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Hypocaust
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Film & sports obsessive. Mostly post about cricket.
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Fair play. The concept of ICC events having a shred of sanctity or neutrality to jeopardise and undermine (a greater example of openly festering malfeasance and iniquity is scarcely possible to imagine) is genuinely one of the funniest things said in the history of this ridiculous sport.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Also means stories end up framed like this.

Zimbabwe's campaign wasn't good, but wasn't 'disastrous'.

Rather than applying men's labels & preconceptions, it should be noted ZIM are a developing nation, have never been a top women's team, and were expected to lose to at least 3 of these games.
January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Leewards Islands' results and remarkable rise in the Women's T20 Blaze:

2016 - LLNRL (6th)
2018 - LLLLL (6th)
2019 - LLLLL (6th)
2022 - LLLLL (6th)
2023 - LLLLL (6th)
2024 - WLWLL (5th)
2025 - LWWLW (4th)
2026 - WWWWWW (🏆champions)

#T20Blaze
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
With no further play possible, Leeward Islands win by 6 runs DLS, and are crowned 2026 Women's T20 Blaze champions - this is the Leewards' first women's regional title in any format.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/b06bf6...
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Callender run out for 14 (25).

Barbados 73/4 (14.5) need 39 off 31.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/b06bf6...
livestream
youtube.com/watch?v=czqv...
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Having felt aggrieved at being denied a deserved wicket earlier, Leewards rejoice as Edwards catches Brathwaite for 26 (22) off Liburd.

Barbados 43/3 (9.0) need 69 off 66.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/b06bf6...
livestream
youtube.com/watch?v=czqv...
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Rain stops play with Leeward Island 101/5 (18.4).

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/b06bf6...
livestream
youtube.com/watch?v=czqv...
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Shawnisha Hector hits a six to bring up a 39 ball fifty (6x4, 2x6).

There have been four 50+ scores in the whole of this season's T20 Blaze. Hector has made two of them.

Leewards 88/3 (15.1)

matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/b06bf6...
livestream
youtube.com/watch?v=czqv...
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
And the ICC can't even claim their hands were tied by their own benighted ODI ranking system, which places Zimbabwe below Associate nations Thailand, Scotland and Netherlands.
January 22, 2026 at 7:25 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
As all the other boards predictably fell into line and voted with their wallets, and against Bangladesh, the ICC are now lying with impunity.

Absolutely no-one genuinely believes these are isolated issues.

The thin end of the wedge has been and gone.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/bangla...
The ICC, however, rejected the Mustafizur issue as a valid concern, saying the BCB was "repeatedly linking its participation in the tournament to a single, isolated and unrelated development concerning one of its player's involvement in a domestic league. This linkage has no bearing on the tournament's security framework or the conditions governing participation in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup." https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/bangladesh-firm-on-not-playing-t20-world-cup-in-india-despite-icc-saying-they-will-be-replaced-1520515
January 22, 2026 at 12:11 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Claxton hits a six to seal five wins out of five for Leeward Islands 59/3 (8.4).

Claxton 23* (15)
Boyce 14* (24)

Fletcher 2-23
James 1-7

Leewards win by 7 wickets DLS and will face Barbados in the final.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/af491b...
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Barbados 92/8 (20.0) secure a 22 run win against Guyana 70 (19.4), and will face Leeward Islands in the Women's T20 Blaze final, which takes place on Friday.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/fe9f76...
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Sky's 'temporary picture problems' with their WPL broadcast lasted for the full duration of the match, and if anything, got worse as the game progressed. Well worth the premium subscription.

#WPL #skycricket
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
A typical (and far from the worst) example of Sky's 'temporary' picture problems with their WPL broadcasts.

Has been like this throughout today's game, and was the same for much of GG v MI the other day - barely able to get through a ball without some form of audio-visual issue.

#WPL #cricket
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Back to back victories for Leeward Islands to start the campaign, as they bowl out Guyana for 99 (20.0).

Mangru 24 (22)
S Grimmond 23 (40)

Edwards 3-18
Joseph 2-10

Leewards win by 7 runs.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/850736...
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Windward Islands go from 52/3 to 79 all out (19.3).

Glasgow 21 (34)
Fletcher 14 (11)

A Mohammed 3-10
Ramnath 3-12

Trinidad & Tobago win by 16 runs.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/d75fc0...
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Amelia Khan leaps to take a terrific one-handed catch that dismisses Afy Fletcher for 14 (11) off the bowling of Nadia Mohammed.

Windwards 38/3 (6.5) need 58 off 79.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/d75fc0...
livestream
youtube.com/watch?v=vaBT...
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Straightforward victory for Barbados 111/4 (17.0).

Brathwaite 36 (18)
Holder 23 (40)

Nation 3-22
Watts 1-36

Barbados win by 6 wickets with 18 balls remaining.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/dc6f6a...
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Having never beaten them in the competition until last season, Leeward Islands complete back to back T20 wins against Jamaica 98/8 (20.0).

Nation 48 (51)
Taylor 25 (33)

Claxton 2-26
Hector 2-15

Leewards win by 9 runs.

#T20Blaze
matchcentre.windiescricket.com/match/6e0b0a...
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
And judging by the likes on this post, even some of those working on this game agree.
January 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
www.cricket.com.au/news/4431632...
January 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
Andy Zaltzman managed to include some cricket statting in his prize task on Taskmaster Champion of Champions.

The index of the book he created for the task references Kapil Dev's famous 175* at Tunbridge Wells during the 1983 World Cup - a game which Zaltzman saw in person.

#taskmaster #cricket
Champion of Champions 4 - The UNCUT Prize Task | Taskmaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC4A5Ryeq0
December 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
'Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia'

Something to think about as you see the logo of Saudi oil giant Aramco plastered across Cricket World Cups (the ICC proudly state that their partnership "extends beyond traditional sponsorship").
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
hypocaust.bsky.social
The game ended a run of seven consecutive draws in Women's Ashes Tests, and the 5 run margin of victory is still the second narrowest for a women's Test.

171 runs remains the biggest 1st innings deficit overturned to win a women's Test.
Day 1 match report. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122535953/13749804%20 Day 2 newspaper report. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122536011/13749832%20 Day 3 newspaper report. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122536166/13749859%20 Day 4 newspaper report. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122536281/13749883
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
hypocaust.bsky.social
@norcrosscricket.bsky.social

Today marks the anniversary of the start of the 1984 Women's Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval.

The game remains one of the greatest games in women's Test history, and saw England stage a remarkable comeback victory.

www.espncricinfo.com/series/engla...
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM