This is darts star Charlie Manby taking a hat-trick at cricket!
At the end of this clip, he tells me whether he could have been a professional cricketer...
Thoughts with the lifelong Northern Superchargers fans at this difficult time. Think of the generations who every Christmas wanted that famous purple Popchips shirt. Sad to see so much history go
Anderson has bowled 40,037 balls in Test cricket.
To grasp how insane that is —
Marshall + Ambrose: 39,687
Wasim + Waqar: 38,851
Donald + Pollock: 39,872
Hadlee + Boult: 39,335
Botham + Willis: 39,172
That’s two legendary bowling careers.. in one man.
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So sad seeing the One Day Cup final played in front of an empty Trent Bridge in miserable, grey autumnal conditions. This used to be county cricket’s showpiece event - a massive occasion in front of a packed Lords’. I have nothing but contempt for the ECB & their ruinous Hundred.
@OutsideCricket The 💯 uses their motto "every ball counts" but the trouble is the result doesn't really matter. And if the result doesn't matter, then what you are watching is not a sporting contest, it's an exhibition.
@OutsideCricket@oldmanradd County cricket...the clue's in the title. I want to play for my county and maybe, my country. I can't imagine ever aspiring to play for a franchise. That's a payday, not an honour. It's all gone wrong.
This is not what franchise cricket will ever be close to evolving into.
2 hugely passionate teams, players & supporters, locked in an almighty game. Ecstasy for the winners, agony for the losers. This is what the ECB has failed to grasp. Loyalty to a team.
#VitalityBlast
Shock horror - the Blast quarter-finals produce more drama, quality and value for money than the Hundred could all season. There was a superb product sitting there, ready-made to invest in and instead we have just made the schedule even more complicated.