Christmas things on sale at this time of year is absolutely ridic - ooh, mince pies!

South Africa unraveling here #CWC25

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

Australia are 99-7 and are still winning this game #cwc25

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚 #amindofmyown

Watching From Russia With Love, and realised where I've seen this Stephen Miller before

Not sure scoring at just over a run an over is ideal for Bangladesh

Right, you've dragged me back into this. I had a 122 day streak broken because I was stuck on a plane and couldn't log on in April. This is day 5 of the new one Wordle 1,571 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not AI. This is the view down our street just now

I picked up Booktime magazine yesterday from my local indie bookshop (Drake The Bookshop in Stockton) and was delighted to see an interview with @hayleygullen.com in there

Wisden have done a best-of Chris Woakes, 5 test and 5 ODI. It's amazing how, even in his best games, somebody else takes the headlines www.wisden.com/cricket-news...

Really good story. Well worth your time to read

Here we go with my review of my cricket season. Today seems a good day to start as it's exactly 6 months ago that I played my first game. Some numbers. I played 69 games (71 - 2 rained off), keeping wicket in 59 of them, fielding in 5 and doing half and half in the other 5.

Love Linsey Smith. She has a swagger about her

Cushing, Lee, Fisher - all the greats

We're #1 on somebody's list youtu.be/-QCNfsdJyjQ?...

Formerly of Durham, Surrey's Cam Steel on life on the road substack.com/home/post/p-...

Speaking of friends of Ukraine, please follow our players here: – Wicketkeeper @johnnield2.bsky.social (who top scored with 21 vs. Poland); – All-rounder @smrwilkinson.bsky.social (1* today, and playing vs. Latvia tomorrow); – Batter @irgarner.bsky.social (an unlucky 🦆 today). fierce-calm.com

It's what happens when you stand up to the loud, vocal minority who opposed change because it either inconveniences or doesn't enrich THEM, even though it does a lot of good for so many people. Next, I'd like to see if road deaths in Wales have dropped as a result if the 20mph limit

This morning at Labour Party Conference, our panel is looking at the attainment gap and asking why disadvantaged pupils are behind their peers. Chaired by @nickharrison73.bsky.social, we are joined by @sarahsmithlab.bsky.social, @childrenscomm.bsky.social, and @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social

I love salmon, but cooking it stinks the house out. The answer? Cook it outside

This was the end of the news at 10. Drone footage from travel blogger Vadim Makhorov has captured a group of polar bears living inside an abandoned research station on Russia's Kolyuchin Island #Incroyable

Great headline: “Newcastle protest: 100 anti-migrant protesters drowned out by counter march” www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2114...

Slow horses, one a week? I may explode waiting for each episode

Delighted for Hameed, who has gone through more highs and lows than any player I can think of

I hope you spend more time over here than on other, longer-established sites. A record of a season of cricket is an excellent thing to do. I may try it one day!

Really really want Worcestershire to win this. Rob Jones with 6(10) and a career s.r. of 76 may not be the man though

Totally glued to the Surrey-Notts game, despite wanting them both to lose

NEW: Britain’s fiercest libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for the $4bn OneCoin fraud and threatened its critics. Now they’re being prosecuted at the SDT. Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out. Thread

Pleased to write about working class access to the media industry in @theguardian.com today. Our Elitist Britain research out today shows that almost half of columnists, commentators and top podcast hosts went to private schools. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🇺🇦🏏 | My book 'GETTING OUT: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War' is the story of some tough and eccentric sportspeople – and how they saved many of those around them from Russia's invasion in 2022. Details | Where to buy 💙📚 ⬇️ www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out

“Bustling crowds wait for overwhelmingly non-white shop staff to serve up their alcohol, never wondering about who would turn up to scrub Westminster station clean of their urine at the end of the day.” www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...

My insomnia watch last night was a Joe Cockerton documentary so I thought you all needed to be reminded of how good he was youtu.be/zIIzp9cqyUk?...

And it needs to be seen

Forty Seven school shootings so far this year? That is one every 3-4 school days. Absolute madness that this continues to happen and is met with just a shrug of the shoulders

Really interesting documentary featuring Isa Guha, Naomi Dattani and the amazing Sonia Odedra, who was one of the first people to make me feel welcome in women’s cricket.

Just back from Estonia and Finland, and have recently been to Poland, and it is startling to see the number of play areas in these places. All in use, including by child-like adults. The UK would be better with more of these

Just testing how easy it is to post on multiple apps at the same time using @buffer.com

I'm surprised that the Lib Dems aren't making more of an effort to court those who are repulsed by Labour's current stance

A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean

Not sure I have found Labour to be as repulsive as they are now.

Sparing a thought for my former colleagues and fellow teachers on their first day back at work today. Not much of one as I'm busy packing to go on holiday later this week and I'm off to watch some cricket this afternoon.

Four years ago today I played #cricket on behalf of Barnardos at Wormsley. A fun day but while it represents a much vaunted aspect of the game, it is an utterly soulless venue.

Andrew Scott is a contemporary artist renowned for his bold "frame-breaking" creations, where characters in his paintings seem to penetrate through glass. Through this unique creative approach, Scott explores themes of freedom, solitude, and resilience. Artist: @andrewscott_art #art #visualart

This is my flag.

First wordle in ages. Went ok Wordle 1,531 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

More than two-thirds of the 60 people arrested after the 'Stop the Boats'/'Save Our Kids' protest turned violent in Bristol last August had previous reports, flags, convictions for domestic abuse &/or violence. Read the full story here: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

When the actual reality of living in these hotels is what I described here www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-ho...

Unsure if our cat has been eating grass