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Steve Neal @thesteveneal.bsky.social · 6d

Just finished and enjoyed biography of 1930s England and Northants opener Fred Bakewell Among the Bright Colours by Mick Pope. Interesting character - no bitterness about his truncated career. Well worth a read
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Jarrod Kimber @jarrodkimber.bsky.social · 4d

🎬Rachel Heyhoe-Flint was the force behind the World Cup

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzUu...

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 4d

There have been no Test players with the surnames Temple, Ramsey, Coggan, Runcie or Welby.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 4d

Randall Davidson and George Carey shared theirs with Australians (in both cases the player didn't make his Test debut until well after the archbishop had left office - albeit neither with as long a gap as Hutton), but in general there has not been much overlap between the groups.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 4d

Sarah Mullally is (or will be when formally installed) the first Archbishop of Canterbury to share her surname with anyone who played multiple Tests for England since Matthew Hutton in 1758. More recently Geoffrey Fisher and Rowan Williams shared theirs with one Test wonders.

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 8d

Today's game makes Anne-Marie Garth (Ireland 1988) and daughter Kim (Australia 2025) the first mother and daughter to have played at Women's Cricket World Cups.

#AUSvNZ
cricket.com.au/news/4349630...

How Kim Garth crossed – and conquered – the world | cricket.com.au

From Dublin in the '80s to modern-day Melbourne, the Irishwoman's story is one of generations and...

cricket.com.au

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 11d

The 15th and final round of the County Championship, in late September, was the only one without a single draw in its nine matches.
(The teams play 14 matches each, but in late April/early May take it in turns to sit out one round to give the players a break.)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 13d

Kyle Verreynne is the first man to win the County Championship and the World Test Championship in the same season ... and he hit the winning run in both.

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 14d

LM Reece and WL Madsen set a FC partnership record for Derbyshire v Kent by adding 231* for the 3rd wicket, beating the 202 set by CJ Adams and DM Jones at Canterbury in 1997. See this and other series records on @acscricket.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/derkenfc

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 14d

NB this refers to Tests only - since Adil Rashid (b1988) is still playing for them in the shorter formats.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 14d

This marks the end of a generation for England: barring something extraordinary, we've seen the last time a player born in the 1980s has played a Test for them.

There are quite a few such players still active for other countries - Zimbabwe alone have five.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/rob-ke...

Rob Key: Woakes 'not in England's plans at all' after Ashes omission

Director of cricket declares Brook to be 'better leader' than Pope after promotion to vice-captaincy

www.espncricinfo.com

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Yorkshire CCC @yorkshireccc.bsky.social · 16d

It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died peacefully at home at the age of 92.

Read more: yorkshireccc.com/news/harold-...

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 20d

Completely up to you! There's no entrance exam and we don't check a bibliography to see how many books a potential member has written. An interest in cricket history and/or statistics is all you need, there's no requirement to be actively researching them yourself.

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 22d

Brett L d'Oliveira and GH Roderick set a FC partnership record for Worcestershire v Durham by adding 170 for the 5th wicket, beating the 140 set by JJ Dell and MH Wessels at Worcester in 2019. See this and other series records on @acscricket.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/durworfc

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 22d

TB Abell and KL Aldridge set a FC partnership record for Somerset v Hampshire by adding 221 for the 6th wicket, beating the 188 set by JEK Rew and KL Aldridge at Taunton in 2023. See this and other series records on @acscricket.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/hamsomfc

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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 22d

Join the ACS. I can recommend that.

Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 23d

On Saturday 4 October 10am to 1pm BST we have an online event for ACS members.

It will feature @rafnicholson.bsky.social, @radders1962.bsky.social, @dgriffinpix.bsky.social, @popecricket.bsky.social, Andrew Hignell and others. Will be fascinating stuff.

Join the ACS at acscricket.com to take part!

The ACS – The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 23d

On Saturday 4 October 10am to 1pm BST we have an online event for ACS members.

It will feature @rafnicholson.bsky.social, @radders1962.bsky.social, @dgriffinpix.bsky.social, @popecricket.bsky.social, Andrew Hignell and others. Will be fascinating stuff.

Join the ACS at acscricket.com to take part!

The ACS – The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

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Jeremy Lonsdale @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social · 24d

15 September marks 50 years since Chris Balderstone scored 51 no for Leicestershire v Derbyshire, played for Doncaster v Brentford in the evening, and then completed his 100 next day and took 3 wickets as Leics won the championship. A proper shift @acscricket.bsky.social @anniechave.bsky.social

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 25d

All three totals were records at the time, although the latter two have since been surpassed.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 25d

England's highest totals across formats in recent years have aggregated 1,625 (823+498+304), although no-one featured in all three. Sri Lanka totalled 1,655 with the same player top scoring in all: Sanath Jayasuriya made 340 out of 952 in a Test, 157 out of 443 in an ODI and 88 out of 260 in a T20I.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 25d

Surely that's the wrong shape? The Infinity Oval should look like ∞

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 28d

OK this latest press release from the ICC has seriously pissed me off.

The VERY FIRST World Cup in 1973 was entirely umpired by women.

Maybe pause a minute from puffing yourselves up to read a history book? (I can recommend a good one... 😂)

www.icc-cricket.com/media-releas...

This marks the first time in tournament history that a Women’s Cricket World Cup will be officiated entirely by women, a feat made possible by the ICC’s work across many years to support, elevate and empower women in cricket.

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 27d

BA Raine and MJ Potts set a FC partnership record for Durham v Essex by adding 77* for the 8th wicket, beating the 47 set by BFW de Leede and MJ Potts at Chelmsford in 2024. See this and other series records on @acscricket.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/duresxfc

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Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 27d

My old friend Steven Lynch has pointed out Latvia has a new cricket ground, the Infinity Oval at Olaine, which staged its first matches last month (Latvia Cricket)

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 27d

Mitch Stanley has taken 11-180 in his second first-class match. Both have been for @lancscricket.bsky.social v @kentcricket.co.uk, but he only managed one wicket at Blackpool in June.

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