The incredibly bizarre story of the first World Cup A fake team Terrible rain rules A West Indian derby Not burning bras Up skirts A mad millionaire And the most influential cricketer since WG Grace open.substack.com/pub/wickets/...

Norfolk Cricket Society are also on Instagram, give us a follow for news and updates on all our events over the autumn & winter. 🏏 www.instagram.com/norfolkcrick...

We had a brilliant start to our 2025/26 season with @jarrodkimber.bsky.social on the art of batting, next month we look forward to an evening with @thecricketer.com editor Huw Turbervill. 🏏 @bloomsburysport.bsky.social

A look back at a brilliant Art of Batting evening in Norwich with @jarrodkimber.bsky.social @bloomsburysw.bsky.social norfolkcricketsociety.com

A few photos from our fantastic Art of Batting event with @jarrodkimber.bsky.social in Norwich. Images by Adam Pryke 📸

A brilliant start to our season with @jarrodkimber.bsky.social on top form sharing his analysis and insight into the art of batting. Really well received and all copies of his @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social book snapped up. Really hope we get to see a follow up on the art of bowling.🤞

Day 5 at Lord's

PLAY FOR US NEXT WEEK! The Ukraine Charity XI is some players short for the Euro Cup in Warsaw, next Thursday to Sunday. No experience or talent necessary. All Ukrainians (and friends of Ukraine) are eligible for us. If you can make it to Poland for your international debut, send us a DM 🇺🇦🏏

Ben Duckett: from impetuous talent to world-class opener www.thetimes.com/article/cff1...

Introducing our jersey for next month's Euro Cup in Warsaw! Made by Ambition Sport, it has the logos of our charity partners @fierce-calm.bsky.social and Ukraine Charity, and our federation's pre-war crest. Poland, @icelandcricket.bsky.social, Latvia and Lithuania – get ready! What do you think?

🇺🇦🏏 | 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

We'll reveal our beautiful new jersey – designed for our matches against Iceland, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania at next month's Euro Cup in Warsaw! – as soon as we reach 3,000 followers. Surely we'll get there this week, if our supporters share this post? 🇺🇦🏏 pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out

If you’re in London and you want to come see Wigmore and me talk books we’ll see you on 9th July 2025 18:30 at @ Waterstones Piccadilly www.waterstones.com/events/tim-w...

These fabulous cricket organisations are gold! Please do join them - Https://cricketmemorabilia.org Https://www.cricketsociety.org Https://acscricket.com Https://www.walkersandtalkersorg

Breaking Barriers: Barbados to England … And Back The autobiography of pioneering cricketer Roland Butcher, England's first black player, is now available to buy now in the UK from @fairfieldbooks.bsky.social Buy the book: www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/breaking...

Postie’s been! Been looking forward to this ever since @anniechave.bsky.social came to speak to us in Nov 2023 and mentioned she’d done the first of 11 interviews for a book she was writing. And here it is. Congratulations Annie, it looks superb.👏 @fairfieldbooks.bsky.social #Cricket #NewBooks 🏏 📖

The next Nightwatchman quiz is next month as well as our latest @fairfieldbooks.bsky.social launch Tickets and more info: eventbrite.com/e/the-nightw...

Am extremely pleased to get a 4* review in this month’s The Cricketer for my book - #cricketchangedmylife 😊😊😊😊 This is such a journey of discovery for me and I’m so delighted that people have enjoyed reading about these wonderful inspiring folk.

Last call for the Ukraine Charity cricket team, playing in July in Warsaw! No experience necessary – just Ukrainian roots 🇺🇦🏏

Great feature in the Eastern Daily Press marking our 40th anniversary this summer. 🎉 Many thanks to all the wonderful speakers who’ve entertained us over the years & thanks to everyone who’s come along to our events, hope you enjoyed. Here’s to the next 40!

Great double page article on new @acscricket.bsky.social book on forgotten 1930s batting star David Walker in the latest edition of the Eastern Daily Press. Copies of Andy Dawson's excellent book available from shop.acscricket.com?product=davi... @norfolkcricketsoc.bsky.social

Just finished reading the excellent biography of David Walker, Andy Dawson deserves great credit for shining a spotlight on a Norfolk CCC player many will be unfamiliar with. 49 Minor Counties Championship matches, 3,997 runs at 63.44, 13 x 100’s & 19 x 50’s. Some player.

New biography published by @acscricket.bsky.social chronicles the life of David Walker, prolific Norfolk batter of the 1930s. norfolkcricketsociety.com/2025/05/18/n...

This looks absolutely fantastic, a cricket magazine for kids! What a brilliant idea. Check it out at howzatcricketmag.com

Martin Chandler has written an enthusiastic review of Max Bonnell's book on the 1964 Ashes, Brick by Brick, www.cricketweb.net/books/brick-... now on sale in the @acscricket.bsky.social shop shop.acscricket.com along with our spring annuals and a biography of David Walker, Norfolk's Master Batsman.

Dermot Reeve and addiction www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0S-... Was in the room for some of this, such an incredible experience

Watching Kohli. Read more about great batters and their art in The Art of Batting, now available. linktr.ee/TheArtofBatt... #cricket #testcricket #theartofbatting

Looking forward to reading these new books: Huw Turbervill on the future of cricket and @jarrodkimber.bsky.social on the 50 greatest batters of all time. 🏏 📚 #Cricket #NewBooks

Why write the book? Read more about great batters and their art in The Art of Batting, now available. linktr.ee/TheArtofBatt...

“With the possible exception of Donald Bradman, David Walker was probably the best batsman in the world!” - Bill Edrich. New from @acscricket.bsky.social a biography of 1930s Norfolk player David Walker by Andy Dawson. shop.acscricket.com?product=davi...

The book about our story, Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War, was shortlisted at this year's Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. Congratulations to winning author Khalida Popal for her book My Beautiful Sisters, about Afghanistan's women footballers 🇦🇫❤️

We had some great guests in 2024/25, here’s how it went. @benbloomsport.bsky.social @listerprod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @deanbwilson.bsky.social norfolkcricketsociety.com/2025/04/26/2...

An enjoyable evening with @norfolkcricketsoc.bsky.social talking through a golden era of English cricket and ghostwriting for x2 legendary all rounders.

A great evening with @deanbwilson.bsky.social to wrap up our 2024/25 programme. Dean shared his experience of over 20 years of reporting on cricket from around the world plus what it takes to be a ghost writer. Many thanks to Horsford CC for hosting us.🙏 Photos c/o Adam Pryke.📷

“I hope he knew how much he was loved.” Alec Stewart has written about Graham Thorpe for the new Almanack. We shared his words with the Daily Mail, and you can read them here (no paywall). www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Catching up on reading and spotted this in @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social A lovely little feature encapsulating everything that’s great about cricket societies. See if there’s a cricket society near you at cricketsocietiesassociation.com/?page_id=72 🏏 🎤

Ian Botham was in Norfolk recently as a guest of Swardeston CC and on Thursday 24 April we’ll be welcoming someone who has ghostwritten for the legendary England all-rounder plus another in Ben Stokes. Join us as we welcome @deanbwilson.bsky.social as our guest, 7pm at Horsford CC, £5 entry.

“I have found comfort in the dressing room again.” An interview with Andrew Flintoff about his return to the game as a coach and the warm embrace he has received. So good to see him back www.thetimes.com/article/4ccf...

Catching up on some long overdue reading @thecricketsociety.bsky.social. Really enjoying this issue, great features and plenty of book reviews. 👍

Knowing Murali, studying medicine and juggling tier two: Meet April Herathge, Leicestershire's ambitious leg-spinner | @nickfriend.bsky.social

We might not have first class cricket in Norfolk but we certainly have first class speakers at our events. In the last few months alone we’ve welcomed Mark Ramprakash, @benbloomsport.bsky.social and MCC @thecricketsociety.bsky.social Book of the Year Award winner @listerprod.bsky.social 🧵 1/2

I'm thrilled that 'Getting Out' has made the shortlist for Cricket Book of the Year at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. It's lovely company to be in – see all shortlisted books on the @sportsbookawards.bsky.social page below ⬇️ #ReadingForSport #CTSBA25 sportsbookawards.com

The book that tells our story, 'Getting Out' by @jonathancampion.com, has been shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards! It's the history of Ukrainian cricket – and how our players saved lives at the start of the war. There's a link in our pinned post 🇺🇦🏏

Very fortunate to have recently obtained this original painting by @tjgodden.bsky.social which is just back from the framer. A depiction of England & Yorkshire bowler Hedley Verity leading his men on Sicily in 1943, this poignant piece is called “Last Innings”.

Looking forward to welcoming @deanbwilson.bsky.social - Chair of @cricketmediauk.bsky.social - as the final guest of our 2024/25 run of talks. Join us in Norwich on Thursday 24 April, 7.30pm at Horsford CC for Dean’s reflections on more than 20 years of covering cricket in the media.

Friday in Chelmsford, first day of the County Championship. @essexcricket.bsky.social v @kiaoval.com, beautiful weather and a good crowd. Just a perfect day.🏏❤️

I'm thrilled that 'Getting Out' has made the shortlist for Cricket Book of the Year at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. It's lovely company to be in – see all shortlisted books on the @sportsbookawards.bsky.social page below ⬇️ #ReadingForSport #CTSBA25 sportsbookawards.com/shortlist-20...

It’s actually really happened! If (just if - no pressure)you want to read it then it can be preordered via the link below. It will be published on 11 April. www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/cricket-...

Congratulations to author @jonathancampion.com & @pitchpublishing.bsky.social for Getting Out being shortlisted for the @sportsbookawards.bsky.social Cricket Book of the Year 2025, great news! 🏏 🇺🇦 📖 👏 Jonathan visited us in 2024 and gave a fascinating talk on @ukrainecricket.bsky.social