Category: cricket
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Thatchers Pavilion ๐
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Sunny and very warm at Aberdare Station this morning. Setting out for Sophia Gardens again for Day 2 of Glamorgan v Somerset ๐๐
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Sophia Gardens. ๐
Glamorgan v Somerset ๐
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Glamorgan v Leicestershire, Day 2 of 4, Rothesay County Championship Division 1.
Think it’s going to be even warmer today so sun cream applied and ready for another day at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐๐ผ ๐
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Blue sky at Sophia Gardens!
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Location check in โ Sophia Gardens for Day 1 of Glamorgan v Leicestershire ๐
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Glamorgan 302ao and 218/5dec
Yorkshire 226ao and 79/1
Match is heading for a draw, but it’s nice Easter Monday afternoon ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐
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Location check in โ Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground - Glamorgan v Yorkshire Day 4 ๐
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Looking a little greyer
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Glamorgan v Yorkshire Day 2 ๐
Some small gaps of blue sky ๐
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I didn’t have chance to watch yesterday’s T20 World Cup semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand but I am settling in now for an afternoon of England v India ๐
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I’ve spent most of today walking around Bristol, visiting some independent and secondhand bookshops, including
- Amnesty Bookshop, 103 Gloucester Road, Bishopton
- Second Page, The Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol
- Beware of the Leopard Books, St. Nicholas Market
- The Last Bookshop, 60 Park St
- Dreadnought Books, 125 St Georgeโs Rd
Plus a couple of pubs for some real ale refreshment ๐บ๐
Nearly 8 miles walked and only (!) five books purchased - a couple by C.S.Lewis, a biography of C.S.Lewis and two cricket books ๐
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Well at least England won the cricket … ๐
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A couple of England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ matchups today.
The England v Scotland T20 World Cup match is currently underway at Eden Gardens, Kolkata ๐
Later today it’s Scotland v England at Murrayfield in the Six Nations ๐
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The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐
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Need some rationing ๐๐โท๏ธโฝ๏ธ
Six Nations starts tonight with France ๐ซ๐ท v ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland. Then England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales on Saturday ๐
ICC Under-19 Menโs Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in Harare ๐
The Winter Olympics has started - but the opening ceremony in Milan is tomorrow evening.
ICC Menโs T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐
Plus Premier League โฝ๏ธ
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Finished reading: Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski and Tim Wigmore ๐
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Jalfrezi ๐ถ๏ธ
Ashes ๐ breakfast, with hash browns
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Now going to listen to a couple of cricket podcasts, which is going to depress the mood. The episode title of the first is Darkness Descends ๐
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Disappointing Ashes ๐ viewing this morning, dare I watch Aston Villa v Arsenal โฝ๏ธ ?
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All action in the first overs. Mitchell Starc is Englandโs nemesis ๐
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The Ashes, 2nd Test at the Gabba ๐
Large coffee โ๏ธ, small whisky ๐ฅ
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Century for Travis Head off 69 balls ๐๐๐๐
Australia running away with this at a rapid pace.
Probably no early wake up tomorrow!
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England innings quickly over again. Tea taken. Australia set a target of 205 to win the first Test. A lot now down to the England bowlers ๐
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Shockingly itโs happening again. Crawley out for a pair from Starcโs 5th ball of the first over ๐
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The Ashes 2025/26, first Test, day two. Play starting ๐๐
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The Ashes 2025/26 first Test. Day One Stumps ๐
Well that was an all-action day of Ashes cricket. 19 wickets and 295 runs. This is not going to be a five day match.
England 172ao. Australia have lost nine wickets and still trail by 49 runs.
Andy Zaltzman - Test Match Special statistician:
This is the most wickets taken in a day of an Ashes Test since the Old Trafford Test of 1909 where both teams were all out in the same day.
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Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
First Test ๐
Successfully woken up at 2am ๐ National anthems underway โฆ
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Watched: The Test S2E1, Own Your Own Space ๐บ
I watched the documentary series The Test when it was released in 2020. I didn’t realise until today that there have been two subsequent series made, which were released in 2023 and 2024 (although each has fewer episodes than the first). Started watching Series 2 this afternoon. A good warm-up for the upcoming 2025/26 Ashes matches ๐๐
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India win the ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup 2025 ๐ ๐
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South Africa, batting second, starting their innings, chasing a total of 299 to win ๐
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ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final 2025 ๐
India Women ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Women
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, 09:30 GMT
For the first time in 25 years, a new name will be inscribed on the Women’s World Cup trophy
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India beat Australia and get to the World Cup Final ๐ ๐
That was a fantastic match. India score 341-5 from 48.3 overs, a record run chase in womenโs ODI cricket.
Jemimah Rodrigues finished not out on 127.
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Really exciting World Cup semi-final between India and Australia. 10 overs to go and the result is far from certain ๐
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ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup
2nd semi-final: India ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
Australia won the toss and chose to bat first ๐
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World Cup semi-final: England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
South Africa dominant, victorious and through to the World Cup Final. England, chasing 320, all out for 194 after 42.3 overs ๐
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ICC Womenโs Cricket World Cup 2025
First semi-final: England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
South Africa, batting first, have scored 319-7, including a brilliant 169 from their captain Laura Wolvaardt ๐
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Glamorgan are promoted to Division One of the County Championship ๐
๐ Glamorgan Cricket ๐ผ ๐
Glamorgan secured promotion this afternoon into Division One of the Rothesay County Championship for 2026 as they claimed enough bonus points in their rain-ravaged draw at Derby to give them a sufficiently large cushion ahead of the teams in third, fourth and fifth place in the Division Two table. As such, the teams below them cannot leapfrog above the Welsh county during the final round of matches next week.
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Credit to BBC radio and Sky TV coverage of the Blast Finals. Commentators have been great ๐
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Been watching or listening since 11am this morning. T20 Blast Finals Day is superb. Enjoying it so much more than The Hundred final ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐
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The Vitality Blast Final is Somerset v Hampshire Hawks ๐
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T20 Men’s Vitality Blast Finals, Saturday 13th September 2025, Edgbaston ๐
Semi-finals first -
11:00 Lancashire Lightning v Somerset
14:30 Northamtonshire Steelbacks v Hampshire Hawks
Then -
18:45 Final
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ODI record win for England. Biggest winning margin in Menโs ODI history ๐
England 414. South Africa 72 all out after 20.5 overs.
England win by 342 runs.
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England v South Africa, 3rd ODI ๐
Jofra Archer taken 4-5 in 4.5 overs.
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Tom Norton, on his Glamorgan debut, bowling to Peter Handscomb, having already dismissed Shan Masood as his maiden wicket ๐
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Location check in โ Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Glamorgan vs Leicestershire Foxes in the Metro Bank One Day Cup ๐
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Got absolutely soaked through walking the mile to Aberdare station this morning. Unexpected downpour, no umbrella, no coat ๐ง๏ธ ๐ก
Now sitting, very damp, on the train to Cardiff for a dayโs cricket ๐ ๐
Luckily the weather is forecast to be better in Cardiff than in the Valleys ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
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Carlson bowling to Hameed ๐
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Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire, One Day Cup ๐
Todayโs wicket
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Location check in โ Sophia Gardens - Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire in a Metro Bank One Day Cup match ๐
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Steve Smith and David Warner in action in The Hundred shortly - Welsh Fire vs London Spirit ๐
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England - India Test series drawn 2-2 ๐
India win a very dramatic Fifth Test by 6 runs.
Mohammed Siraj bowls Gus Atkinson to take the final wicket and end on 5-104.
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More from Joe Root ๐
Heโs now gone past Ricky Ponting to be the second all-time Test run scorer, behind Sachin Tendulkar.
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Roooot!
Century for Joe Root! His 38th Test hundred ๐
Heโs also up to third in the all-time Test run scorers list, moving ahead of Dravid and Kallis today.
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Glamorgan now batting. Kent all out for 155 ๐ผ๐
Wes Agar bowling to Asa Tribe.
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Sophia Gardens. ๐บ
Sophia Gardens for County Championship, Day 1 of Glamorgan v Kent ๐
Asitha Fernando bowling to Jaydn Denly.
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Bashir takes the final wicket to give England a 22 run victory. Fascinating and dramatic Test match ๐
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Final session at Lordโs then. I wasnโt expecting the match to last this long, still with the outcome uncertain ๐บ ๐
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Jofra Archer bowls Pant! Great delivery, vital wicket ๐
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Day 5 of the 3rd Test England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India at Lordโs. Unpredictable! ๐
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And another superb ball from Bumrah to dismiss Root. Plenty happening this morning on the second day of the 3rd Test England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐
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Great delivery by Bumrah to dismiss Stokes ๐
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First ball 4 for a Joe Root century at Lordโs ๐ ๐
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โ๏ธ ๐ป ๐ ๐ฑ
Heatwave, TMS, garden
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New hat for Glamorgan v Gloucestershire #OhGlammyGlammy ๐๐
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Couldnโt make it for County Cricket Day on Sunday, but I am at Sophia Gardens today for Day 4 of Glamorgan v Gloucestershire.
#OhGlammyGlammy ๐
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England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India, First Test, day five, Headingley ๐บ๐
So glad the rain has held off (mainly)!
Ben Duckett just out for a fantastic 149 ๐
Match not over yet โฆ
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That was quite close! Joe Root saved the day ๐๐
Joe Root became England’s leading run-scorer in one-day internationals as his sparkling unbeaten 166 secured a three-wicket win over West Indies in Cardiff.
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Location check in โ Sophia Gardens, England v West Indies ODI ๐
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Finished reading: Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces by Bob Doran ๐
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Northeast and Carlson go on to both get their centuries ๐๐
Glamorgan 266-3
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Northeast and Carlson steadying the innings - both getting their half centuries. Glamorgan 174-3 ๐
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Clouds starting to clear, should be another sunny day!
Glamorgan batting first on Day 1 of Glamorgan v Middlesex, the final County Championship game before the pause for the return of the Vitality Blast T20 matches ๐
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Had to move to a higher viewpoint - it was getting a little hot in the sun low down in the stands ๐โ๏ธ
Northamptonshire have had a bit of a collapse in the last hour, losing five wickets to stand at 137-6.
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County Cricket day again - Day 1 of Glamorgan v Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens ๐
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Currently reading: Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces by Bob Doran ๐๐
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Drinking a pint of Glamorgan Brewing Co 1888 Pale Ale whilst watching Glamorgan v Derbyshire at Sophia Gardens ๐๐บ๐
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Film log - watched: Flintoff, 2025 - โ โ โ โ - Letterboxd link ๐ฅ
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Glamorgan 1st innings, all out for 229 ๐
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Teatime repairs - Glamorgan 181-8 ๐
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And this afternoon Iโve had to put sun cream on ๐๐
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The wicket at lunch - Glamorgan 90-3 ๐
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Gray and slightly chilly start to the day at Sophia Gardens for the first day of the County Championship - Glamorgan v Leicestershire ๐
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๐ Sophia Gardens in Washington DC? Glamorgan thrilled with their new Welsh Fire partners ๐
Sanjay Govil, who purchased a 50 per cent stake in Welsh Fire, may use Sophia Gardens as inspiration for Washington Freedom's new home
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Listening to (and hopefully watching some of) the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy Final - India ๐ฎ๐ณ vs ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand ๐
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The dayโs produce, created whilst watching and listening to Afghanistan v England ๐
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Afghanistanโs highest score in ICC ODI tournaments 325-7.
Ibrahim Zadran hits 177 - the highest ever score in the Champions Trophy.
So Iโm no longer optimistic - โtoothless Englandโ is the phrase the BBC is using ๐
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Over bowled by Joe Root just hit for 23 ๐ซฃ๐
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So far so good in todayโs Champions Trophy match ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
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๐ Champions Trophy 2025: Australia-South Africa abandoned in Rawalpindi ๐ง๏ธ ๐
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Went for a walk because it’s raining in Rawalpindi and the cricket hasn’t started. Photographing with Hipstamatic again ๐ธ ๐
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England giving Australia some catching practice ๐ ๐
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Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England ๐, Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland ๐, Aston Villa v Chelsea โฝ๏ธ. Choices, choices, choices โฆ
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ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 starts today with Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand in Karachi.
Then it’s a feast of daily ODI matches for a couple of weeks, with Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England to look forward to on Saturday ๐
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8 sixes and 5 fours in 25 balls. Extraordinary batting display by Mitch Owen for the Hobart Hurricanes ๐
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Storm Herminia. Yellow warnings in place for wind and heavy rain ๐ง๏ธ
So staying in watching the Big Bash final - Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder ๐
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Snowy Sunday morning โ fire lit, watching Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers ๐ฆ๐บ๐โ๏ธ๐ฅ
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Watching ๐บ my first match in the Big Bash League this year - Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars. Ollie Pope batting (and keeping) for the Adelaide Strikers ๐
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Record breaking ๐
Some runs being scored and records set in the Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England 1st Test ๐
Englandโs first innings score of 823-7 dec. is their 3rd highest of all time, the 4th highest in Test cricket history.
They become the first team to post a total of 800-plus this century.
Root, with a career best 262, passes Alastair Cook to become Englandโs leading Test run scorer.
Root and Brook break the record for England’s highest ever partnership with a partnership of 454.
Brookโs score of 317 is the 5th highest for England.
And probably more โฆ
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Joe Root hits a record 34th Test century for England. A century in both innings. England v Sri Lanka, second Test, Lordโs ๐๐
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I may have made some dodgy choices. Sitting in the garden on a warm but cloudy afternoon, listening to cricket, drinking Prosecco and snacking on Scampi Fries ๐ค
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England in a tense run-chase against Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three match series ๐ and Villa playing Arsenal at home โฝ
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Final Test for Jimmy Anderson ๐
So wrapped up in Euro 24 football that I forgot about cricket. Today is the start of the England v West Indies Test series.
The first Test match at Lordโs will be the final international match for Englandโs all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson.
I will be listening to TMS on the radio for most of the day and possibly catching a little TV coverage. Just hope the weather remains clear enough for the day’s play to go ahead.
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That catch by Suryakumar Yadav! ๐๐๐
Very tense last couple of overs. But South Africa just fail in the run chase and India win the 2024 T20 World Cup ๐๐
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4 overs to go, only 26 runs needed. South Africa impressively attacking the spin bowling. But as I type this Hardik takes the wicket of Klaasen ๐ฌ๐
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South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐
Interval. India recovered that well! Going to need some good batting by South Africa against the Indian bowling attack ๐ง
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South Africa having a good start ๐
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Settling down on a Saturday afternoon to watch the ICC Menโs T20 World Cup Final South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐๐บ๐บ
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India ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England T20 World Cup semi-final now underway ๐๐
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T20 World Cup. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia. Some rampant Australian batting, England facing a tough chase of 202 ๐๐
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USA having a fantastic start bowling against Pakistan ๐
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England v Scotland - match abandoned. Scotland batted well and had a defendable total ๐ค๐ง๏ธ๐
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England v Scotland underway now. First ever T20 match between the two countries ๐
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England v Scotland in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup about to begin - and itโs started raining in Barbados ๐ขโ๏ธ๐
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England v Pakistan match now abandoned ๐ข On the plus side had nice samosas and bhajis at the ground though. ๐ Keralan Karavan.
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At Sophia Gardens for England v Pakistan T20. Constant drizzle, no play yet โ๏ธ๐
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Saturday afternoon sports viewing. England playing Pakistan at Edgbaston in the 2nd T20I. And thereโs the FA Cup Final โฝ๏ธ ๐ ๐บ
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Glamorgan declared for 620. Sam Northeast not out on 335, setting a new record run-score for a single innings at Lordโs. Also the highest Championship score ever recorded in April. Brilliant! ๐ ๐
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Double century at Lord’s for Sam Northeast, Glamorgan captain, in his first innings of the season ๐๐
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It’s the start of the County Cricket season today ๐
A number of rain delays but Middlesex v Glamorgan is going ahead and the livestream from Lord’s on YouTube is superb quality.
Every ball of every game in the Championship is also live on BBC Local Radio.
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Just been watching Sunil Narine opening the batting for KKR in the IPL. A brilliant 85 off 39 balls, including seven 4s and seven 6s. His highest score in T20 cricket ๐
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Two very close, exciting games of Six Nations rugby today. Two unexpected results for Italy ๐ฎ๐น and England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. A little compensation for this morningโs cricket humiliation! ๐๐
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Woke up at quarter to seven to hear Bashir take 2 wickets in 2 balls. Will now be glued to the radio for as long as it lasts ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
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Dramatic and slightly disappointing morning of cricket. Hoping for more drama in the final half an hour. Wicket needed ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
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Todayโs plan:
Morning ๐
Afternoon ๐
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England survive the first day to reach 302-7. A patient Joe Root worked hard to get a well-deserved century. A lot more than I expected after the morning session. A good dayโs cricket ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐
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Lots of wickets in the morning session of the first day of the fourth Test. This isnโt going to be a five day match ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
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800, 2023 - โ โ โ โ
As a sports biopic I really enjoyed this; 2h40m went by quickly! Interesting content - I learnt a fair amount. Recreation of the cricketing scenes better than I was expecting ๐
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Chase of 557. Easy, plenty of time ๐คฃ ๐ณ ๐
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Some brilliant batting by India now ๐
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๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ravichandran Ashwin dismisses Zak Crawley to reach 500 Test wickets. Rapid century for Ben Duckett - 102 off 88 balls ๐๐
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๐ May need to wake up earlier. Up at 5am, only an hourโs play, and India already 39-3 ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ณ
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Awake at 4:30am so of course I decide to get up to watch day 4 of the India v England second Test. England chasing 399 to win ๐ฌ๐
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Travelling to Bristol to help my son move flat. Cricket on the radio ๐๐
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From ESPN CricInfo ๐๐
Neither Rehan nor Bashir was born when Anderson made his Test debut at Lord's in May 2003, while his own Test cap number - 613 - is a full 100 caps shy of the 713 cap that Bashir will receive before the start of play on Friday. At the age of 41, Anderson is about to enter his 22nd year as an international cricketer, but Stokes had no qualms about bringing him back into the fray.
HT @CricketCaptain
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Jimmy Anderson with blonde highlights - ๐ฎ - takes a wicket! ๐
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Second Test between India ๐ฎ๐ณ and England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, day one. Missed the 4am start but did get up at 5am, just missing the first wicket, Rohit Sharma dismissed by Shoaib Bashir on debut. Hope this is going to be as interesting as the first Test ๐
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A lot to like about that First Test between India and England, enjoyed it immensely. Twists and turns, outstanding individual performances from Pope and Hartley and an unexpected victory for England in the final over of the fourth day ๐
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Now there should be some play on Day four of the Test ๐
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At least there was something worth waking up ridiculously early for. A brilliant century for Ollie Pope on Day three of the India v England First Test in Hyderabad ๐๐
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Watching the SA20 League for the first time - Paarl Royals v Pretoria Capitals. Some England presence in the teams: Buttler, Roy, Salt, Jacks and Rashid ๐
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These three have been some of my favourite players to watch - good news if they can coach as well as they played ๐
India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik will work with England Lions on their upcoming tour to play India A.
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๐ Watching Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India playing the ICC Men's World Cup Final ๐ ๐บ
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An incident packed Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan match in the Cricket World Cup ๐
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Just finished watching the Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa match. Probably the most exciting game of the Cricket World Cup so far ๐
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ That was no contest. South Africa dominated.
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๐ Itโs an ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSA World Cup day today. At 09:30 BST itโs a cricket group stage match ๐ and at 20:00 BST the rugby semi-final ๐
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Well, that was certainly a decisive victory for New Zealand ๐
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New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England underway ๐
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๐ Cricket World Cup starts today
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Watching the England v New Zealand ๐ ODI on TV. Itโs being played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, weather is fantastic and Iโm wishing I was there. Trouble is that Iโve been to cricket matches in September that have been damp, cold and a bit miserable so didnโt bother to get tickets when they were on sale earlier in the year ๐
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Ashes cricket. Capture of a TV screen which has a strange, almost negative effect. Camera post-processing was just a simple conversion to monochrome ๐
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๐ England win the Test ๐ And draw the Ashes Series 2-2 ๐ Stuart Broadโs final game before retirement โน๏ธ But he takes the final two wickets to win the match ๐
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๐ Ashes coming to a tense conclusion
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โฒ๏ธ Cricket delayed, watching Canada ๐จ๐ฆ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia World Cup match โฝ๏ธ ๐
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Great catch by Ben Stokes to end the day and Australiaโs innings ๐
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Ashes cricket has livened up a little since the lunch interval. After this morningโs session I thought Iโd be slowly watching Australia build a decent total. Now wickets have fallen ๐
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๐ Final Ashes Test
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I very rarely share meme-type images but this took my fancy โฆ ๐
England’s first drawn Test under Stokes & McCullum
Courtesy of The Cricketer
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โ Looks like Iโll be watching some of the France v Jamaica FIFAWWC match whilst the weather makes its mind up in Manchester โฝ๐ ๐
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Live pictures from Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/RFHXOyb1Fo
— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC) July 22, 2023 -
This is our weather forecast this fine July day โ๏ธ
If Old Trafford is experiencing anything similar thereโll be no Ashes cricket today ๐
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๐ 189 for Zak Crawley on Day 2 of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, SR 104 ๐
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The Ashes 2023: After victory by England Women in the ODI yesterday, inflicting Australia’s first ODI series defeat in a decade and drawing their Ashes series, today is the start of the Men’s 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford
[England] are once again ordering a drink in the last chance saloon, hoping not to have to turn water into wine
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๐ Womenโs Ashes Series match - Australia bat first against England in crucial second ODI
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Broad & Warner again ๐
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First over: Stuart Broad removes David Warner - for the 16th time in Tests - for 4 ๐
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๐ Ashes: Day one, third Test, Headingley
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Very dramatic final day in the 2nd Ashes Test ๐
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Too much cricket but I canโt stop myself. Womenโs Ashes Test about to start. Australia batting first ๐
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๐ 1st Ashes Test approaching an end. Outcome still very uncertain.
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My radio just switched from cricket to The Shipping Forecast ๐ง๏ธ ๐ข ๐
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Currently reading: Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski ๐๐
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๐ England declare half an hour before the end of play on day one of the first Ashes Test. Ambitious cricket.
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The sun rises at Edgbaston ahead of the opening day of the #Ashes. #BBCCricket pic.twitter.com/yz8iHayJ0U
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As well as (and for some of the time whilst) walking Iโve been listening to the World Test Championship final between Australia and India at The Oval on the radio this morning. Hope to watch some of the TV coverage over the next few days ๐
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๐ Double century for Ollie Pope just after tea. Then heโs out stumped for 205. And England declare on 524-4. All happening.
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๐ Pope has reached his century and Duckett out on 182 at Lordโs today. Brilliant partnership ๐
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After watching/listening to the England v Ireland Test throughout today Iโm now following the Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast T20 match. Reminds me how good the Blast competition can be - I still prefer it to The Hundred ๐
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๐ England v Ireland Test match. Now the summer has started.
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๐ The IPL begins โฆ
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๐ Australia win the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup final by 19 runs
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๐ Innings interval - run chase for South Africa is definitely not out of reach
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๐ ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup final is underway - Australia v South Africa, Australia batting first
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๐ Dramatic and close semi-final. South Africa win by 6 runs and get to the World Cup final for the first time ๐
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๐ Some great batting by South Africa. Not an easy target for England to chase
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๐ Women’s T20 World Cup - second semi-final starting in about 20 minutes, England v South Africa, South Africa batting first
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๐ Women’s T20 World Cup - semi-final about to start, Australia v India, Australia batting first
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Womenโs T20 World Cup: England v India. India bowling first have made a good start, taking 2 wickets in 2.1 overs ๐
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Australia v Sri Lanka in the Womenโs T20 World Cup. Chamari Athapaththu is a great batter to watch. And as Iโm typing this sheโs been caught out ๐
Wanted more.
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Sports weekend. England T20 World Cup ๐ match is (successfully) over, can now focus on Six Nations rugby and the upcoming Scotland v Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐
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๐ England scoring quickly chasing down 135
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๐ Womenโs T20 World Cup - West Indies v England
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๐ Opening match of the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup is just starting - SA v SL at Newlands, Cape Town
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๐ South Africa v England (3rd ODI). England innings complete - that was a great recovery from losing early wickets.
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๐ South Africa v England (3rd ODI) in Kimberley. England batting first, not off to an auspicious start: 15-3 after 7 overs.
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๐ Impressive run chase by South Africa to beat Englandโs 342 in the ODI. Good match.
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๐ South Africa v England (2nd ODI) is my Sunday afternoon viewing ๐บ
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๐ South Africa v England (1st ODI) coming to a close finish
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It didn’t rain in Melbourne! Good match ๐
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๐ 2022 ICC Menโs T20 World Cup Final โ England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ
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There’s a lot of World Cups happening around now. Watching the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup final NZL ๐ณ๐ฟ v ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ this morning. Then there’s the Rugby League World Cups, the cricket T20 World Cup and, imminently, the FIFA football World Cup โฝ๏ธ ๐ ๐
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๐ Superb bowling by Adil Rashid in the World Cup semi-final: 1-20 from his 4 overs
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๐ India v England under way - ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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๐ England v New Zealand - game on, itโs not raining in Brisbane, it definitely is here in Wales this morning ๐ง๏ธ
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India v South Africa definitely a dramatic match with a lot of twists and turns. Outcome still not predictable with 5 overs to go ๐
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After the disappointment of the abandoned Australia v England T20 World Cup match on Friday Iโm now hoping for a good game from India v South Africa ๐
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Ireland off to a flying start in their World Cup match against England ๐
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MCG looks absolutely packed for India v Pakistan ๐ ๐
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๐ Time for England v Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup
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๐ And Zimbabwe beat Scotland. Now looking forward to England's opening World Cup game against Afghanistan tomorrow.
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๐ Ireland knock West Indies out of the Men's T20 World Cup and proceed to the Super 12 stage.
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๐ More Pakistan v England T20 cricket. This series is coming thick and fast.
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๐ Watching England play Pakistan in the fifth of seven T20 matches.
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Abbot Ale and long wave radio in the garden for todayโs cricket - TMS & England v South Africa ๐
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Went to my first Hundred cricket match yesterday, Welsh Fire v Oval Invincibles at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Welsh Fire lost by 39 runs; their batting was poor and the bowling of the Curran brothers and Sunil Narine too good. Enjoyed seeing the match but Iโm still not convinced of the need for this new format of the game ๐
Photo is of Tom Curran bowling to Ollie Pope.
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Location check in ๐บ โ Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐
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Sam Northeast: Glamorgan batter hits 410 - third highest score in County Championship history ๐๐
His score is the highest in the Championship since Brian Lara’s 501 not out for Warwickshire in 1994 and the best of the 21st century
Glamorgan declared on 795-5 โฆ
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Never seen anything like this before: How a fake ‘IPL’ cricket league ran for Russian punters ๐๐
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La Chouffe ๐บ
India building a substantial lead ๐
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Just watched an incredible over for India, the record for the most runs in a Test over! Stuart Broad bowling to Jasprit Bumrah, 35 runs conceded, 29 off the bat of Bumrah.
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The previous most expensive over in Test history went for 28 runs.
England v India ๐
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Outstanding ๐ stats by Andrew Samson @AWSStats:
Youngest to reach 10 000 Test runs:
AN Cook 11479 days old
JE Root 11480 days oldThey were both 31 yrs, 157 days old but Cook had one less leap day.
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Day 4 of England v New Zealand ๐ Joe Root hits his 26th Test century to also reach 10,000 Test runs. Brilliant @root66.
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Well, I was planning to go to my first cricket match of the season tomorrow but…
Middlesex are on the brink of a crushing win over Glamorgan after dominating day two in Cardiff
…so I don’t think the game will last into day four. New plans needed. ๐๐
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641 runs in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Final! Australia were impressive. ๐
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Cricket World Cup: England-Australia final to be shown free to air on Sunday ๐
England’s Women’s World Cup final against Australia on Sunday will be made available on free to air. [โฆ] available to watch on Pick TV, Sky Showcase and the Sky Sports YouTube channel.
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ICC Under-19 Menโs World Cup Final, England v India. Alex Horton from Glamorgan keeping wicket. Underway now, concurrently with the start of the 2022 Six Nations tournament, Ireland v Wales and Scotland v England. Trying to keep up to date with all of it. ๐๐
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The crowds are in for the early morning cricket ๐ ๐
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The Ashes 2nd Test in Adelaide is a day-night match, so starts at 4am in the UK. At least I can get up at around 6:30am and follow two full sessions - much better than staying up late into the night/early morning for the standard match timings in Australia ๐๐
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Watching 1st Ashes Test. Apparently that was only the fourth time a wicket has fallen to the first ball in 140 years of Ashes cricket. Sorry if thatโs a spoiler! ๐
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First T20 World Cup semifinal is underway. England v New Zealand cricket. England, batting first, have just completed their innings ๐
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Well, South Africa best England in the T20 cricket but fail to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals. Unlucky. Now rugby - South Africa are playing Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff (and itโs nice to see the stadium roof open even though itโs raining!). ๐๐
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England v South Africa ๐ in the T20 World Cup - South Africa, batting first, making a great effort to get the victory they need to stand a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.
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Astonishing from England. Buttler was amazing ๐
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Not a satisfactory solution. Also trying to make pizza at the same time ๐ ๐ ๐
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Saturday sports stress. ICC T20 World Cup Australia v England ๐ overlapping with Wales v New Zealand rugby international ๐
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Enjoying Sri Lanka v Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup - good, competitive cricket after yesterday’s below par matches ๐
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Bowling by Ali, Rashid and Mills was impressive, England took some great catches โฆ but would have liked more from the West Indies to make a match with a little more tension ๐
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Starting shortly - England v West Indies in their opening match in the ICC T20 World Cup Super 12 phase. England have won the toss and opt to bowl ๐
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sports โ day 20 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. T20 World Cup is underway! ๐ ๐ท
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I havenโt watched much of the second part of this yearโs Indian Premier League but am enjoying the eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. Sunil Narineโs bowling is fantastic ๐
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Disappointed by the cancellation of the England v India Test match yesterday, which I was hoping to listen to over the next few days. To make up for it at least I am listening to Britain’s Emma Raducanu play Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in US Open tennis women’s singles final ๐ ๐พ
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Just sorted out my deckchair and radio to settle down for a sunny afternoon listening to the cricket when โฆ 3rd Test: England beat India by an innings and 76 runs. ๐
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At the start of play today CricViz gave England a 97% chance of winning the 3rd Test against India. By the end of play it was down to 81%. Pujara, Kohli and Rohit Sharma all played a good and patient game. Days 4 and 5 of the match could get interesting. ๐
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So good to see both English openers bat for more than half a day and both reach their half centuries. England v India, end of the first day, a close to perfect start for England. ๐
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India in England - the 3rd Test at Headingley. Another great morning and early afternoon of cricket so far. Englandโs bowling has been superb after India won the toss and chose to bat. ๐
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Great day of cricket ๐
Stunning victory by India over England in a gripping 2nd Test and Glamorgan beat Essex to reach the Royal London One-Day Cup Final.
Iโve done little else than follow these matches since 11am this morning - better go and prepare an evening meal now ๐
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2021 England v India at Lordโs - the first time in a home test that both England openers have been out for 0. Thatโs in the 531 home test matches since 1880. ๐คฏ
As a bonus, in checking this Iโve just discovered the HowSTAT! ๐ website.
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We have a new record. Haseeb Hameed’s nought is the 14th duck by a top-three England batsmen this year in England’s 10th Test. It’s the most Test ducks in a calendar year by any team, breaking the 13 by England in 1998.
And I was looking forward to seeing Hameed ๐
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Looking forward to seeing Haseem Hameed bat for England again. Probably tomorrow. ๐
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Englandโs 1st innings (batting) not going too well in the 1st Test Match against India ๐
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England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the end, in 16.1 overs out of a possible 18. Thought Sri Lankan bowlers did really well, England win wasnโt straightforward. If Sri Lanka had managed to set a slightly higher target for England who knows โฆ ๐
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Uh-oh rain has stopped play, England 69 for 4 with 8 overs left.
Hoping for a restart at 21:55, reduced to 6 overs and target of 103. ๐
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England v Sri Lanka T20 ๐ England 10 for 2! Chameera bowling to Morgan.
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Attending my first cricket match since September 2019 - ready for England v Sri Lanka T20 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐
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Check in ๐บ โ Sophia Gardens, England v Sri Lanka T20 ๐
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Annual arrival day ๐
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The CricViz app has improved to become a great way to follow live cricket scores - Iโm currently keeping an eye on the first match of the IPL and the opening matches of the English County Championship. ๐๐
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Another short Test match, another England batting collapse. India win the Test series 3-1 ๐
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England bowled out for 81. Achieving their lowest total in a Test in India ๐ข. So far in the day - less than 2 sessions - thereโs been 127 runs scored and 17 wickets taken. India need 49 runs to win. Donโt think this is going to last long. ๐
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Now India open there bowling with 2 wickets in the first 3 deliveries by Axar Patel. Wow! ๐
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Joe Root bowling in the first session this morning - 5 wickets for 8 runs in 6.2 overs. His first five-wicket haul. I have been glued to watching the India v England third Test; was meant to be switching to radio coverage so I could get on with some home DIY ๐ ๐
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England 112 all out yesterday, India now 125-8 after an hour of play this morning. Some impressive bowling from Joe Root, things moving quickly ๐ฒ ๐
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Third Test India v England - pink ball match - at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad is about to start. England batting ๐
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Waking up to a Sunday morning England collapse ๐ ๐
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Great news - India vs England TV coverage: Channel 4 seals rights ๐ ๐
It means the first Test in Chennai starting in the early hours of Friday morning will be the first live Test cricket on free-to-air TV in the UK since the iconic Ashes series in 2005, which was also on Channel 4.
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India beat Australia by 3 wickets in the fourth and final Test. Tremendous finish to the series, amazing performance by India. ๐
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Up early enough to see the final 25 overs of the fourth Australia v India Test match. Rishabh Pant just got his 50 and looking strong; India should surely get at least the draw they need to keep the Border-Gavaskar trophy. Definitely an exciting finish ahead. ๐
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Canโt resist staying up late to see the start of the third Test between Australia and India in Sydney. UK start time 11:30pm ๐ ๐
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Nice to have the return of some international cricket. South Africa v England T20 at Newlands, Cape Town is underway. ๐
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Walking through the Ynys Recreation Ground โ Aberdare Cricket Club winding down for the winter. ๐
๐บ โ Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
๐ฐ๏ธ โ Wednesday October 14th, 11:27 BST#adayinthelife
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How the Indian Premier League clean bowled English T20 cricket ๐๐
Two hundred million people watched the IPL season opener in Abu Dhabi … more than the Super Bowl audience and not too far off the Champions League final.
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Glenn Maxwell gets his century and looks like he and Carey will win the match and the ODI series for Australia . As I type this Carey also gets 100. ๐
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Pleased that Test Match Special is still broadcast on 198 kHz Radio 4 Long Wave and not just on digital/DAB channels. Enjoying tense finish to the 3rd England v Australia ODI on an old radio. Maxwell impressive! ๐
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England beat Australia by 6 wickets and win the T20 series by taking a 2-0 lead. Not as entertaining as Fridayโs match but enjoyable to watch. ๐
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Australia finish on 157-7. ๐
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Todayโs England v Australia Second International T20 is live on BBC One. And Australia are 3-2 after 2 overs. ๐ ๐
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Currently reading: Bob Willis: A Cricketer and a Gentleman by Bob Willis and Mike Dickson ๐
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Wow! That was a surprise, Australia collapse and England win the 1st Vitality T20 International. Fantastic cricket. ๐
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England 162-7 in their T20 innings. Reachable for Australia. ๐
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Some great batting from Dawid Malan in the 1st England v Australia T20. England donโt look like setting a high enough score to win though. ๐
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England v Pakistan first T20 match is underway at Old Trafford. Really surprised that the weather has stayed good enough - there was no hope for the Glamorgan v Worcestershire Rapids Vitality Blast T20 here last night. ๐
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Glamorganโs first home game of the recently started cricket season - Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens in the Bob Willis Trophy. No spectators, but at least thereโs live streaming on YouTube. ๐
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Pakistanโs bowling attack is looking sharp. England 12-3 after 5.3 overs. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ต๐ฐ 1st Test, Day 2 ๐
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Wasnโt expecting Ireland to beat England in the One Day International ๐ today - close ending to an exciting match. Now looking forward to the Test Match against Pakistan starting tomorrow.
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Further Delay to Cricket Season Announced ๐ โ Excerpt: The England & Wales Cricket Board have today confirmed a further delay to the start of the professional domestic cricket season. ๐
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ECB announces further delay to the professional cricket season. No professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until at least 1 July โ ECB ๐ ๐
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Cricket has lost the role it had in 1939 but it’s still far more than a game ๐ โ Excerpt: Sport means nothing if it is not about passion and connection and nowhere is that more sharply defined than in football, as we have witnessed since coronavirus ripped it from our lives in recent weeks and days.
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Australia certainly dominated the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup Final to win their fifth title. Not as competitive a match as their game with India earlier in the tournament suggested it would be, but impressive to watch. ๐
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Early Sunday morning (UK) watching and listening - coverage of India v Australia in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ๐
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I was looking forward to watching the India v England ๐ semi-final this morning but … Women’s T20 World Cup: England out but India into final after washout ๐
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England playing West Indies in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup - a victory for England will send them through to the semi-finals. ๐
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ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup ๐ starts today - good to see full TV coverage in the UK (Sky), plus BBC TMS commentaries. Most matches on at a reasonable UK time too - watching Australia Women v India Women with breakfast this morning.
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3rd T20I between South Africa and England - Superb performance by Eoin Morgan to win the game for England. Good game. ๐
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3rd T20I between South Africa and England - South Africa set a total of 222, some spectacular hitting by the South African batsmen and a difficult total to chase down. ๐
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Watching the 3rd T20I ๐ between South Africa and England, the final and decisive T20 match of Englandโs tour of South Africa. I have really enjoyed this series, the Test matches, ODIs and T20 games have all been competitive and entertaining to follow, both on TV and radio (unexpectedly because coverage was on TalkSport rather than BBC TMS).
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Outbatted, outbowled, outplayed. New Zealand beat England by an innings and 65 runs in the first Test at Mount Maunganui. An exhibition of how to comprehensively win a 5 day game of cricket. ๐
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Back to Test cricket - New Zealand play England in the first of two Test matches. Match at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand. Morning start in NZ at least means I can watch most of the first session before bedtime in the UK. ๐ ๐
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Not again! England beat New Zealand in super over to win T20 series 3-2. Havenโt watched it yet but sounds like Chris Jordanโs performance was crucial - link ๐๐
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England beat New Zealand in the 4th T20 match to level the series 2-2. Good to see an outstanding performance from England after a couple of defeats. Deciding match is at Eden Park, Auckland on Sunday - but from what I’ve heard the weather forecast is not good :( ๐
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Evening T20 match in New Zealand means that at least Iโm up early enough in the UK to see half the match. NZ chasing Englandโs 241-3 have got their work cut out for them - they started scoring well but have just lost 4 wickets in the last 20 minutes… ๐
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Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Leicestershire ๐
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Gorgeous day for Glamorganโs final home Specsavers County Championship match of the season against Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens. ๐
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Aberdare Railway Station (ABA). Heading for Glamorgan v Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens ๐
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Bank Holiday Monday cricket - Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks in Vitality Blast T20 match, Will Beer bowling to Sean Marsh ๐
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England win the ICC Cricket World Cup final. Unbelievable and dramatic game of cricket - Iโve been glued to it all day. So pleased that England won, but it was such a close, hard fought game that neither side really deserved to lose. A great end to the tournament. ๐
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Brilliant! England beat Australia by 8 wickets in 32.1 overs to go into the ICC Cricket World Cup Final. They will play New Zealand on Sunday at Lordโs. ๐
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Australia all out for 223 in the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final against England. Some really outstanding bowling by England. Iโm hopeful but, given the last couple of days of India v New Zealand, taking nothing for granted. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
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Just catching up on yesterdayโs cricket results - so, amazingly, itโs England v Australia in a World Cup semi-final! My hope of an England v India final is still alive ๐
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England dispatch New Zealand to seal Cricket World Cup semi-final spot - England 305-8, New Zealand 186. Now I can relax about cricket until next week. Would love to see an England v India World Cup Final but have a feeling it wonโt work out that way. ๐
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Interesting ๐ stats:
Most wickets by an England bowler at a World Cup
JC Archer - 17 (2019)
IT Botham - 16 (1992)
A Flintoff - 14 (2007)HT @TheCricketGeek on Twitter
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England v India: Jonny Bairstow & Liam Plunkett star in hosts' Cricket World Cup win. Exciting match to listen to on TMS - now England just need to maintain that level of performance. Perhaps the return of Jason Roy is the talisman the team needs ๐
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Very pleased to get BBC Test Match Special streaming in Greece ๐ฌ๐ท to listen to England v India Cricket World Cup game ๐
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - South Africa v Afghanistan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Imran Tahir (RSA) and Rashid Khan (AFG) bowling. Rain interruptions, but RSA win. ๐
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Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. South Africa - Afghanistan ๐
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ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Bangladesh v India. First photo is of MS Dhoni and KL Rahul batting; both went on to score centuries in Indiaโs innings of 359 ๐
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Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up - Bangladesh v India ๐
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A day to easily get lost in sport - England v Pakistan ODI ๐, Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion Championship play-off semi-final โฝ๏ธ and Leinster v Saracens Heineken Champions Cup final ๐.
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Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Surrey ๐
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Views from the square during the Glamorgan v Surrey lunch interval. Lukas Carey of Glamorgan didnโt keep still for the panorama shot :) ๐
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Royal London One-Day Cup - Glamorgan v Surrey at Sophia Gardens. Gareth Batty bowling to Billy Root, who went on to get a career-best unbeaten 113 in Glamorganโs innings. ๐
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Attending my first cricket game of the season - Glamorgan v Essex in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Michael Hogan bowling to Alastair Cook. ๐
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Got home from work in time to watch most of West Indies hitting 21 fours and 23 sixes in their ODI innings against England. Chris Gayle with 135 off 129 balls, including three fours and 12 sixes. Very impressive, very entertaining. England now need 361 to win. ๐
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Australia vs India cricket commentary ๐
Great to see BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra broadcasting ABC Grandstandโs live ball by ball coverage of the Australia vs India cricket Test series. I listened to a couple of hours of it when I couldnโt sleep in the early hours of this morning. Good quality commentary and good to see that Alison Mitchell is part of ABCโs commentary team. Will enjoy more during the nights to come, Iโm sure.
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ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 ๐ starts today โ see tournament guide and players to watch and full fixture list. Should be some good cricket to watch and the bonus for me is that most matches are being broadcast live at fairly decent times in the UK.
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Poor season for Glamorgan, but not sure this was called for โ Robert Croft has left his role as head coach of Glamorgan Cricket. The club had some bad luck this year with injuries and withdrawals of overseas players, but overall I think Croft was developing the team well. ๐
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Cricket commentary for Micro.blog now over for today! Just need the ๐ emoji tag activated ;)
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Moeen Ali in immense form โ as captain, batter and bowler โ successfully leads Worcestershire Rapids to victory in the 2018 Vitality T20 Blast Final. Impressive support by Ben Cox and Pat Brown. ๐
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Worcestershire set 158 to win in the T20 Blast Final. Another great bowling performance, especially by Ali and Brown. No particular affiliation, but Iโve been impressed by them today and hope Worcestershire prevail. ๐
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Itโs the Sussex Sharks meeting the Worcestershire Rapids in the final of the Vitality T20 Blast ๐
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And the Worcestershire Rapids win the first T20 Blast semi-final. Some great bowling by Moeen Ali and Pat Brown ๐
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The good thing about the timing of the T20 Blast Finals Day is the return of England players to represent their counties โ Moeen Ali, Joss Buttler and Keaton Jennings all appearing in the first semi-final โ Worcestershire Rapids vs Lancashire Lightning ๐
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Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day today โ plenty of cricket to be watched; two semi-finals plus the final. But it signals the approaching close of the UK cricket season :( ๐
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Alastair Cook’s final Test innings for England is just starting now at The Oval - Englandโs most capped Test player and highest Test run scorer ๐
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Rain stops play :( Surrey defeated Glamorgan by 24 runs under the DLS Method. Neither progress to the Vitality Blast quarter-finals. ๐
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Delayed restart โ view from opposite side of the stadium โ Michael Hogan bowling to Aaron Finch โ weather not good ๐
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Interval, but covers on and raining โ๏ธ ๐
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Glamorgan vs Surrey โ Tom Curran bowling to Colin Ingram ๐
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Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs Surrey ๐
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Chris Woakes gets a well deserved century against India at Lordโs. Woakes now gets his name on the batting and bowling Honours Boards โ quite a select few achieve that. Jonny Bairstow unlucky not to get his hundred. A good dayโs cricket for England after a faltering start. ๐
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Englandโs 1000th test match since 1877 - won against India by 31 runs in just over 3 days. Fascinating, thrilling and tense match where the outcome was never certain and both sides could have won. ๐
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Meschede makes 77 as Glamorgan win a thriller by two runs ๐
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Couple of shots of the River Taff taken whilst walking back into Cardiff from the cricket at Sophia Gardens.
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Dramatic finish! Tim van der Gugten clean bowls Tye off the final ball of the game to seal a dramatic two run victory over Gloucestershire. Great game ๐
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Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire T20 at Sophia Gardens โ Tye bowling to Meschede in the final over. Glamorgan heading to a total of 201 ๐
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Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Gloucestershire ๐
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Fantastic result from Glamorgan CC as they chase down 195 to defeat Surrey in the Vitality Blast T20 ๐
Wagg finishes 46 not out, Carlson 58.
Pleasant surprise for a Tuesday eveningโs viewing!
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Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in T20 Blast at Sophia Gardens on Sunday 8th July. Rashid Khan bowling to Colin Ingram. ๐
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England vs. India at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Friday 6th July.
England 149 for 5
India 148 for 5
England win by 5 wickets
๐India’s 6th over: Liam Plunkett bowling to Virat Kohli. Suresh Raina at non-striker’s end.
India’s 11th over: Kohli and Raina still batting.
England’s 19th over: Umesh Yadav bowling to Alex Hales. David Willey at the non-striker’s end.
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England - India T20 cricket ๐ starting now, England - Colombia World Cup โฝ๏ธ match in an hour and a half. My cup runneth over.
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Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in Royal London One-Day Cup at Sophia Gardens ๐
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Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Sussex in Royal London One-Day Cup ๐
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Glamorgan vs. Kent at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐ โ Marchant de Lange bowling to Daniel Bell-Drummond.
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Good to see that Glamorgan Cricket Club’s home ground in Cardiff is being renamed back to Sophia Gardens Cardiff. The (sponsored) SSE SWALEC Stadium never really had the same ring to it! ๐
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Ready for cricket! Indian Premier League starts on Saturday and the County Championship next week. ๐
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Another interesting nightโs (for me) cricket - New Zealand did incredibly well to hold out to win the series. ๐
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Switched my radio on at 4am this morning to listen to a bit of the cricket - Englandโs first Test against New Zealand. England bowled out for 58 in 20.4 overs in their first innings! Disappointing to say the least. ๐
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Whatโs not to love! โ ๐ and ๐ต โ Sticky Wickets by The Duckworth Lewis Method
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Have had BBC Test Match Special on all morning. Great coverage and an exciting couple of hours of Ashes cricket, with the earlier England collapse slightly offset by the mini-Australian collapse. Tempted to start listening again at 3am tomorrow.
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Monday morning. Woken up to an England batting collapse in the second Ashes Test.
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It's just not cricket!
There seems to be about 10 mins worth of video clips of today’s Ashes play available for free online at BT Sport at the moment. Basically the fall of each wicket, Vince reaching 50 and the final ball of the day review. BT Sport don’t seem to have released any video for use anywhere else - ECB website has none, BBC have none. Poor.
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I was a little irritated when I found out that all the Ashes 2017 cricket coverage is going to be on BT Sport. More annoyed now that I’ve found out that there doesn’t even appear to be any highlights on terrestrial TV or Sky. Looking forward to sleepless @BBCTMS nights then!
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Interesting article by Gladstone Small about Lawrence Rowe in the August 2017 edition of The Cricketer magazine @TheCricketerMag
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ICC Champions Trophy 2017 starts today - nice to see a Google Doodle celebrating it. ๐
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When broadcasting 4:3 programmes for widescreen television do we really need bright pink borders - surely black is better.
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Watching Indian Premier League cricket - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiant. David Warner, Ben Stokes, M.S.Dhoni and impressive Afghan bowler Rashid Khan making a great game to watch.
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#cricket (Joe Root appointed England Test captain with Ben Stokes his deputy | Sport | The Guardian) https://t.co/CEsE4hcriG
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RT @KP24: Cricket properly back on terrestrial TV here in UK right now - @cricketon5! Soooo good! Watch the @BBL with your hangover!
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Steyn bowling
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Still hope for 150+ #ENGvWI #WT20Final #bbccricket
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Following #ENGvWI #WT20Final from Cape Verde via #bbccricket Live Reporting - hope it’s not a waste of my day’s free wifi voucher…
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Choices! #INDvPAK #cricket #WT20 or #WALvITA #rugby #6Nations?
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England lose 6 wickets for 9 runs :( #RSAvEng #cricket
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Time for a little #cricket then - #RSAvEng in the second and final match of the T20 series
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Nice photo from the ECB prior to the start of RSAvENG T20 match in Cape Town #cricket #cricket https://t.co/GY6cEpNX5u
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2nd ball of Stokes' 2nd over in the Australian 2nd innings was the 1,000,000th legal delivery bowled in Test cricket in England. #Ashes
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RT @henrymoeranBBC: Well played Rahane - 103 on a difficult pitch. @HomeOfCricket looking superb in the evening light. #bbccricket http://tโฆ
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#ENG messed up the football #WorldCup, messing up the rugby #NZLvENG - hope the cricket #EngvSL stays on course…
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Nice light show with the music at #wt20 #bbccricket :)
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Watching cricket #wt20 whilst drinking a Winter Warmer ale doesn’t seem right.
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@AbernantEagle Semi-jealous about being in Stratford and not at the cricket :(
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oh well, rain in Manchester, I’ll celebrate quietly and return to holiday pursuits #bbccricket #bbcashes #ashes
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But for a brighter view I can always look up from the table! #bbccricket #bbcashes http://t.co/gcx9emRRSE
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This is what my grey and white (like the DRS!) world looks like now #bbccricket #bbcashes #ashes http://t.co/nlaB1iL7XY
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“England are well and truly in the brown.” - Great quote from #BBCcricket #BBCAshes online!
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No cricket, no tennis, no rugby, so #Pointless #adn
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@Aggerscricket “Did she work or was she a housewife?” - asking for trouble!
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This morning’s experiment listening to cricket on iPlayer Radio whilst walking to work fails. Poor Edge connection = 10s commentary, 3m gap.
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Great looking ground in Mumbai - RT @Aggerscricket: We are in! http://twitpic.com/4fz3lq
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R4 LW + old Roberts radio = cricket on the way to work. Better than DAB! #Ashes
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Not that I’m drinking at this time of the morning - just saw the @NakedWines tweet whilst listening to the cricket…with a coffee!
