Katy

I never open this app anymore, so go and find me on Bluesky (or Threads or Mastodon or Facebook) instead.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@AatifNawaz @bbctms The two most beautiful international cricket grounds I’ve visited have to be Galle in Sri Lanka and Newlands in South Africa. I’ve not made it to Dharamshala though, so maybe that will top the list!

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@norcrosscricket My favourite New Zealand phrase (probably not safe for broadcast): I was being taught to put up a tent, and the Kiwi expedition leader said, “To pin it down, you’ll need sex pigs.”

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@Martycricket @scottread16 @fineglance Afternoon all. I get to relax to your dulcet tones for a few hours today while Benjamina Stokesette (age 4) is at a “settling in” day at school. And… breath….

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@Martycricket Thanks for the commentary. It turns out a T20 is exactly the same length as the amount of time it takes to get a 4 year old to go to sleep in 30° heat.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

There is very little I love more than @norcrosscricket and @ZaltzCricket on @bbctms moaning about a cricket controversy that happened before either of them were born.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@AnnieChave @antgib The women should absolutely have the county name. Imagine taking your kids around the museum at Taunton, reading about Ian Botham and Viv Richards, saying to your son “One day you could play for Somerset like them!” and to your daughter, “You can’t”.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@melindafarrell Well done for getting “celebrappeal” into the commentary, and also resisting using “disa-f*ing-rray”.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@melindafarrell @Martycricket @frankwatson58 It’s been great listening to you over the last three days. Thank you!

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@philhayes12 @BBCSport @bbc5live No, never found a fix but I’ve found it much more reliable this year with the slightly altered set-up.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

I’m listening to the cricket on the BBC Sport app and it keeps cutting out every few minutes. It works again as soon as I reload it. I’ve had this problem before and bypassed it by listening on TuneIn, but now that’s not an option are there any other fixes? @BBCSport @bbc5live

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@SixSixEight @Martycricket @WarwickshireCCC @DurhamCricket Same

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@Martycricket No, using my iPad, but it’s WiFi only so a bit limited. BTW you seem to have dropped off the BBC feed - all the other games are working on the BBC sport app but not Durham.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@melindafarrell @Martycricket Wonderful to have you back on the airwaves! I’m heading to Durham today, annoyingly on a weekend when they’re playing away. But I’m looking forward to listening to the BBC coverage all weekend.

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@DutchBKate @Martycricket @DurhamCricket @hantscricket Nope. Can download the app but it just hangs if I try to log on. I have to admit I’ve not tried that hard.

[Durham Cricket @DurhamCricket]

Unfortunately, following a latest inspection, our opening match of the season against Hampshire has been abandoned.

#ForTheNorth

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@guerillacricket The real question is, has this Test gone well enough for India to schedule more Tests in Dharamshala?

[Anindya Dutta 🇮🇳 @Cric_Writer]

I realised most cricket fans today haven't heard of #HedleyVerity. That is a travesty for he was the greatest left-arm-spinner of all time. Here's a piece I wrote a few years ago for the @MattersCounty on the man who gave his life in WW2 in Italy, defending his men. #INDvENG

[Katy @ithilienorthend]

@AlternateRowan @guerillacricket Yes, get him on air!

[Anindya Dutta 🇮🇳 @Cric_Writer]

Lost in Italy. Found in India. Eight decades later. #HedleyVerity #TomHartley #INDvsENG @guerillacricket

[George Dobell @GeorgeDobell1]

Such a shame. World cricket needs a strong Australia... #Rally