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Talking #cricket on innumerable social media since the last millennium.
Non-cricket Bluesky: @rickeyre.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn is in an induced coma in a Queensland hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis.
Australian cricket great Damien Martyn in an induced coma
The 54-year-old, who played 67 Tests for Australia between 1992 and 2006, was admitted last week after falling ill.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING: Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn is in an induced coma in a Queensland hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis.
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Happy birthday, Joe 🎂
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy birthday, Joe 🎂
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Highest #BBL scores by players who didn't face a ball in the 1st 5 overs
101* (53) Travis Head - AS v SS #BBL05
99* (41) ASHTON TURNER - PS v ST #BBL15
98* (44) Daniel Sams - ST v MR #BBL11
93* (41) Mitch Marsh - PS v BH #BBL09
90 (52) Glenn Maxwell - MS v MR #BBL14
#STvPS
101* (53) Travis Head - AS v SS #BBL05
99* (41) ASHTON TURNER - PS v ST #BBL15
98* (44) Daniel Sams - ST v MR #BBL11
93* (41) Mitch Marsh - PS v BH #BBL09
90 (52) Glenn Maxwell - MS v MR #BBL14
#STvPS
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Ellyse Perry has withdrawn from WPL 2026 for personal reasons. RCB have replaced her with Sayali Satghare. That leaves RCB with only five overseas players: Georgia Voll, Grace Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Lauren Bell and Linsey Smith.
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ellyse Perry has withdrawn from WPL 2026 for personal reasons. RCB have replaced her with Sayali Satghare. That leaves RCB with only five overseas players: Georgia Voll, Grace Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Lauren Bell and Linsey Smith.
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Sonam Yeshey has become the first player to take eight wickets in a T20I.
Bhutan bowler makes T20I history with eight-wicket haul | The Cricketer
Sonam Yeshey has become the first player to take eight wickets in an international T20 match
www.thecricketer.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sonam Yeshey has become the first player to take eight wickets in a T20I.
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While it's well-known that only one team has ever recovered from 0-2 down to win a series 3-2 (Australia in 1936-37), it's less commonly mentioned that no team has ever recovered from 0-3 down to limit the margin of defeat to 2-3. England have a chance to make history in Sydney.
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
While it's well-known that only one team has ever recovered from 0-2 down to win a series 3-2 (Australia in 1936-37), it's less commonly mentioned that no team has ever recovered from 0-3 down to limit the margin of defeat to 2-3. England have a chance to make history in Sydney.
While the assessment of the MCG pitch as "unsatisfactory" is the correct decision, match referee Jeff Crowe's reasons are disappointingly superficial. www.icc-cricket.com/news/pitch-r... #Ashes #AusvEng #WTC2027
Pitch rating for Boxing Day Test at MCG revealed | ICC World Test Championship | ICC
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch for the Boxing Day Ashes Test has been given an unsatisfactory rating after the Test ended within two days.
www.icc-cricket.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
While the assessment of the MCG pitch as "unsatisfactory" is the correct decision, match referee Jeff Crowe's reasons are disappointingly superficial. www.icc-cricket.com/news/pitch-r... #Ashes #AusvEng #WTC2027
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A good man.
RIP Hugh Morris.
RIP Hugh Morris.
Hugh Morris obituary: Cricketer and former ECB chief leaves stellar legacy
Hugh Morris, who has died at the of 62, enjoyed a distinguished career in which he led from the front both on and off the cricket field.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A good man.
RIP Hugh Morris.
RIP Hugh Morris.
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Glamorgan County Cricket Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glamorgan legend, trophy-winning captain and former CEO Hugh Morris MBE.
Our thoughts are with Hugh's family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time.
🔗 bit.ly/3YJoy46
Our thoughts are with Hugh's family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time.
🔗 bit.ly/3YJoy46
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Glamorgan legend, trophy-winning captain and former CEO Hugh Morris MBE.
Our thoughts are with Hugh's family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time.
🔗 bit.ly/3YJoy46
Our thoughts are with Hugh's family, friends and colleagues at this very difficult time.
🔗 bit.ly/3YJoy46
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Matt Page speaks from beneath the bus everyone has thrown him under
"I've never been involved in a Test match like it and, hopefully, I'll never be involved in a Test match like it again."
MCG curator in "state of shock" after two-day Test | @melindafarrell.bsky.social
MCG curator in "state of shock" after two-day Test | @melindafarrell.bsky.social
MCG groundsman in state of shock after two-day Test | The Cricketer
The MCG’s head curator, Matt Page, has admitted he erred in his preparation of the MCG pitch and described being in a state of shock as he watched wickets tumbling during the Boxing Day Test
www.thecricketer.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Matt Page speaks from beneath the bus everyone has thrown him under
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Fastest recorded fifty in women's T20 cricket:
BF
15 Marie Kelly WAR v GLO, 2022
15 Laura Harris OTA v CAN, today
16 Tess Flintoff STA v STR, 2022
16 Aliya Riaz RAW v QUE, 2024
16 Laura Harris WAR v DUR, 2025
17 Lizelle Lee SS v LT, 2019
BF
15 Marie Kelly WAR v GLO, 2022
15 Laura Harris OTA v CAN, today
16 Tess Flintoff STA v STR, 2022
16 Aliya Riaz RAW v QUE, 2024
16 Laura Harris WAR v DUR, 2025
17 Lizelle Lee SS v LT, 2019
December 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Fastest recorded fifty in women's T20 cricket:
BF
15 Marie Kelly WAR v GLO, 2022
15 Laura Harris OTA v CAN, today
16 Tess Flintoff STA v STR, 2022
16 Aliya Riaz RAW v QUE, 2024
16 Laura Harris WAR v DUR, 2025
17 Lizelle Lee SS v LT, 2019
BF
15 Marie Kelly WAR v GLO, 2022
15 Laura Harris OTA v CAN, today
16 Tess Flintoff STA v STR, 2022
16 Aliya Riaz RAW v QUE, 2024
16 Laura Harris WAR v DUR, 2025
17 Lizelle Lee SS v LT, 2019
Channel 7 and Foxtel will also be big losers out of the early finish to the Test
Saturday #AUCricketTV
#TheAshes on Seven
T4 D2 S1 1.24m (BVOD 200k) Rch 2.262M
T4 D2 S2 1.505m (BVOD 247k) Rch 2.64m
T4 D3 S3 1.603m (BVOD 251k) Rch 3.117m
Lunch 1.137m
Tea 1.487m
Data: VOZ
#TheAshes on Seven
T4 D2 S1 1.24m (BVOD 200k) Rch 2.262M
T4 D2 S2 1.505m (BVOD 247k) Rch 2.64m
T4 D3 S3 1.603m (BVOD 251k) Rch 3.117m
Lunch 1.137m
Tea 1.487m
Data: VOZ
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Channel 7 and Foxtel will also be big losers out of the early finish to the Test
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ABC said that a very prominent Victorian with significant influence is talking to the highest levels of CA to play a one dayer tomoz. Winner getting $1mill.
Will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Day 3 sold out (90k ppl) before the match started.
CA lose $10mill a day.
#Ashes 🏏
Will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Day 3 sold out (90k ppl) before the match started.
CA lose $10mill a day.
#Ashes 🏏
December 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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The last year in which all three of those countries hosted Boxing Day Tests was 2020. There were three BDTs in 2024, but one of them was in Zimbabwe.
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The last year in which all three of those countries hosted Boxing Day Tests was 2020. There were three BDTs in 2024, but one of them was in Zimbabwe.
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Oh no Australia's weirdest niche sports stat is back!
Boxing Day Test* finishes before first Sydney-Hobart yacht:
1986 ENG d AUS
1991 AUS d IND
1996 WI d AUS
2006 AUS d ENG
2021 AUS d ENG
2025 ENG d AUS
*Must start 26/12
Cricket 6 - Yachts 39
Boxing Day Test* finishes before first Sydney-Hobart yacht:
1986 ENG d AUS
1991 AUS d IND
1996 WI d AUS
2006 AUS d ENG
2021 AUS d ENG
2025 ENG d AUS
*Must start 26/12
Cricket 6 - Yachts 39
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Oh no Australia's weirdest niche sports stat is back!
Boxing Day Test* finishes before first Sydney-Hobart yacht:
1986 ENG d AUS
1991 AUS d IND
1996 WI d AUS
2006 AUS d ENG
2021 AUS d ENG
2025 ENG d AUS
*Must start 26/12
Cricket 6 - Yachts 39
Boxing Day Test* finishes before first Sydney-Hobart yacht:
1986 ENG d AUS
1991 AUS d IND
1996 WI d AUS
2006 AUS d ENG
2021 AUS d ENG
2025 ENG d AUS
*Must start 26/12
Cricket 6 - Yachts 39
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Millions of Ashes cricket fans have nothing to do for 3 days. We can help. You can become the first ever fans to binge watch the Icelandic national team! In the following post, you will find video links to our devastating trio of wins over Lithuania, Latvia & Ukraine in 2025!
December 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Millions of Ashes cricket fans have nothing to do for 3 days. We can help. You can become the first ever fans to binge watch the Icelandic national team! In the following post, you will find video links to our devastating trio of wins over Lithuania, Latvia & Ukraine in 2025!
There used to be a choice of three Boxing Day Tests running concurrently, in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Now, NZ and SA are fully engaged in their T20 competitions and Australia has mastered the two-day Test match.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
There used to be a choice of three Boxing Day Tests running concurrently, in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Now, NZ and SA are fully engaged in their T20 competitions and Australia has mastered the two-day Test match.
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mad that this shambolic, nihilistic farce of a series is - by dint of this single stupid win - now in england’s top ten greatest men’s ashes tours since WW2
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
mad that this shambolic, nihilistic farce of a series is - by dint of this single stupid win - now in england’s top ten greatest men’s ashes tours since WW2
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Number of 2 day Ashes Tests in each decade
1880s - 4
1890s - 1
1900s
1910s
1920s - 1
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s - 2
#AUSvENG
1880s - 4
1890s - 1
1900s
1910s
1920s - 1
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s - 2
#AUSvENG
December 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Number of 2 day Ashes Tests in each decade
1880s - 4
1890s - 1
1900s
1910s
1920s - 1
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s - 2
#AUSvENG
1880s - 4
1890s - 1
1900s
1910s
1920s - 1
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s - 2
#AUSvENG