Pleased to share that, after two years in the making, 'Maestro', my portrait of the great Garry Sobers, will be released by @PitchPublishing.bsky.social later this year and can be pre-ordered now

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/183680194...

The new edition of @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social includes my love letter to the Gray-Nicolls Scoop. Plus lots of other good stuff, of course.

Do England really need to risk an injured Mark Wood in a game in which they are already on top, given his history and at the start of a major 12 months of Test cricket?
#ICCChampionsTrophy

Was there ever a more pointless graphic than the 'Tournament Fours' caption that comes up with every boundary in the #ICCChampionsTrophy coverage?

Thrilled and honoured that Blood On The Tracks has been short-listed by @CricketSociety, along with some other fantastic books, for their prestigious award.

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Terrific podcast series. Worth a listen... and then Blood On The Tracks offers a deep dive into the historic 74-75 tour.

Writing update: Manuscript for 21st book (cricket) delivered to @PitchPublishing. Details to follow in due course.

Alerady 25,000 words deep into next project. Back to football. Details at some point in the future!

UEFA, as we know, get an awful lot wrong, but the new Champions League format has been fantastic in my view. Not much comes close to the drama of the NFL's Red Zone but @tntsports' Goals Show should be a compelling couple of hours tonight.

Just the Jets being the Jets. Nothing to see here.

Scary Stuff - how Thommo and Lillee changed the game... open.substack.com/pub/cricvers...

It was an #ARSMNU match 55 years ago when I saw the best (or at least my favourite) goal I have ever seen live - scored by my all-time favourite player, Jon Sammels.
youtu.be/eSmRrnAxyCI?...

Seeing Jacob Bethell walking out for a Test debut as a number 3 batter without scoring a first-class century reminds me that Owais Shah was born 20 years too early. Was made for the current England set-up.
#NZvENG

At that stage of an author's work cycle where I am juggling:
- interviews/appearances for new book, Blood On The Tracks
- finishing the next one (cricket-related, 100,000 words written so far)
- beginning initial research and writing for next project (football-related)

Many thanks to @peakfanblog for a very generous review of Blood On The Tracks.
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First post here, so might as well plug the latest book, full story of the 1974-75 Ashes. Out now from Fairfield Books.
www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/blood-on...