Jacob Norton

Star Trek and general science fiction fan. IT support technician. Support Hampshire​ in County Cricket.

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@JonathanDoidge According to Cricinfo, Yorks haven't played Somerset, Kent or Middlesex. Hampshire are missing only Leicestershire.

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@solentsport Hi Kev, thanks for the commentary as always. The only county Hants hasn't played in T20 is Leicestershire. Yorkshire haven't played Somerset, Middlesex or Kent.

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@nqatpod Thanks for another interesting pod. Small correction, the 2-1 loss in Extra Time to Chelsea last week was the 5th round of the Women's FA Cup, not the League Cup final. The final is also against Chelsea, but isn't till 15th March.

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@ACScricket He's not just record-breakingly bad among England openers either. He became the record holder for 'lowest average of any opener to have opened in as many innings as Zak Crawley' when he surpassed Grant Flower's 84 innings as opener and shows no signs of giving up that record.

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@solentsport Vince last batted 3 for Hants in the first three games of 2022 when Nye Donald and Ben McDermott opened. He has batted 3 in the last two seasons of the Pakistan Super League.

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@_hypocaust Meanwhile I just got my ticket ballot result for the Women's T20 WC in England next July.

It's very clear that whoever is organising ICC tournaments that are hosted or co-hosted by India doesn't care in the slightest about traveling fans. Men's ODI WC in 2023 was the same story

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@izzywestbury Sorkin's shows have an unusual amount of cricket references for American productions. As well as that episode of Sports Night 'Ten Wickets', there are a few references in The West Wing and more in Studio 60 and The Newsroom. Makes me wonder if he's a fan.

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So if the sunglasses fell accidentally and touched the ball, there's be no penalty.

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@bbctms @ZaltzCricket Answer for Simon on the sunglasses. Law 28.2.1 is the relevant clause.
It's illegal for a fielder to "wilfully discard a piece of clothing, equipment or any other object which subsequently makes contact with the ball." Helmets are in a separate clause - 28.3

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@ZaltzCricket @bbctms Per this sky sports article from 2017, Markram was the first 7 letter palindrome test cricketer and the only 5 letter was Rangy Nanan who played 1 test for the West Indies in 1980.

https://t.co/A5HmieEG9N

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@hantsfanpodcast Also confirmation in the announcement article from Hants that "Pretorius will be available from Friday 13 June until the end of the competition."

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@bbctms @norcrosscricket You're 45 minutes late. The blast has already blasted off. Middlesex and Sussex Women are playing ahead of the Men's game at Lord's. BBC London commentary on the BBC Sport website right now.

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@surajchande @SkyCricket Not till March 2027. Also it's the top 8 excluding South Africa (who qualify automatically as hosts) so 9th place will also qualify.

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@bbctms The women's T20I Bannerman record is 74 of 103 (71.84%) by Sindhu Sriharsha of USA. List here: https://t.co/UTLmXOmBji

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@_hypocaust As a sidenote, it seems odd that Cricket Archive are listing The Blaze as the same team that competed in the previous couple of seasons of the regional structure. Officially isn't it now a nickname for Notts Women? Like Birmingham Bears (W and M) are a nickname for Warwickshire.

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@solentsport In their squad announcement for the Surrey game on Saturday, Hampshire's website did say that overseas players were not allowed to play in the County Cup.

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@solentsport For what it's worth Kev, both Cricinfo and Cricket Archive list your bowling as Medium-Fast.

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@bracecricket The red and yellow flag you mentioned is the flag of the County of Hampshire.

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@bracecricket A keeping option would be Paul Gibb who kept for England in 3 tests in 1946.

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@_hypocaust According to Cricket Archive this is now Hampshire's 4th highest List A score, and the first List A ton not scored by SW Bates (4 times) or CM Taylor (once)