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Rick Eyre on cricket
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Talking #cricket on innumerable social media since the last millennium.
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just spotted a typo I did 25 years ago that has never been corrected
February 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Australia retains the tri-genre Women's Ashes.
January 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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England will need 199 to win after the break. Beth Mooney 75 for Australia 7/198 in an innings bolstered by some substandard England fielding. #AusvEng
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#BBL14 ladder after tonight's washout at the SCG. Top three places settled. With three matches to play any other team can come fourth.
January 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Imagine wanting to watch the #PakvWI Test series in Australia... #sigh
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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We're in the final four!
Magnificent defensive by Sydney Thunder tonight. Their 158 didn't feel like enough. The Scorchers' 97 certainly wasn't. Thunder by 61. #cricket #BBL14
January 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Back at Engie Stadium tonight. Perth Scorchers have won the toss and have put the Sydney Thunder into bat. #BBL14
Engie Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, during the bat flip before the BBL game between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers.
January 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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I can think of a few players not mentioned below that Dan Christian has joined in the BBL Over-40s club including Matthew Hayden, Stuart MacGill and Mike Hussey, while Brad Hogg was oldest, playing his last game shortly before his 47th birthday. (screenshot via AAP article)
He will join an elite group of players to feature in the BBL in their 40s, including Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, Fawad Ahmed and the late Shane Warne - the oldest player in league history at 43.
January 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Virat Kohli's shoulder charge on Sam Konstas was classified a Level 1 Offence. But was it a Level 2? This is where the difference in penalties becomes stark: #AusvInd #BGT
December 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Dramatic eight-ball over by Chris Green in his BBL centennial ends with the Sixers winning with a single on the final ball of the game.
December 21, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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And, of course, it's 2024 and we still celebrate the spewing of smoke into the sky like it's perfectly ok.
December 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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If anyone told me a month ago that I would have a thousand followers on Bluesky by the end of November I would have told them to get their brain de-wormed. But here we are and thank you to everyone for following me here. It's good to see some familiar faces again... 1/2
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November 27, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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So this is what happened at the final of the West Indies' biggest regional mens List A tournament today:
(source www.windiescricket.com/news/double-...)
According to the playing conditions applicable to the Tournament, if no play was possible at all—or in the event of a tie, no result, or game abandonment—both teams would be declared co-winners of the tournament. However, around 5:45 PM, the officiating team determined that the game could proceed at the latest possible start time of 6:17 PM. They informed the players of this and that the toss would be conducted at 6:00 PM. ​ Despite assurances from the umpires and match referee that the conditions were safe for play, both captains failed to be present for the toss, allowing time to elapse past the latest starting point. As a result, both teams failed to take the field, effectively refusing to play. This resulted in a double forfeit, with no champion being declared.
November 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Come ON guys where are you? @espncricinfo.bsky.social
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November 22, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Thunder takes revenge after Monday night's defeat at the Ninja, winners over the Hurricanes at the NSO by 33. #WBBL
Players and umpires on the field at North Sydney Oval following the conclusion of the last over of the evening. Sydney Thunder defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 33 runs.
October 31, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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How appropriate that the Thunder are playing the Hurricanes on Halloween. No hurricanes tonight but an earlier thunderstorm is easing however there is still lightning about so play will not start on time. #cricket #WBBL #WBBL10
October 31, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Will this be normal practice this year in BBL10 and WBBL14 for the Bat Flip to be conducted before the spectators are allowed in to the ground? #CricketThreads #cricket (This is for Thursday night's Thunder-Hurricanes game)
October 29, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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Fun fact: Warwick Armstrong was a player for South Melbourne the last time they met Fitzroy in a Grand Final in 1899. (Having relocated to become the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions respectively, they meet again next Saturday.) #CricketThreads
1899 Grand Final match stats: afltables.com/afl/st...
September 22, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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I knew that somewhere in my pre-Twitter blogging days I had made a passing reference to #TaylorSwift    and here it is, from my live blog of the 2009 IPL Auction:
February 23, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Sunset at North Sydney Oval. That's Kim Garth bowling to Sune Luus. #AusvSA #cricket
Cricket scene at North Sydney Oval with the sun setting behind clouds in the background.
February 10, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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The five most-read articles on English-language Wikipedia so far in 2023 (source: Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation....) #cricket #wikipedia
December 7, 2023 at 8:04 PM
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Why does England have less points than Australia on the #WTC2025 ladder despite the same win-loss record? Because of their atrocious over rate at Lord's. (table source www.espncricinfo.com...) #cricket
December 2, 2023 at 6:18 AM
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Bangladesh open their account in the 2023-25 World Test Championship with a perfect record after today's win over New Zealand. #WTC2025 #cricket #BanvNZ
December 2, 2023 at 6:13 AM
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Possibly the most interesting cricket tournament happening at the moment is the Africa qualifiers for the 2024 mens T20 world cup. Two out of seven teams will qualify. Zimbabwe lost their first game and are no guarantee to be one of them. Current ladder:
November 23, 2023 at 9:28 PM
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Among other #ICC Board decisions: Equal pay for female and male match officials. Also there will be at least one neutral umpire stand in all ICC Womens Championship fixtures. #cricket #WomensCricket #ICC
November 21, 2023 at 8:06 PM