Robert Fleming
@8bitcricket.bsky.social
One-time Aussie grade cricketer, now an umpire.
Historian of armies, empire, espionage, maps & cricket.
@flemingrob.bsky.social for history content.
London & Tasmania/lutruwita. Born on the traditional lands of the Palawa/Pakana people.
Historian of armies, empire, espionage, maps & cricket.
@flemingrob.bsky.social for history content.
London & Tasmania/lutruwita. Born on the traditional lands of the Palawa/Pakana people.
"When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud;
The great crowd will feel proud;
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn."
#TheAshes
#TheGreatestChallenge
The welkin will ring loud;
The great crowd will feel proud;
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn."
#TheAshes
#TheGreatestChallenge
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud;
The great crowd will feel proud;
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn."
#TheAshes
#TheGreatestChallenge
The welkin will ring loud;
The great crowd will feel proud;
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn."
#TheAshes
#TheGreatestChallenge
I'm really enjoying the old-school feel of the Dean Jones One-Day Cup in the Aussie domestic season - but in particular the old school feel of more mixing Sheffield Shield and ODLA fixtures.
I know the ECB are so fixated on 100 they wont conaider it, but Champ/ODC more integrated would work!
I know the ECB are so fixated on 100 they wont conaider it, but Champ/ODC more integrated would work!
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm really enjoying the old-school feel of the Dean Jones One-Day Cup in the Aussie domestic season - but in particular the old school feel of more mixing Sheffield Shield and ODLA fixtures.
I know the ECB are so fixated on 100 they wont conaider it, but Champ/ODC more integrated would work!
I know the ECB are so fixated on 100 they wont conaider it, but Champ/ODC more integrated would work!
I do think this is going to be a pretty good evenly contested #Ashes, where probably home advantage here or there will help Australia creep over the line - Cummins will be sorely missed & his absence might help England early doors; but "nothing to fear"?
Youth talks, age teaches.
Youth talks, age teaches.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I do think this is going to be a pretty good evenly contested #Ashes, where probably home advantage here or there will help Australia creep over the line - Cummins will be sorely missed & his absence might help England early doors; but "nothing to fear"?
Youth talks, age teaches.
Youth talks, age teaches.
Four wins from four for the Tigers in tue One Day Cup!
WA 248/9
TAS 252/6
Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) (DLS method)
@espncricinfo www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-d...
WA 248/9
TAS 252/6
Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) (DLS method)
@espncricinfo www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-d...
October 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Four wins from four for the Tigers in tue One Day Cup!
WA 248/9
TAS 252/6
Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) (DLS method)
@espncricinfo www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-d...
WA 248/9
TAS 252/6
Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) (DLS method)
@espncricinfo www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-d...
Wow. Late drama as Tasmania beat WA by 3 runs in a Sheffield Shield thriller!
The West was cruising at 5/198 before slumping to 8/215 neediing 259. Two late strikes for Gabe Bell (pictured) did tue work for the Island State.
TAS 171 & 259
WA 172 & 255
www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheff...
The West was cruising at 5/198 before slumping to 8/215 neediing 259. Two late strikes for Gabe Bell (pictured) did tue work for the Island State.
TAS 171 & 259
WA 172 & 255
www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheff...
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Wow. Late drama as Tasmania beat WA by 3 runs in a Sheffield Shield thriller!
The West was cruising at 5/198 before slumping to 8/215 neediing 259. Two late strikes for Gabe Bell (pictured) did tue work for the Island State.
TAS 171 & 259
WA 172 & 255
www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheff...
The West was cruising at 5/198 before slumping to 8/215 neediing 259. Two late strikes for Gabe Bell (pictured) did tue work for the Island State.
TAS 171 & 259
WA 172 & 255
www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheff...
May your bowlers always smile at your wides and no balls, may your overs always count six.
Well lived, and you will be well remembered.
RIP Dicky Bird, one of the greats.
Well lived, and you will be well remembered.
RIP Dicky Bird, one of the greats.
September 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
May your bowlers always smile at your wides and no balls, may your overs always count six.
Well lived, and you will be well remembered.
RIP Dicky Bird, one of the greats.
Well lived, and you will be well remembered.
RIP Dicky Bird, one of the greats.
Reminded of Scyld Berry's Cricket: The Game of Life, in which he describes his joyful memories of watching cricket as a boy at a sooty Bramall Lane.
September 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reminded of Scyld Berry's Cricket: The Game of Life, in which he describes his joyful memories of watching cricket as a boy at a sooty Bramall Lane.
And wearing sunhats - some in the age of the baggy green revival felt the white sun hat was a post-war addition and/or abomination - but they were quite clearly also worn back in the day.
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And wearing sunhats - some in the age of the baggy green revival felt the white sun hat was a post-war addition and/or abomination - but they were quite clearly also worn back in the day.
As one of the rare ones who loves cricket but also enjoys baseball, I have just added Ed Smith's "Playing Hardball" to my reading list. An interesting cultural comparison from a Cambridge University and Kent cricketer who trained with the NY Mets.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
As one of the rare ones who loves cricket but also enjoys baseball, I have just added Ed Smith's "Playing Hardball" to my reading list. An interesting cultural comparison from a Cambridge University and Kent cricketer who trained with the NY Mets.
www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Name a TV show you’re positive nobody remembers but you.
August 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Name a TV show you’re positive nobody remembers but you.
Ah, the good old days of the internet... No banner ads or AI giving factually incorrect "summaries".
Just a "Recreation and Sport" category and a list of well-maintained websites by cricket enthusiasts.
Just a "Recreation and Sport" category and a list of well-maintained websites by cricket enthusiasts.
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ah, the good old days of the internet... No banner ads or AI giving factually incorrect "summaries".
Just a "Recreation and Sport" category and a list of well-maintained websites by cricket enthusiasts.
Just a "Recreation and Sport" category and a list of well-maintained websites by cricket enthusiasts.
A game of "football" was played in Hobart in the winter of 1870 between the High School team & the 18th Regiment (Royal Irish) - who were the last British regiment to serve in Australia before the colonies had to provide their own local defence.
But the rules? Not Rugby, Association, nor Victorian.
But the rules? Not Rugby, Association, nor Victorian.
July 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A game of "football" was played in Hobart in the winter of 1870 between the High School team & the 18th Regiment (Royal Irish) - who were the last British regiment to serve in Australia before the colonies had to provide their own local defence.
But the rules? Not Rugby, Association, nor Victorian.
But the rules? Not Rugby, Association, nor Victorian.
Still available in Hobart.
July 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Still available in Hobart.
🤣 when do you think they'll take the picture?
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🤣 when do you think they'll take the picture?
Frankly I think this photo shows it sits neatly in the foreground of the CBDs low profile.
July 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Frankly I think this photo shows it sits neatly in the foreground of the CBDs low profile.
The squads in what was one of the best cricket shirts of the 20th Century.
July 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The squads in what was one of the best cricket shirts of the 20th Century.
A bat signed by all four squads playing in the 1987 Perth Challenge series, held to commemorate Australia's unsuccessful defence of their 1983 America's Cup win.
Hosts Australia were joined by the West Indies, Pakistan & eventual winners England - their first international white ball trophy.
Hosts Australia were joined by the West Indies, Pakistan & eventual winners England - their first international white ball trophy.
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A bat signed by all four squads playing in the 1987 Perth Challenge series, held to commemorate Australia's unsuccessful defence of their 1983 America's Cup win.
Hosts Australia were joined by the West Indies, Pakistan & eventual winners England - their first international white ball trophy.
Hosts Australia were joined by the West Indies, Pakistan & eventual winners England - their first international white ball trophy.
It's hard to get excited about the Lions tour because at this point it feels like Australia are going to get smashed.
July 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It's hard to get excited about the Lions tour because at this point it feels like Australia are going to get smashed.
Welcome back to the @kiaoval.com for the second time todaaay. @glamcricket.bsky.social have put on an impressive display of strokeplay... and hitting, and find themselves at Chew hundred and chwenty chew for chew....
Sorry, what's that? Chew chew chew for six. Well, that's not very good.
#SURvGLAM
Sorry, what's that? Chew chew chew for six. Well, that's not very good.
#SURvGLAM
July 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Welcome back to the @kiaoval.com for the second time todaaay. @glamcricket.bsky.social have put on an impressive display of strokeplay... and hitting, and find themselves at Chew hundred and chwenty chew for chew....
Sorry, what's that? Chew chew chew for six. Well, that's not very good.
#SURvGLAM
Sorry, what's that? Chew chew chew for six. Well, that's not very good.
#SURvGLAM
Purple: benefits in fan engagement and growth in interest from free to air sports coverage.
Green: benefits in pay wall sports coverage.
Green: benefits in pay wall sports coverage.
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Purple: benefits in fan engagement and growth in interest from free to air sports coverage.
Green: benefits in pay wall sports coverage.
Green: benefits in pay wall sports coverage.
Shubman Gill, take a bow. The first man to ever score a 150 and a 250 in the same test - and joins Lara, Gooch, Sangakkara, and Taylor in making over 400 in a single test.
👏
👏
July 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Shubman Gill, take a bow. The first man to ever score a 150 and a 250 in the same test - and joins Lara, Gooch, Sangakkara, and Taylor in making over 400 in a single test.
👏
👏
When Aussie quicks have wind in their sails, they really can be destructive.
AUS 180 & 310
WI 190 & 141
Australia won by 159 runs
www.espncricinfo.com/series/austr...
AUS 180 & 310
WI 190 & 141
Australia won by 159 runs
www.espncricinfo.com/series/austr...
June 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When Aussie quicks have wind in their sails, they really can be destructive.
AUS 180 & 310
WI 190 & 141
Australia won by 159 runs
www.espncricinfo.com/series/austr...
AUS 180 & 310
WI 190 & 141
Australia won by 159 runs
www.espncricinfo.com/series/austr...
Despite the failure at Arundel, Taylor would go on to amass 839 test runs at 83.90 had been bettered in an Ashes series only by Bradman and Hammond (both in five Tests to Taylor’s six), and alongside opening partner Marsh 347 at 31.54) they would build unassailable platforms for Aust to attack.
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Despite the failure at Arundel, Taylor would go on to amass 839 test runs at 83.90 had been bettered in an Ashes series only by Bradman and Hammond (both in five Tests to Taylor’s six), and alongside opening partner Marsh 347 at 31.54) they would build unassailable platforms for Aust to attack.