She's runnin' out the door She's runnin' out She run, run, run, run Ruuuuuuuun

I haven't seen this comparison made since the Perth Test yet, but since it's not every day I can make a cricketing Kendrick Lamar reference, the match was pretty much Mitchell Starc going "fuck the big 3, it's just big me"

It's a shame this India vs SA series is only two Tests, SA's doing a real good job of grinding India down in the field. Great antidote to the Perth Test.

the A.S.H.E.S system

If you want a break from the #Ashes during lunch, today's ep is woth Owen who talks all things Scottish cricket, where we discuss everything from club cricket in Aberdeen to the outlooks of the national teams! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0gQ0... Youtube: youtu.be/UzvLOGuwE3U?...

Even ifbyou're not caught up on Steve Smith's diaries lore, this is well worth reading for how Sam Konstas introduces himself

Check out this prediction for the 2013 #Ashes series from the 2005 book "Cricket: Celebrating the Modern Game Around the World" by Philip Brown and Lawrence Booth. You have the series being played in Sharjah and Michael Clarke has to convince the TV audience thathe's made his ground!

My apologies to all Australian and English cricket folks, but this was the funniest possible scorecard to wake up to, given all the hype and the build up and dramatics around the Ashes.

The big #cricket news today is coming out of Bangkok, where in the ICC Women's Emerging Nations Trophy, there were two upsets where Thailand were knocked off by PNG, while UAE were comprehensively beaten by the Netherlands! This tournament is anyone's now.

No eating for most of the day for around a month? Rawdogging Ashes 🤝 Ramadan

#Cricket 🏏 #TheAshes

Hi new followers! If you want things to listen to during Ashes lunch and tea breaks, there is my Cricket Sickos podcast where I talk to all kinds of fellow cricket obsessives about why they love the game. Pod is linked below, and some starter eps in the replies 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0jpM...

Hello to all the new people here! If you found me through the #cricket starter pack, check out my bilingual cricket channel over on youtube: www.youtube.com/@bescheuerte...

ICC tv needs a megawall, Tanzania are potentially getting revenge on Namibia beating them to the World Cup qualifier and Uganda aren't far away from beating Scotland, both games being played simultaneously!

Hi new followers! If you want things to listen to during Ashes lunch and tea breaks, there is my Cricket Sickos podcast where I talk to all kinds of fellow cricket obsessives about why they love the game. Pod is linked below, and some starter eps in the replies 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0jpM...

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I don't how to describe how exciting this is to people who haven't been reading this multi-year series of Steve Smith Diaries shitposts on r/cricket. What started as simple jokes about Smith and the Aussie team is now wrapping up its elaborate arc, it's gonna be great. More info if you're curious 👇

A Super League that ties into a World Cup, avoids thorny matchups, and tied to League 2 is an easy fix 14 teams incl 2 AMs into groups of 7, Ind and Aus in different groups to Pak and Afg. Top 4/5 in each group qualify for WC, bottom teams relegated. 6 x 3 match series in 4 years seems workable

The radical plan to split Test cricket into 2 tiers appears to have failed. The WTC is set to expand to include all 12 teams in one division for 2027-29. The ODI Super League is set to be revived while Associates push for a global qualifier for T20 WC www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-ne...

Thanks @daisycutterzine.bsky.social for publishing this piece! (Apologies if it's still very clear it was originally written in 2023, before that series finished. I did try to re-purpose it as a preview for this upcoming Ashes)

Also great that the ICC recognises that women's cricket can be a growth engine for the game (now India has won the World Cup). Any chance of letting more than 16 teams have a chance of qualifying for it? How about some proper financial support for Thailand and the Afghan refugee teams? Anyone...?

Adit has slowly but surely built himself an excellent series of interviews. Check it out if you haven’t already (skip episode 11, though).

Today's episode is with Steven Stern, the man in charge of calculating DLS targets! Steven talks about learning the game after moving from the US, working with Duckworth and Lewis, what's next for DLS, and if Herschelle Gibbs really dropped the World Cup. open.spotify.com/episode/6nlb...

Timor Leste play their first international cricket match tomorrow, against Indonesia. As one of my first political campaigns was against the sale of British military jets to Indonesia for use against he Timorese independence movement, it makes me a little emotional to see them play each other.

The worst thing about the World Cup ending is that there's no cricket every single day between 4 pm and midnight like there's been for the past 3 weeks 😭

That is the best possible catch anyone can take to win a World Cup #CWC25

299 is the perfect target for a good chase between a South Africa who have stacked their batting vs India who have stacked their bowling #CWC25

My partner and I went for the outrageously simple Halloween costume of Nora and Hae-sung from the movie Past Lives, but we made sure to bring a roll of aluminium foil to the party so we could recreate this iconic scene

Hi @wernerboucher.bsky.social, I host a podcast where I talk to fellow cricket obsessives, would you like to be a guest sometime? Would be especially good to ask you about how SA women have rebuilt after losing key players and improved performances in tournaments. Let me know if you're keen, thanks!

In case anyone was wondering, there's no forecast of rain in Guwahati for the rest of today or the potential reserve day (England would advance if this semi-final is abandoned) #CWC25

Is this what the expression "getting their ducks in a row" means? #CWC25

Not sure I've seen this discussed, but are there reserve days for the #CWC25 semifinals and final? Probably relevant given it's raining lots in Navi Mumbai. I also imagine that positions 1 and 2 on the table are important in that they're the ones who win if matches are washed out.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... "...a spokesperson for the International Cricket Council said the Australian side had "breached protocols" by allowing players to leave unescorted." To date, the only response the ICC I could find is a spokesperson blaming the players for going to a cafe at 11 am.

You heard it here first #CWC25

Don't judge a pitch until both sides have batted on it? #CWC25

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Brits off the mark, must mean she's scoring a century #CWC25

Forget the Test team, Mitch Marsh is getting drafted to the AFL next month! #AUSvIND

And she gets there! Didn't bat, didn't bowl, didn't catch - what a specialist captain's performance #CWC25

Acting captain Tahlia McGrath is still eligible to get a Thanks For Coming for this match #CWC25

Another captain getting their opposing captain out 🚨 (Joty getting out off Chamari's bowling) #CWC25

Worth noting as the ICC pat themselves on the back with a video of children playing cricket in Sierra Leone, that the ICC specifically excluded Sierra Leone and all other African Associate nations from even entering the qualification process for the Women's World Cup. #cwc25

@chrisdeville.bsky.social Hi Chris, big fan of indie rock and your book! My tiny podcast usually interviews cricket fans, but would you be interested to be a bonus guest to discuss your book and whether following the MLS parallels indie fandom? Let me know if you're keen or have questions, thanks!

My brain every time Smriti Mandhana is playing

@liebcricket.com The umpires at India vs England have just reviewed whether the batters made the T-sign before the timer for making a review ran out! This feels like it would happen more often in your proposed review economy.

India men and women in a similar amount of trouble in their respective ODIs. Who will turn things around first? #AUSvIND #CWC25 🏏

Something to listen to while you wait for New Zealand vs Pakistan, or if/when rain interrupts play in Colombo #CWC25

Always good to have more cricket content not in English.

And if you'd like to listen to the episode in its original Bahasa Indonesia, links below: Spotify: spotify.link/udxh6TOdyXb Youtube: youtu.be/iLWZwOO9E-s?...

The first international cricketer on Cricket Sickos! Corazon Konjep Wombakie joins the show to tell her unbelievable cricket journey and how she's become Indonesia's most prolific batter. Here is the English dub of our chat ft. my wife Yaz filling in for Cora. spotify.link/QlCZDVAdyXb