Lovely, cheers Rob. Was a joy to write

Are you not wowed? Bazball, India and a one-armed man deliver drama and beauty | Barney Ronay England’s Baz-era has been maddening to many but this was another moment it gave us utterly thrilling cricket

The one-armed man did it
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Hard to overstate how powerful and unequivocally spot on this interview is.

In the new WCM, @philwisden.bsky.social outlines why Harry Brook was the only serious candidate to be England's white-ball captain

Buy now ⬇️

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Digital: shorturl.at/TP8UT

Women's Cricket Weekly: Why have trans women been banned from women's club cricket, and could the ban be reversed? Podcast Episode · Wisden Cricket Weekly · 09/05/2025 · 1h 6m

Yesterday I spoke to a trans woman called Suzi James, a cricketer of 20 years, the game wrenched away from her overnight. One of the most affecting interviews I’ve done.

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Salix: A Love Supreme Salix, alegendary name in batmaking, is branching out into newer markets, revitalised by fresh ideas, an evolving marketplace and wedding bells in the workshop. Long-time fan Phil Walker headed to Ken...

I really love cricket bats and batmaking (not that it would/could do it myself).
This is great from @philwisden.bsky.social on Salix. One of the great batmakers going. Kember is an artist with the willow.

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Salix: A Love Supreme Salix, alegendary name in batmaking, is branching out into newer markets, revitalised by fresh ideas, an evolving marketplace and wedding bells in the workshop. Long-time fan Phil Walker headed to Ken...

Salix, a legendary name in bat making, is branching out into newer markets, revitalised by fresh ideas, an evolving marketplace and wedding bells in the workshop. Long-time fan @philwisden.bsky.social headed to Kent to see where the magic happens

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Unfit for play apparently

Cheers Rumble old son. Keep fighting the good fight x

yeah, that's lovely. never heard 'podshaver' before

The best bloody podshaver in the world The Millichamp & Hall origin story

This is a wonderful story from Jonathan Hall about Julian Milichamp (yes that Hall)
Please read it and share it.
#cricket 🏏
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You won’t believe it but I was quoting you this very afternoon

I’m using it! Just working out where…

This is high art

Unnecessarily good

The very same

ECB update on cricket's action plan to tackle racism and all forms of discrimination

Edwards is viewed as a one-off. But it’s been put to me that if ECB doesn’t follow their pledge for open recruitment processes, why should Counties when they look to recruit coaches. That’s the trickle down effect. See pt 11 re recruitment all ECB roles: www.ecb.co.uk/news/2463053

Ange Postecoglou seeks moment of strength to escape spiral at Spurs | Jonathan Liew Tottenham manager knows the vultures are circling but his mission is driven by honouring the family name

what i'm basically saying here is that you can't really understand tottenham's style of football without a basic understanding of the greek military coup of 1967, put that on your touchscreen jamie carragher

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Congratulations to Brian Lara and @philwisden.bsky.social
for being shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards (@sportsbookawards.bsky.social) Cricket Book of the Year.

#CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport

Checked out the scorecard just to be sure i'd cocked up the date - and sure enough, August 18 1990, Waqar cleans up Gooch (9), Stephenson (7) and Waugh M (0) in his first spell... Essex win by 283

@philwisden.bsky.social love you got the date of the waqar game wrong. I do same with my first game. Surrey vs Lancs. Sylvester destroyed a good lancs side in the morning as me and my dad ate ham and pickle sandwiches and pork pie. i.imgci.com/link_to_data...

Podcast of the year!

💚 🏏 Wisden's gone GREEN! 🏏💚

😯😍 So amazing that Wisden have decided to switch the iconic yellow of the almanack to green for this special climate action edition!!! 🌍💚

Can't wait to get our hands on it 🙌

CEO STATEMENT - Worcestershire CCC Dear Members, I hope you are all well and looking forward to the fast-approaching new season. I am delighted to confirm that, unless we experience further flood events at Visit Worcestershire New…

An uncertain future for beautiful New Road - CEO Ashley Giles rules out flood barriers, while admitting that living with climate change-induced flooding is "increasingly unmanagemable." The club look for an "additional" venue as climate change reality starts to bite.

Last month I did a little experiment.

I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.

The results were...interesting...

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Conversation with nephew, 4

Me: it’s your birthday soon Alf, right?
Him: yeah I’m old
Me: do you know how old I am?
Him: ten thousand?
Me: correct

Pause

Him: are you really ten thousand?
Me: no, I’m 45
Him: that’s mad

It can be very easy to get lost in statistics over the proposed #benefitscuts. No doubt at least 2/3 of the press will now be running opinion pieces about why our “bloated benefits bill” needs cutting and why “workshy” sick people need to be “encouraged” back to work. 🧵
#chronicillness #disability