James Butterfield

Cricket, cooking, family, gardening and podcasts. Rock and roll!

[Otto English @Otto_English]

Look I'm the very last person on Earth to defend Matt Hancock... but where is The Sun's front page from when Boris Johnson's affair with Arcuri or his current wife, Carrie, were revealed? Why the selective moral outrage?

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@thecricketmen Doubting Malan and the rest and rotation policy? Next thing you’ll be saying that Joe Denly has seen better days.

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@SnickbehindATC Vitally important… we all know that t20 games (especially franchise league ones) are far more important than test matches.

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

The term 'white privilege' didn't cause the neglect of white working-class pupils. A decade of Conservative austerity in education, housing, and youth services did. Just as it destroyed the life-chances of working class Black and minority ethnic kids. Stop trying to divide us.

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

All those that keep saying Boris is doing his best, please watch this and understand why ‘Freedom Day’ has been pushed back…

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Happy non-‘Freedom Day’. Here’s how Boris Johnson screwed it up for everyone.

[TheRunOutBlog @TheRunOutBlog1]

Dawid Malan became World number 1 in the ICC rankings by batting against bowlers who gave him wide half volleys on tiny pitches and he did the same in NZ in 2019 (though not to number 1) he strikes at under 130 in normal T20 cricket ffs.

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@CrickHQ And that’s why England bat him at 4...
Also, the world’s best player failed again.

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

Great article laying out how pathetic Silverwood’s excuses were.
My team were inexperienced- that’s because you chose it to be that way...

[Mike Selvey #StandWithUkraine @selvecricket]

And this is excellent too. https://t.co/XZwE8TnoWc

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@Adam261102 @craighitch But the only way Leach can hope to emulate Lyon is to play more games. Off the back of the winter he has just had for England he deserved the chance to start for England.

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@abi_slade Sounds like a case of Jealousy to me...

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@HundredReport Taken a long time to be able to combine my love for cricket and back in the day Will Young songs.

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@ClubCorpulent The equivalent of the club cricket captain who wears a captain’s armband - and yes I have seen someone do that!

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@OutsideCricket After the day lost to rain, why wasn’t more effort made on the following days to catch up? 10:30 starts, later finishes etc?

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@FunSoph @ClubCorpulent He played 2 out of 6 test matches.

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@selvecricket @CountyChamp Similar principle? Changing your stance to negate the influence of a certain type of bowler?
There will always be positives and negatives connected to any change in stance/trigger movement etc.
Only the very best, like Amla,can afford to move between different styles and thrive

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@selvecricket @CountyChamp Seem to recall Amla standing on or outside off stump when facing Swann back in the day?

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@Adam261102 He’s got runs at the right time and has some money in the bank with England. Perfect back up in a team where a number of debutants are likely to be present.

[James Butterfield @JHBshorts]

@Adam261102 No it’s not. A good alternative to the awkward techniques of Sibley and Burns.