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4thslip.bsky.social
Obsessed with proper (i.e. red ball) cricket, don't trust Bazball one bit. Fan of NFL's Denver Broncos since The Drive. Intrigued by physics, cosmology, QM and anything we don't fully understand. Retired logistician. Hedgehogs own the garden.
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So, that was Amber was it? @metoffice The country has gone soft, quite pathetic really.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

So, the day after watching a tsunami I was able to take this photo. Quite a 24 hours.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

On this day in 2004 after spending the day staring at the wingtip of a 747, I had dinner overlooking the sea in Port Elizabeth. The tide was coming in, and just kept coming in and in - until the waiter said 'I've never seen it that high". The Boxing Day Tsunami hitting Africa.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson speaks to his team on the third day of the 2019 Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Scott Barbour's fisheye picture was shortlisted for the 2020 MCC Wisden Photograph of the Year

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 STICK IT IN YOUR DIARY🚨 We're excited to confirm that Sunday 29 June will be County Cricket Day in 2025. We want it to be ten times bigger than last year, but for that we'll need all your help to spread the word. WHO'S WITH US? #CountyCricketDay

submitted 88 days ago • 4 comments

Yay! @cricketnosh.bsky.social are here! THE most important account in County Cricket.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Now that the fixtures are out… #cricket

submitted 97 days ago • 14 comments

I wrote a column in The Cricket Paper this year about the ‘enshittification’ of U.K. cricket under the ECB.

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

Worst start to a 500+ chase: 12/3 (chasing 534) Australia vs India, Perth 2024-25 15/3 (511) South Africa vs Australia, Cape Town 2013-14 16/3 (573) Pakistan vs West Indies, Bridgetown 2005 20/3 (557) England vs India, Rajkot 2023-24 20/3 (543) India vs Australia, Nagpur 2004-05

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Reports this morning of a wet outfield and a small fire at deep mid-wicket. No problem. Our groundstaff should have the facility ready for play in about half an hour.

submitted 99 days ago • 10 comments