TNT slightly overstating DI Gower’s longevity in an England shirt.

Actual transcript of that Smith-Stokes discussion: What do you reckon Smithy? Yeah, Skip, I got a big edge on that…. but… But what? You know. OK, review it.

One of the very best.

Good turn out at Canterbury for the one day cup.

Hope everyone is excited for the start of the tournament today. For viewing, I’m going with Glamorgan v Hampshire. #MetroBankOneDayCup

Kookaburra ball doing Kookaburra things.

Very proud Hampshire supporter tonight. Daws!

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With no Hampshire game today, I’m going for Surrey v Somerset to begin.

Exciting finish happening in War v Hants. 19 runs to win, 1 wicket remaining.

Just under a month ago I was full of anticipation for a new cricket season. Last weekend & tomorrow the women’s season begins; new & exciting one day cup. I hope anticipation is widely felt again. Be certain county game must have women’s & men’s games strong, real purpose & entertaining.

THE WISDEN ALMANACK AWARDS 2025 FIVE CRICKETERS OF THE YEAR (1/8) #wisdenawards

Good to see him back. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

Mixed feelings about John Turner’s loan to Lancs. Would have liked to have seen him start for Hants but also glad he’s going to get game time. Hants fearing a long tail, I guess.

One of the commentators just explained that whether a ball swings or not is completely random. No it’s not. It’s physics.

Middlesex v Lancashire at Lords is turning into quite a tussle.

Cloudless day at Chelmsford. #CountyChampionship

Congratulations to Sonny Baker for his maiden CC wicket. Not a bad pole either - YJB.

🏏Happy new county cricket season👍🏼 Here’s the link to listen online #Cricket www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

County Championship is back! Have a good one everyone. I’m going to be missing the action today because of work but will be at Essex v Surrey tomorrow. Long may the sun shine.

Determined to complete the set of all 18 main County grounds this season. Three left to visit. Next weekend is Derbyshire, weather permitting. Essex and Kent, I’m coming soon.

From The Guardian:“More support may soon come given the subcommittee that produced the report included Tom Harrison, the former chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, who is favourite to replace the ­outgoing ICC chief, Geoff Allardice”. Noooooo! www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

Eyeing the weather forecast for the start of the County Championship suspiciously.

With the “no-brainer” expansion of the Hundred. It seems inevitable that the red and white ball domestic competitions will soon be seen as distinct sports with few cross-over players so they can be played in the same months. In reality a two-tier system. (I am not saying this is good). 1/2

Rashid a cut above and raising the eternal question as to why England went with a pace heavy attack in India.

Here we go. The first franchise totally owned by an entity with zero stake in any other part of the domestic game. When all 8 go this way, the ECB will have created a highly financed competitor to the other competitions, not the advertised lifeline.

I jotted down some thoughts about the sell off of The Hundred franchises. cricketstuff.blog/2025/02/03/s...

So, Australia’s women, men and A all won by an innings overnight. That’s impressive.

Warrican worships at cricket’s most unfashionable altar www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

You get all excited about England’s men being in action again……

Brilliant news.

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Always love watching Mo Abbas. Such economy of action.

We've added 1873 to our online archive of James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual! Includes Hints on Batting, by W. G. Grace; The Social and Moral Aspects of Cricket, by G. W. King; The English Twelve in America, by One of Them; The Counties in 1872; Umpires, and where to find them; and much more!

Correction - she has the hat trick. Spread across two overs.

Charlie Dean on a hat trick.

Astonishing SA collapse going on at present.

Good toss to win.

Tuning into watch Hampshire in the Global Mega Hyper Super Duper League

So Kevan James is there in Guyana and bringing us the live commentary via this link A lot for @hampshirecricket.bsky.social to do here but let’s see how they get on. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

All switching over for Guyana v Victoria?

Does anyone with influence have the ability to stop Lord Gower from attempting a Yorkshire accent again?

Big story this. The ECB have massively underestimated its value as an exporter of talent to global competitions. Why seek to reduce the ways that talented players can make a living in the game?

Global Super League continues apace tonight, featuring a Schrodinger’s cat of a Victoria side that both is and isn’t the same team currently competing in the Sheffield Shield. #cricket

Everyone excited for Hampshire’s first match in the Global Super League then?

Really wish the Abu Dhabi T10 would drop the incessant ‘cricket’s fastest format’ patter. Cricket needs to stop apologising for itself. ‘Don’t worry, it’ll be over soon’

Fixtures out. Started planning County Championship travels. Three grounds left to do all 18 main FC. This could be the year. Then start on completing out grounds. www.ecb.co.uk/news/4173590...

The Kookaburra is back for 2025: four Champo rounds in the middle of the summer - two at the end of June, two at the end of July. The April experiment, mercifully, is not repeated.

Result Nigeria vs Ivory Coast, 5th Match ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group C NGA 271/4 CIV 7 Nigeria won by 264 runs www.espncricinfo.com/series/world...