kentccc1975

Recalling the cricket season of 1975. Cricket past (Kent mostly)and present (usually at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand).

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The new CCM has arrived in Wellington NZ. Delighted to find the Underwood-Knott Stand, in which I grew up watching Kent, feature on the cover. Here alongside a print of St L as it was, which hangs on our wall here. @AnnieChave @MattersCounty

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@tintin1107 @ovshake42 Here are the playing conditions for the tournament as printed on the back of the scorecard for the final. Lunch was at 1pm apparently, which confirms two hours for the first session

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@EdBevanCricket @JamieMagill5 You and Don were outstanding. I lived in Bristol and would tune in (that ages me) to BBC Wales rather than the local coverage because you were so good to listen to.

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@tjm_1966 Most of my books are boxes in prep for a house move but I’ve dug out one of the first cricket books I ever owned. Arlott on Bartlett: the war “disturbed the delicate balance of his play” intrigues.

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@AnnieChave Also the climax of the Plunket Shield in NZ. Canterbury win on net average runs per wicket over Otago.

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@NoContextCounty Pukekura Park, New Plymouth NZ

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@fredfertang @ChrisCowdreyUK Pretty sure it’s Charles Rowe.

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@BumbleCricket Eddie Phillipson?

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On Scorecards: a weekend of 50 over cricket at the Basin Reserve https://t.co/tDtQhxe1z3

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@tjm_1966 @ACScricket That would be terrific.

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@voigthill At Sydney in 2020 Australia were penalised five runs for batsmen running on the pitch, which were added to the NZ first innings score. This meant that we retrospectively avoided the follow on (which had not been enforced). This one does need tidying up.

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@TheMiddleStump @StevenTrevor @NeilDMoody @MarkHalliwell1 I'm sure that had he been qualified he would have been straight in. Like Trevor Stevens, I have no memory of this ever being mentioned.

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@SanjayK27310177 @nimishdubey @alawyerwrites @DaveRob13699163 @fredfertang @CraigNelsy @tds122 @WG_RumblePants @Koushik_laribee @indranil9 @ushrit2020 @TheGrou75062162 It’s John Shepherd from Barbados. David Shepherd played for Gloucestershire and would feature in similar photos in the 1977 final.

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The final part of the Scorecards series on my years reporting for CricInfo NZ https://t.co/6uIV6L1BiG

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@LordRic52 @WarwickshireCCC @SussexCCC @ACScricket @voigthill @WillHugall @fh_stephen @stevebone1 @callummay @bowmanontheroad @craftybec @AndyWinterBN1 Not quite fitting the criterion but there was CCC Case of Somerset, known as “Box” Case.

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@fredfertang Almost certainly Woolmer who was something of a short leg specialist early in his career. Johnson was always a slip fielder.

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New on Scorecards: the CricInfo years 2001-02 https://t.co/lJviENu33u

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@YahoooverCC @SomersetCCC Lovely piece Hector and very nostalgic for me. The Bath Festival was always a highlight. I revisited in 2011, during the off season like you https://t.co/uxS5TAXyy4