sandscribble.bsky.social
@sandscribble.bsky.social
Cricket fan, coach, writer
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Sunday League was a wonderful competition, fondly remembered 40 years after its demise. My new book is released next year and website has links to pre-order,memories of the competition,YouTube clips & my selections for English and Overseas JPL teams.
www.starsonsundaybook.com
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stick to religion yeah?
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A wonderful Christmas song (album full, if you like it)

#ChristmasMusic
Smith & Burrows - This Ain't New Jersey
YouTube video by smithandburrows
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December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Upcoming cricket books from Pitch Publishing

#cricket #johnplayerleague
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November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Head honcho
#Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Fully behind the innovation to play the Ashes over the John Player League format.
Looking forward to game 2 tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#cricket #vitalityblast #hundred

Fans of limited overs cricket leagues may be interested in my upcoming book on the history of the competition that started it all, the John Player Sunday League.

Visit www.starsonsundaybook.com for pre-order details and some JPL memories.
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Stars on Sunday book
www.starsonsundaybook.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Waitrose milk…..their volunteers.
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#cricket #lancashirecricket #lccc #johnplayerleague #starsonsunday
Scorecard from 1970 John Player League fixture. Lancashire autographs include Clive Lloyd, Farokh Engineer and David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd

www.starsonsundaybook.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Fixture lists from the John Player League, seasons 1972 & 1980.

Personally prefer the earlier version, with the pull-out card which slides across each week to reveal the fixtures.

For more JPL memorabilia and YouTube clips, visit:

www.starsonsundaybook.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Happy 64th birthday to Gladstone Small.

‘Gladys’ burst onto the scene in 1980, helping Warwickshire win the JPL title for the only time, just one season after they had propped up the table.

The 18 year-old finished the Sunday season with 25 wickets, representing a strong debut season
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fans of the finest limited overs cricket league (John Player Sunday League, of course):

Waterstones promo ends tomorrow…….
#cricket #jpl #johnplayer #ipl #essexcricket #gloucestershirecricket #lancashirecricket #kentcricket #hampshirecricket #vitalityblast #somersetcricket #worcestershirecricket
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Promotion at Waterstones on my upcoming book on the history of cricket’s first one day league. World stars such as Sobers, Lloyd, Richards, and Procter entertained packed crowds every Sunday.
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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A Lancashire legend, I am very grateful to David Lloyd for writing the foreword to my upcoming book Stars on Sunday, the history of the John Player League.
He was the 1st Lancs player to pass 4,000 runs in the JPL (4,[email protected]) and no one skippered them more times.

www.starsonsundaybook.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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JPL TEAM OF THE YEAR: 1973

The John Player Yearbook selection panel remained unchanged from the previous season, as did the chosen openers, Richards and Turner.
September 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Rarely have 2 bowlers figures tracked so closely as John Lever and Derek Underwood through their John Player League careers.
They were the key wicket-taking bowlers for Essex and Kent respectively through the 1970s, and finished the 1981 season locked together on 261 wickets each.
September 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The John Player Yearbook selected their team of the season.
Trevor Bailey, John Arlott, Denis Compton, Ted Dexter and Jim Laker comprised the selection committee, and for 1972 came up with the following side:
September 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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As the men’s domestic one day cricket season draws to a close in front of a poor crowd, visit www.starsonsundaybook.com for memories of the golden age of Sunday League cricket, during the John Player years of 1969-86.
September 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The story of the first Australian cricket team to tour England, 4 years prior to the birth of the Ashes.
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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On March 29th 1878, the Australian Eleven set sail from Sydney, arriving (via Honolulu and New York) in Liverpool almost 2 months later.
Ahead of them, an eye-watering schedule of matches:
September 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Ever wanted to try a cricket statistical sports board game? Then the Minden Cricket board game might be for you. Check out our first "How To" play the game and see if it's your cup of tea.

#cricket #boardgame #testcricket #stratomatic #statispro
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
On this day in 1982, a John Player Sunday League fixture produced 600 runs for the first time. Essex posted 299/4 at Colchester, thanks to a glorious 156* from Ken McEwan (98 in boundaries). He took 24 from the final over, as bowler Anton was taken for a competition record 85 runs from his 8 overs.
August 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The original domestic limited overs league, John Player League, awarded an annual prize for the fastest 50 scored during a televised fixture.
The record was 22 balls by Majid Khan, set in 1975, (GlamvNthants)
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#jpl#sundayleague#cricket#cricketbook
For more JPL memories:
www.starsonsundaybook.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM