Matty Parker

[Chris Sutton @chris_sutton73]

I doubt you’d say it to Martin O’Neill’s face… what an embarrassing take anyway. Scottish people care about Scottish football and you can carry on not caring from London.

[Tailenders @TailendersPod]

Going to spend the entire weekend watching this

[Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket]

"We do like the tournament cricket" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Chris Sole on Scotland's expectations for their World Cup campaign 💪

[HalfwayUpMiddle @halfwayupmiddle]

Some musings from a budding "Fan-boy" on one of the most wonderful weekends in Scottish Cricket History...plus a few odds and ends!
@CricketScotland @the_forfs @RHCLions @FerguslieCC @Pwick_Cricket @StirlingCCC @PerthDoocotCC @edinburghcc786

https://t.co/ILpWj0Ed2n

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@Sachk0 @20MinuteTims

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@AberdeenLynxSC What’s the aggregate score now?

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@BdJcricket More nonsense. Comparing it to Kenya beating the West Indies in 1996 😂

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@MrAndrewCotter Work bags come out and Maisie knows I’m away again. Man marks the bags & back gate.

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@footballtweet @SimonFalconer1

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@MundialMag The most casually taken goal since Tam Rogic at Pittodrie @SimonFalconer1 @GregMo87

https://t.co/4CaOPIOaY8

[Andrew Umeed @AndyUmeed]

A week to remember! 🐉

[Paul Hoffmann @phoffmann555]

Nothing compares to hitting 6s, uprooting poles or jagging one violently back into a batters inner thigh. Enjoy #cricket until your body allows. Enjoy the mateship. Best of luck for all teams in the 2023 @CricketScotland season. Above all, respect the umpires! No nonsense please.

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

@calvgburnett @MaidenRusty Available for golf in the North. Will also travel to Scotland’s golf coast for a second leg!

[Anjan Luthra @anjan_luthra]

Hurdles?

- In a matter of weeks Cricket Scotland will not have a single C-Suite executive
- There are two volunteers on the Board and no Chair
- The internal team is disgruntled and demotivated by the constant public bashing of their progress and high turnover at the C-Suite and Board level
- They are operating on a hand-to-mouth budget that barely runs the sport
- There is no permanent coach for Men's and Women's teams. There is also no Cricket post-August for the Men's team which means no more incremental revenue
- There is also a huge recruitment problem given no one wants to work at Cricket Scotland
- Regional Development officers are dropping like flies which means the development of grass-roots cricket is not moving forward quickly enough
- Every new investor you speak to does not want to touch the organisation unless sportscotland and politics are removed from the game.
- Existing partners are petrified by the headlines that are generated by false statements and are considering removing their support
- Historic cricket clubs in Scotland are going bust and many more will go bust in the coming 6 - 12 months
- The club scene is completely fragmented and basic governance does not exist
- Other countries are moving miles ahead of Cricket Scotland and the gap is getting wider and wider

These are a fraction of the problems that exist. A fraction. Can you help with any of these @kaukab?

If you can raise money, restructure a firm, recruit development officers, roll out EDI training programs, save the domestic club scene, secure more cricket fixtures, build a commercial team, secure a broadcast partner, build a social media strategy and monetise it, reduce the cost structure and implement a highly technical governance review then that would be great. That's what the sport really needs to thrive.

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

Regulation 3&2. Thanks for coming. Chaaamp. 🍻

[Ryan Flannigan @flanners_man88]

Cruden Bay @Matthew23P

[Matty Parker @Matthew23P]

Gloves on or not, that’s outrageous stuff @MaksimczykPete. Ex Glos man too, fighting the good fight!

[The Wicket Keeping Coach @_thewkcoach]

HANDS 👏 GO 👏 FIRST 👏

[Gavin Hamilton @GavHam125]

Ok so just to be clear .. John Blain now officially isn’t a racist isn’t guilty of being a racist but now guilty of being associated with people that have admitted to using racial slurs .. that sum it up ? Let him get his life back and allow him to do what he does best - coach !

[Paul Hoffmann @phoffmann555]

Statement from John.