That is some innings from Tom Abell 👏

Motorway services question on Pointless. You'd imagine this would be a specialist subject for county cricketers. 😎

Good read this and an interesting perspective 👇

As each season goes by Hampshire seem less and less bothered / interested in their day to day role as a club. It's all the little things that the likes of Surrey and Somerset do that make a difference. Sadly these are very much lacking at Hampshire.

Here we are then, the first spectating of the season: Hants 2's v Notts 2's.

100 partnership from Ali Orr and Fltecha Middleton sending a message to the selectors after the Essex debacle.

One thing about the County Championship is how you hear four days of radio about the dog who’s taken up residence in the groundskeeper’s hut, a 1987 tour to India, & a kid emailing in about GSCEs, & suddenly there’s two hours of whipping around the country to keep track of edge-of-seat commentaries.

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Stars on Sunday Book Review The front cover picture instantly caught my eye. For cricket fans of a certain age along the Solent it is a most recognisable image. The distinct tapered gables of Bournemouth’s Dean Park ground pa…

ICYMI: I recently finished reading the excellent Stars on Sunday by Mark Sands. Well worth a read and out tomorrow!

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Stars on Sunday Book Review The front cover picture instantly caught my eye. For cricket fans of a certain age along the Solent it is a most recognisable image. The distinct tapered gables of Bournemouth’s Dean Park ground pa…

Evening. I've just finished the excellent Stars on Sunday by @sandscribble.bsky.social, published by PitchPublishing. It's well worth a read when it comes out on Monday:

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Minefield Two or three times a year the matter rears its ugly head. And very few subjects seem to create such rancour and debate as the fabled spirit of cricket. Thus, when Salman Ali Agha was run out in les…

ICYMI: an attempt, the key word here, to navigate the tricky subject of the spirit of cricket in light of the Mehidy-Salman incident from last week:

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Minefield Two or three times a year the matter rears its ugly head. And very few subjects seem to create such rancour and debate as the fabled spirit of cricket. Thus, when Salman Ali Agha was run out in les…

Ok, an attempt, the key word here, to navigate through the tricky spirit of cricket debate after last week's incident in the Bangladesh-Pakistan ODI. I expect this will polarise opinion.

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Ta muchly! 😃

I've made a start and a work in progress. As ever, recommendations welcome. I'll add hashtags for the new season. I shouldn't be in it but it is default as the creator!

This from Elizabeth updates that County clubs have spoken up. That someone thought it was ok to try and apply the gagging in the first place speaks of the undeniable disconnect with county cricket.

Could be watching some cricket next Friday.

Food for thought!

Here’s a bit of love for DevonCCC & The National Counties including the fixture card. Enjoy the championship games in July & August 🙌👏

Oh yes! Love Arundel, cricketing heaven. 😃

Oh hello, like the look of this. Red ball international cricket at Arundel. 😍

The naivety of some to believe that it was about anything else other than money.

I like how every two years at a T20 World Cup everyone goes “wow the associate cricket teams are much better than we thought, we should do more to assist their development and grow the global game” and then nothing changes

A cricket World Cup? Not another one !

Brian Lara was part of a question on today's episode of Pointless. Just explained to Mrs C, with gusto, how watching Lara was pure theatre, an absolute rollercoaster of brutality.

Worth paying good money to watch.

Watched a couple of games there. Lovely location. Lyndhurst is a most pleasant town too, just a short walk from the ground.

I've discovered there's a New Zealand pro cricketer called Peter Younghusband.

Marvellous name 😎 that's all.

Thanks 👍

I see there's 5 penalty runs on the England scorecard. What's happened?

Season’s Reflections: The Late Late Show Too often in cricket, and sport in general, thinking and judgements are formed on a rather binary basis. Decisions on whether a player is good enough to play and succeed at a particular level are o…

As he's announced his retirement from international cricket here's some re-gurgitated blogging from a couple of years ago on Usman Khawaja and the quality of persistence:

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They also have a penchant for playing Crazy Crazy Nights by Kiss, which always makes my day. 😃

Cant believe that song was never a hit in the US.

Simon Kerrigan

2025 was another enjoyable year of spectating and blogging. Thanks to everyone who read my blogging etc. Here's my favourite shots of the year: