Charlie Auckland

Somerset lad living in London

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@harris 'The Bored Room' was rejected at my last place. Was gutted. And 'The Panic Room' "wasnt appropriate"

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@DanKingdom96 I think it would show that the batting unit as a whole is elite. No one slows when approaching a major milestone. They carry on with the same intent. That no slow down mindset is more dangerous than batters that hit consistent centuries but slow their rate down to do so

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@Yas_Wisden Could there not be a dynamic introduced for the teams whereby your highest bid/salary can only be multiple x of the lowest salary?
E.g If multiplier is 3 when you bid 150k for highest, your lowest player must earn 50k, 100k - 25k etc. Puts a floor and cap on the salaries

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@AfcCjay France 2018?

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SkyCricket I'd say maybe, but can only happen during either teams 1st Innings, and the teams have to provide a list of who would replace who at the toss, which would have to be validated by umpires and opposition captain to ensure like for like. Would mean bigger squads.

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@airindia You've responded but done absolutely nothing to tell me you have acknowledged what you deem as working practice is acceptable. Aside from your moronic and appalling rescheduling, a 9 hr delay and all you give me was 2 bits of bread and a bottle of water as sustenance... 9 hrs!!

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@airindia
I have the worst travel experience of my life with you, and then whilst trying to contact you to follow up, you keep giving me 'an error occurred' and hanging up my call to your chat bot.
Unbelievably poor.

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@airindia Message sent. I hope you pick this up with more delicate care than you do your delay process

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@TheBarmyArmy To the tune of Yankee Doodle
The Saffas, they had Graeme Smith,
The Aussies that failed leggie.
He's the only Smith i want in my team and his name, it is Jamie!

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage Be intrigued on your view on Somerset. Last 4 standings read as:
Lost Final (2021)
Lost Semi (2022)
Won (2023)
Lost Final (2024)
Clearly doing something very right despite not having flashiest names (to my never ending glee! Don't want England poaching our players)

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage The average ranking imply that Bat and Ball are of equal weighting. Surely that is not always the case and varies across leagues. Not that they are not both important, but a, e.g. 55% 45% split on Ball and Bat - leagues dependant

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage With the abundance of boundaries hit last season, and record scores, how would you expect the bowling strategy to evolve this year to combat it. More aggressive fields to take wickets? Accept the impact sub extends batting line ups so focus on boundary preventing balls/fields

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@t20tracker Or Topley

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage Your thoughts on the selection, or not, of players from certain counties. The Surrey's, Lancashire's, etc seem to fill most squads with 'trendy names' but the, arguably, better performing counties, Hampshire, Essex, Somerset don't get in. Merit, stats, vibes, golf, mates club...

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage 478

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@damnostalgia @_DHOTYA

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@SAAdvantage 14-2 in past 4 years

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@Keir_Starmer ... and this Monday?

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@PodcastHundred Delighted for him, but also surprised Somny Baker has been picked up. Only made 1 T20 appearance for his county (albeit a strong one), I think, in total

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@IntelCricket V few LH sadly... although didn't stop somerset steam rolling everyone last few yeats

[Charlie Auckland @AucklandCharlie]

@IntelCricket Put my money where my mouth is...
1 - Smeed
2 - Vince
3 - Abell
4 - J Smith
5 - Cox
6 - T Curran
7 - Gregory
8 - Rehan
9 - Dawson
10 - L Wood
11 - Mills