Mark Giles

Happily retired sports journalist of 41 years with South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 1974-88; TODAY 1991-95; The Times 1996-2015, among others.

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@andrewforshaw10 @Athersmike Jim Cumbes

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@lancscricket From a pedantic sports journalist, even in retirement. You cannot be a former legend. You either are or are not.

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@lancscricket Big congrats to Matty Hurst and much deserved. As for the second selection, have Chilton and Benkenstein joined the England set-up?

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@LancsCCMG @TheCricketerMag If Lancs cannot see that Jack Morley is a better spinning option than Tom Hartley, something is seriously wrong with their cricketing knowledge. And Charlie Barnard too. Forget the ability to grab a few runs down the order, Hartley has hardly done that either.

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@RS8964 @lancscricket And Luke Wood will do what exactly for us in a 4-day game?

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@lancscricket @EmiratesOT It’s a disgrace to give priority to those who obtain £35 memberships. Surely it should go in sequence according to level of membership. As a Prime member I am disgusted, haven’t been able to get the tickets I wanted for the Test.
In previous years I have had no problems.

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@nazball @lancscricket Well we beat them at The Oval last season. Don’t know whether you sit through these shambolic performances week in week out as I do up and down the country, spending bundles along the way in hotels and transport, but I for one want some answers from the hierarchy.

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@PeterHutsonJone @lancscricket @mikejones04 Proper Lancs fans don’t give a monkey’s about how the franchise side are doing.

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@isaac_trav @lancscricket @chrisgreen_93 @onedaycup So centuries for Jennings and Bohannon don’t count then. Jeez

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@howardarw @lancscricket Have you watched Hartley for Lancs in the past two seasons? And why talk about him in the context of weak batting. I’ve seen every game he’s played and he won’t take clusters of wickets on my evidence. Don’t be fooled by India. But I do hope he prospers when he gets the chance.

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@lancscricket Absolute shocker of a decision

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@lancscricket Some short memories. Five days ago at Lord’s we were looking at 250 max. Lavelle and Hurst get us to 303. Middlesex come to 12 off last over with 2 wickets left. Aspinwall takes two in his first two balls.
Yep, some of us attend these games rather than just look at scoreboards.

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@lancscccaction Don’t agree at all with Franchise players coming back but this is an injury replacement (Bohannon). However, in my humble Vilas should have been
bounced after 2 ducks lasting 4 balls and Croft kept in.

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@Jdenson1997 @lancscricket @BunnyOnions @onedaycup @luke_wells07 @mistoriagroup Are you kidding?

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@lancscricket @Hilton Yep, Will after his batting heroics, apart from being unplayable on last morning

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@DariusAFletcher @OfficialOAFC Who? Arthur? One for the older ones among us

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@bbctms What happened was the world’s worst final over.

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@IamCTandyournot Not for me Craig! But I said halfway through first 45 we (Latics) would lose on pens

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@lancscricket @EmiratesOT Not exactly subtle in your intentions. This is a disgrace and an insult to the membership.