIs, could only dream of: Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon, Abbott plus Jack Edwards. At 34, you'd think PH would be perfect for Aus's old-crock Test side.
Newsweek carries this report www.newsweek.com/memorial-to-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Newsweek carries this report www.newsweek.com/memorial-to-...
That time of year again. Remembering someone who passed from SE London factory bench to pilot in 1942, flying in all four theatres of the war. And the future wife, my mother, who came through the blitz and enlisted as a WAAF electrician.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
That time of year again. Remembering someone who passed from SE London factory bench to pilot in 1942, flying in all four theatres of the war. And the future wife, my mother, who came through the blitz and enlisted as a WAAF electrician.
Ever felt small?! Ever felt exposed?! It's a grand life
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Ever felt small?! Ever felt exposed?! It's a grand life
Climbed to this spot in spring and summer - and yesterday added the mists of autumn. Winter awaits. But, in forty days' time, we should be embracing that season in the Pyrenees once more - if only for the three months permitted by Brexit.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Climbed to this spot in spring and summer - and yesterday added the mists of autumn. Winter awaits. But, in forty days' time, we should be embracing that season in the Pyrenees once more - if only for the three months permitted by Brexit.
BBC breaking news: "A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni." From the name, I'd assume Mr Zitouni's antecedents were from the Maghreb. Presumably Reform etc will suggest this is fake news.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
BBC breaking news: "A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni." From the name, I'd assume Mr Zitouni's antecedents were from the Maghreb. Presumably Reform etc will suggest this is fake news.
Attended the funeral today of John Hardy (front row, second player from left). Died 27 Sept, aged 90. Nantwich batter of 1950s/1960s; eminent figure in North Staffs and South Cheshire League cricket. Parish church of Audlem filled to overflowing. A delight to have known the man.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Attended the funeral today of John Hardy (front row, second player from left). Died 27 Sept, aged 90. Nantwich batter of 1950s/1960s; eminent figure in North Staffs and South Cheshire League cricket. Parish church of Audlem filled to overflowing. A delight to have known the man.
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Very good!
statistically, about 24% of television adverts in the UK should feature at least one publicly disgraced member of Reform/UKIP
Over 5% of the Reform councillors elected in May have now either resigned or been fired.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Very good!
A decision to warm the cockles of your heart. Another veteran follows Jimmy by voting for Champo cricket. It won't happen - but theoretically Warks could field a seam quartet in Sept 2026 that boasts 154 years 10 months between them. Rushworth, Barker, Woakes and that stripling OHD (37 next June).
"Extending my commitment to Warwickshire feels like the start of a new chapter with a club that properly feels like home."
Chris Woakes extends playing career with two-year deal at Warwickshire | The Cricketer
Chris Woakes has signed a new two-year deal at Warwickshire, starting a new chapter at his boyhood club
www.thecricketer.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A decision to warm the cockles of your heart. Another veteran follows Jimmy by voting for Champo cricket. It won't happen - but theoretically Warks could field a seam quartet in Sept 2026 that boasts 154 years 10 months between them. Rushworth, Barker, Woakes and that stripling OHD (37 next June).
Superb result for South Africa in 'Pindi. Shame, once again, that series had only two Tests.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Superb result for South Africa in 'Pindi. Shame, once again, that series had only two Tests.
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If you don't find this utterly compelling and life-affirming I would fear for your soul! Just the expressions of the guitarist are enough.
If you don't find this utterly compelling and life-affirming I would fear for your soul! Just the expressions of the guitarist are enough.
Piazzolla, Guitarra, Bandoneón y Orquesta de Cuerdas-Alondra de la Parra & Orchestre de París
YouTube video by Alondra de la Parra
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October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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If you don't find this utterly compelling and life-affirming I would fear for your soul! Just the expressions of the guitarist are enough.
If you don't find this utterly compelling and life-affirming I would fear for your soul! Just the expressions of the guitarist are enough.
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“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
Just setting off for two days' post-season escape. Walking/climbing in Clwydian Range limestone. Forecast very good. Should be rather better than on 1800-ft top of Shining Tor, Pennines last August. "Shining"! Pull the other one...
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just setting off for two days' post-season escape. Walking/climbing in Clwydian Range limestone. Forecast very good. Should be rather better than on 1800-ft top of Shining Tor, Pennines last August. "Shining"! Pull the other one...
Spent 1985-1989 nearby in Stepney, passing the mural in Cable Street on the way to the boozer. Wrote my first Cricketer piece on a battered typewriter in that squat - little could CMJ, then editor, have pictured it! But he gave me my first Telegraph assignments on stength of it. Rosen would approve.
In my father's memoir, he recounts the day he and my mother (Connie Isakofsky) took part in the Battle of Cable Street Oct 4 1936 (#otd)
I've recorded the book and it's up on Audible.
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I've recorded the book and it's up on Audible.
www.amazon.co.uk/Are-You-Stil...
Are You Still Circumcised?: East End Memories (Audio Download): Harold Rosen, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
Are You Still Circumcised?: East End Memories (Audio Download): Harold Rosen, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
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October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Spent 1985-1989 nearby in Stepney, passing the mural in Cable Street on the way to the boozer. Wrote my first Cricketer piece on a battered typewriter in that squat - little could CMJ, then editor, have pictured it! But he gave me my first Telegraph assignments on stength of it. Rosen would approve.
Sometimes we all need a disused railway after a day in the gorge
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sometimes we all need a disused railway after a day in the gorge
A friend recently forwarded this picture of my receding self, homeward bound, last winter. I wonder anyone could see this scene without wishing to walk that same path. Have just booked the four trains to get me back there come December, twenty hours after leaving St Pancras. Bugger Ryanair!
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A friend recently forwarded this picture of my receding self, homeward bound, last winter. I wonder anyone could see this scene without wishing to walk that same path. Have just booked the four trains to get me back there come December, twenty hours after leaving St Pancras. Bugger Ryanair!
www.thetimes.com/article/679e... For the second time in five seasons this hack was able to cover the championship decider for the Times yesterday. This after 33 previous years' reporting that rarely offered a sniff. Giving up hope of ever seeing Northamptonshire prevail, though, I'm afraid.
Nottinghamshire win County Championship for first time since 2010
Haseeb Hameed ton seals county’s first triumph in 15 years as total of 300 against Warwickshire earns batting bonus point to make them unassailable at the top
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September 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
www.thetimes.com/article/679e... For the second time in five seasons this hack was able to cover the championship decider for the Times yesterday. This after 33 previous years' reporting that rarely offered a sniff. Giving up hope of ever seeing Northamptonshire prevail, though, I'm afraid.
Entirely echo the posts about the sad loss of Rob Steen. In my ten years working from London in the '90s, he and I were frequently in the same press box (and bar) and also shared the same publisher. A top man who was still offering acute comment by email from afar. Another good 'un has gone.
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Entirely echo the posts about the sad loss of Rob Steen. In my ten years working from London in the '90s, he and I were frequently in the same press box (and bar) and also shared the same publisher. A top man who was still offering acute comment by email from afar. Another good 'un has gone.
Visibility outstanding today: three hours after the exact moment of the autumn equinox, looking SW from this 1210-ft trig above Halldale in the White Peak, we made out the Long Mynd, 65 miles distant on the far horizon. With an anticyclone established, weather's now perfect for the Champo finale.
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Visibility outstanding today: three hours after the exact moment of the autumn equinox, looking SW from this 1210-ft trig above Halldale in the White Peak, we made out the Long Mynd, 65 miles distant on the far horizon. With an anticyclone established, weather's now perfect for the Champo finale.
Delighted my instinct was wrong and Surrey did not prevail in their epic with Notts. Nothing whatever against the Brown Hatters (some of my fondest boyhood memories are of the Oval) but crucial for the Championship that one side doesn't utterly dominate. Covering Notts v Warks for Times next week.
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Delighted my instinct was wrong and Surrey did not prevail in their epic with Notts. Nothing whatever against the Brown Hatters (some of my fondest boyhood memories are of the Oval) but crucial for the Championship that one side doesn't utterly dominate. Covering Notts v Warks for Times next week.
The score is 8-2 to Surrey against Notts. This the number of England Test players per side, of course. Notts also have the present S African Test 'keeper. Surrey are not fielding an official overseas player but as usual have Worrall, the sometime Aus 1-Day international. David and Goliath, perhaps?
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The score is 8-2 to Surrey against Notts. This the number of England Test players per side, of course. Notts also have the present S African Test 'keeper. Surrey are not fielding an official overseas player but as usual have Worrall, the sometime Aus 1-Day international. David and Goliath, perhaps?
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
Leics officially confirmed as promoted after their uniquely poor run of 22 successive seasons outside the top tier. A superb effort this year. They are candidates for Team of the Summer.
September 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Leics officially confirmed as promoted after their uniquely poor run of 22 successive seasons outside the top tier. A superb effort this year. They are candidates for Team of the Summer.
Why not simply do a deal with the PCA which agrees the max number of games in each competition a player will complete. That way the individual will never be required to play more than 12 Champo fixtures, say, but the county will still play 14. By the way, very few players ever play all 14 already
As we enter the last few weeks of the Championship season we still don’t know what relegation and promotion really means!
I will spend the weekend trying to find a word or phrase I can broadcast to describe that situation.
I will spend the weekend trying to find a word or phrase I can broadcast to describe that situation.
September 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Why not simply do a deal with the PCA which agrees the max number of games in each competition a player will complete. That way the individual will never be required to play more than 12 Champo fixtures, say, but the county will still play 14. By the way, very few players ever play all 14 already