My book - The Women in Whites: A History of Women's Cricket in England - is coming out on 1 June 🎉 I'm holding a virtual launch at 7pm BST on Wednesday 3 June to celebrate. I'll be chatting about the book & happy to answer questions about it too! For the Teams link, please reply below or DM me 😊

BA Raine and CF Parkinson set a FC partnership record for Durham v all opposition by adding 158 for the 10th wicket, beating the 103 set by MM Betts and DM Cox v Sussex at Hove in 1996. @acscricket.bsky.social

ACS is v sad to learn of the death of our former President, MJK Smith of Warks. He played 50 Tests for England, 25 as captain & was Pres. of ACS 2007 -2017. He scored 39,832 first-class runs at 41.84 from 1951-1975, served as Warks chair 1991-2003 & was ICC’s 1st ref in the Aus-India series 1991-92.

The ACS is very sad to learn of the death of former President, MJK Smith of Warwickshire. In addition to playing 50 Tests for England, 25 as captain, he was a popular ACS president from 2007 to 2017. We published MJK's biography, "No Ordinary Man", in 2013. archive.acscricket.com/online_libra... 1/2

BW Aitchison and WL Madsen set a FC partnership record for Derbyshire v Middlesex by adding 208 for the 6th wicket, beating the 148 set by LM Reece and MK Andersson at Derby in 2025. @acscricket.bsky.social

The highest FC team total by Kent v Durham is now 523, beating the 495 set at Canterbury in 1998. @acscricket.bsky.social

BJ Dawkins and SA Northeast set a FC partnership record for any wicket for Kent v Durham by adding 303 for the 2nd, beating the 197* for the 4th set by NR Taylor and CL Hooper at Canterbury in 1992. @acscricket.bsky.social

Ben Aitchison 112 & 5-47 for Derbyshire v Middlesex at Lord's this weekend is the first to score a century as night-watcher and take 5 wickets in an innings in a County Championship match. Great research of Night-watchers who have scored centuries in the Championship here: tinyurl.com/2sj5m255

16th May 2010 saw England men’s team finally win a global tournament. After a desultory start England won four games on the trot & took just 17 overs to chase Australia’s 148 in the final. Craig Kieswetter was the hero with 63 off 49 balls. #cricketcounts

archive.acscricket.com/auction/auct... - @acscricket.bsky.social ‘s latest auction ends 10pm BST on Monday 18th May. Lots of material & lots of interest but never too late to bid as you can right up to the closing time. #cricketcounts

@ACScricket had an excellent visit to @somcrickmuseum in Taunton today. Sighted in a beautifully restored historic barn right by the County Group it provides a fine sense of history of @SomersetCCC & is the type of place where hours could be taken up to do it proper justice. #cricketcounts

#acscricket is taking over the website of ‘Women’s Cricket History’ & we are delighted that we will be able to maintain & enhance this wonderful historical record of women’s cricket via womenscrickethistory.org #RafNicholson #AlisonMitchell #NickFriend1 #cricketcounts

Happy 47th birthday to Rob Key, Managing Director of England Cricket. In another life Key played 15 Tests scoring 775 runs at 31.00 with one ton (221 v West Indies). He scored 19,419 runs in 1st class cricket at 40.45 (54 tons) & 6,469 runs in List A at 32.18. #cricketcounts

Yorkshire's defeat at Edgbaston today is their second-heaviest by runs. They have lost by 350-plus runs only three times, all in the past ten years: 433 runs by Kent at Leeds 2019 377 runs by Warwickshire at Birmingham 2026 <= 376 runs by Essex at Chelmsford 2017 #CountyChampionship #WARvYOR

Should be Luton 1994

Highest 3rd innings total in a County Championship match where both teams were bowled out for under 160 in their first innings: 553-6* Warws (1st inns 147) v Yorks (152) at Birmingham 2026 481-7* Northants (1st inns 151) v Yorks (148) at Luton 2014

Tom Norton, for Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, has become the youngest man to take a hat-trick on first-class debut aged 18 yrs, 274 days. The previous youngest was: 19 yrs, 115 days Zohaib Shera for Karachi Whites v National Bank of Pakistan at Karachi-NBP in 2009.

MK Andersson and BD Guest set a FC partnership record for Derbyshire v Northamptonshire by adding 241 for the 6th wicket, beating the 138 set by GM Smith and JL Clare at Chesterfield in 2008. @acscricket.bsky.social

The highest FC team total by Derbyshire v Northamptonshire is now 604-7d, beating the 569 set at Northampton in 2012. @acscricket.bsky.social

The latest @ACScricket auction started today at 8.00am BST on 9th May & closes at 10.00pm BST on Monday 18th May. It features #acs ‘Lives in Cricket’ books, Lillywhite Guides from 1860-1900 & #acs ‘Famous Cricketer’ series. Register at archive.acscricket.com/auction/auctio…#cricketcountsts

Najmul Hossain Shanto is moving steadily up the list of most Test centuries for Bangladesh - he has 9, behind only Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (both 13) and Tamim Iqbal (10). Mominul and Mushfiqur are much older than Shanto, and Tamim is retired - so he has a good chance of overtaking all of them

A very happy birthday to Mushfiqur Rahim - still going strong at 39, and almost 21 years into his Test career. He's edging his way up the list of longest careers, having just overtaken Imran Khan to go 15th. If he sticks around for another year he'll break into the top 10.

Welcome back, Test cricket - it's been a while. Bangladesh vs Pakistan is the first Test since the Ashes ended in January - the last time there was such a long gap was in the 1970s when series involving SA were cancelled. The last such gap without a Test even being scheduled was during WWII!

Just caught up with this BBC Radio 4 documentary on the women's Ashes in 2005, after a dash through the earlier history of women's cricket. Main conversation features Claire Taylor, Holly Colvin, Rosalie Fairbairn and Laura Kelly MacLeod, assistant coach Neil Rider and journalist Alison Mitchell.

Nazmul Hossain Shanto is moving into Elite Converter territory. Today was his 9th Test 100 out of 14 scores over 50 (64.28%). Only Don Bradman 69.04% (29/42) and George Headley 66.66% (10/15) have higher conversion rates of those with 10+ scores over 50.

@ACScricket was delighted to present in person The Brooke Lambert Trophy for #ACS Statistician of the Year to Marion Collin, whose statistical body of work across men & women’s cricket for over 60 years is remarkable. An outstanding career & still much to offer. #cricketcounts

The latest edition of @ACScricket ‘s Journal ‘The Cricket Statistician’ is out. Go to acscricket.com to buy a copy from the shop or sign up to @ACScricket & get the Journal as part of your joining. Articles on the lives of John M Brown & Thomas Foster amongst much more. #cricketcounts

MJ Potts and CF Parkinson set a FC partnership record for Durham v Middlesex by adding 71 for the 9th wicket, beating the 48 set by P Mustard and JW Hastings at Chester-le-Street in 2014. @acscricket.bsky.social

Congratulations to Adam Thomas, who on 3rd May, became the youngest ever debutant for Surrey CCC to make a century in a County Championship match, born as he was on 6th July 2006. #cricketcounts

Happy 64th birthday to Rose & Liz Signal, born 4th May 1962. They were the 1st twins to play Test cricket when they debuted for New Zealand women’s team against England at Leeds in 1984. Later in the tour they were the 1st twins to play in an ODI in Holland. #cricketcounts

JJG Sales and LD McManus set a FC partnership record for Northamptonshire v Worcestershire by adding 192 for the 7th wicket, beating the 161 set by A Lightfoot and BS Crump at Northampton in 1961. @acscricket.bsky.social

DG Bedingham and KL Aldridge set a FC partnership record for Durham v Middlesex by adding 89 for the 6th wicket, beating the 87 set by ML Love and A Pratt at Chester-le-Street in 2002. @acscricket.bsky.social

EN Gay and DG Bedingham set a FC partnership record for Durham v Middlesex by adding 153 for the 3rd wicket, beating the 150 set by ML Love and JJB Lewis at Lord's in 2002. @acscricket.bsky.social

CG Benjamin and JDM Evison set a FC partnership record for Kent v Derbyshire by adding 184 for the 7th wicket, beating the 150 set by SA Northeast and AJ Ball at Canterbury in 2016. @acscricket.bsky.social

ARG Thomas and SA Abbott set a FC partnership record for Surrey v Sussex by adding 161 for the 8th wicket, beating the 150 set by RD Jackman and Intikhab Alam at The Oval in 1973. @acscricket.bsky.social

SS Eskinazi and AY Patel set a FC partnership record for Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire by adding 120 for the 9th wicket, beating the 102 set by WE Astill and F Bale at Nottingham in 1927. @acscricket.bsky.social

The highest FC team total by Glamorgan v Hampshire is now 536-7d, beating the 504 set at Southampton in 1991. @acscricket.bsky.social

Zain ul Hassan and KS Carlson set a FC partnership record for Glamorgan v Hampshire for any wicket by adding 274* for the 2nd wicket, beating the 272 for the 3rd wicket set by AL Jones and Javed Miandad at Cardiff in 1984. @acscricket.bsky.social

GH Roderick and OJ Hannon-Dalby set a FC partnership record for Worcestershire v Northamptonshire by adding 120 for the 10th wicket, beating the 79 set by SH Martin and PF Jackson at Worcester in 1935. @acscricket.bsky.social

JJ Carson and OE Robinson set a FC partnership record for Sussex v Surrey by adding 173 for the 9th wicket, beating the 160* set by KS Ranjitsinhji and FW Tate at Hastings in 1902. @acscricket.bsky.social

Born 3rd May 1955 the tragic figure of David Hookes. A fine left handed bat his career disappointed in the end: 1,306 runs at 34.36 in only 23 Tests. His 1st class average hints at his brilliance: 12,671 runs at 43.99 with 32 tons. He died aged only 48 after a pub altercation. #cricketcounts

Happy 60th birthday to Phil Tufnell (on 29th April), who has national treasure status for his work on Test Match Special & Question of Sport. He was a fine slow left arm bowler who played 42 Tests for England taking 121 wkts at 37.68. His 1,057 1st class wkts came at 29.35.

EN Gay and DG Bedingham set a FC partnership record for Durham v Lancashire by adding 290* for the 3rd wicket, beating the 169 set by PWG Parker and P Bainbridge at Manchester in 1993. @acscricket.bsky.social

Two of the great cricketer/writer/thinkers were born on 28th April. Jack Fingleton, Australian batter & long time journalist & former England skipper, Mike Brearley. Fingleton was born in 1908 (died in 1981); Brearley in 1942. Their influence on cricket continues to this day. #cricketcounts

On 27th April 2002, Shoaib Akhtar became the first bowler to be officially clocked bowling over 100mph. He bowled a ball to New Zealand’s Craig McMillan at 100.04mph in an ODI at Lahore. #cricketcounts

@PunjabKingsIPL notched the highest successful run chase in @IPL history in scoring 265/2 in 18.5 overs after @DelhiCapitals reached 264/2 in their 20 overs in their match on 25th April. KL Rahul scored 152* the highest score by an Indian in @ipl for @DelhiCapitals but in vain. #cricketcounts

#ACS website acscricket.com has recently added both the Overseas First-Class Annual to the #ACS shop and the new 2nd XI Annual. #ACS has continued to expand women’s first class match records & added new 19th century match lists to the extensive online library.

A huge win for Norfolk women of League 3 division 2B, as they defeat Sussex (2x T20 champions and 6x County champions) by 5 wickets in the first round of the T20 Women's County Cup at Hove. live.nvplay.com/ecb?tab=m_sc...