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Daniel Norcross

@norcrosscricket.bsky.social

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Freelance cricket commentator largely to be found on TMS and general grifter. The least capable co host on @zeroduckspod Will work, not very hard, for money and/or fine wine.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Dec 12

And since the worst is over, here’s your cut out and keep guide to surviving the brutal cricketing winter: www.kiaoval.com/nightwatchma...

Nightwatchman declares war on the off-season - Kia Oval

Our friends at the Nightwatchman have plenty of fantastic writing to keep you occupied over the long winter months, not to...

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 5d

People will understandably focus on Rodrigues’ 127 off 134 but this was a proper chase. Literally everyone else had a higher strike rate and Gosh, Deepti and Amanjot between them smashed 65 off 41 at the death. It was a consummate team effort.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 5d

Well, that was fun. #indvaus

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 7d

You may or may not like Marina Hyde, free speech and all that, but this is the definitive takedown of Pochin’s bile www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's the noblest battle of our new free-speech age: Sarah Pochin's anti-woke couch crusade | Marina Hyde

The Reform MP was driven ‘mad’ by the number of black and Asian people on the telly. What totally settled non-issue will her party tackle next, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 13d

I have a lot of time for pre-history. Snowball is the Indus Valley in my mind. Perry is post Cleisthenes Athens.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Paul. It is.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · 20d

This is a lovely thread by my very dear friend about my uncle who died yesterday. The ‘teaching an actor what Eastenders is before he got a part in it’ anecdote is a very cherished memory.

John Williams @worldoftelly.bsky.social · 21d

This is very sad news. I think Tony’s appearance as Ensor in Blake’s 7 was the first time I became aware of him, and then a few years later he was really excellent as one of the main characters in the first series of Geoff McQueen’s Big Deal.

Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 21d

RIP Tony Caunter, seen here in Blakes 7 "Deliverance"

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Oct 1

Perry c. Bates b. Tahuhu

429 WODI caps and 107 years old between them.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 29

I would say the pinch hitter has gone out fashion in cricket for the very reason you have articulated, Soph. Back in the early 90s the Sri Lankans pioneered the pinch hitter as opener (e.g. Kaluwitharana). Nowadays all openers tend to be aggressive, as do at least four of the top seven.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 25

It’s a lot of fun. Fill your boots.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 25

I did my grieving a week ago. Even managed to avoid denial altogether.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 23

Indeed. This needs to be science led.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 23

I’ve been fantasising about a targeted Twat Virus for about 30 years. Around about the time I realised Keith Joseph was probably responsible for the irreversible (without a targeted Twat Virus) breakdown of healthy civic norms.

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Sep 23

Idea: eugenics, but the idea is to somehow rid the human race of the sort of people who propose eugenics.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 23

In a strange way, I have too.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 23

I hope so. We’ve all been off in different directions for the last month or so. And I head to India on Friday.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

He couldn’t hold his piss, Scott. Or at least that was the rumour.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

She would be an odd choice as poster girl for Wall’s sausages.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

Didn’t it just. On reflection, it could have been a homophone mix up.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

Steve Cram still has the power to bring you up short. ‘Femke Bol is so popular with fans, with athletes and with meat promoters.’

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

Oh my goodness, my wife has just spotted that David Lammy has the same voice as Bargain Hunt’s Thomas Forrester.

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 19

I do. Not in the same parish as Pant, Woakes and even Bashir this Summer alone.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 17

Well, you should be. Last night they led by 277 with two wickets left. Now they lead by 248 with no Surrey wickets taken. It’s more in the balance now, but still a good chance for immortal glory. To lose now, though, would be devastating, from where they were. Fun.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 17

It’s the single most precarious moment of the last four seasons; for Surrey. You cannot miss it.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 17

I thought you might be. And looking at Pennington, Tongue, James and Hutton in the first dig, I’d say you might prevail. But that pitch does die….

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Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 17

Well, he’ll be better able to see it if we keep pointing it out, Paul. I think the plan is to stay shtum for a few days.

Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social · Sep 17

They will bat until they stop. If they bat long enough, they will win. If they don’t, they won’t. It’s rather thrilling.

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