Nakul Pande
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Associate Producer, @SkySportsNews . Sports broadcaster, journalist and podcaster. Views and hair my own. He/him. Bisexual 🏳️🌈💖💜💙. #BLM .
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I’ve spent a long time learning to be more truly and authentically myself. That hasn’t always been easy.
But this time’s been different. This time, I feel safe, and content, and joyful.
I’m bisexual, and I love that for me.
🏳️🌈 💖💜💙
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This is not a new story, but it should not be forgotten.
12 years ago, Yashasvi Jaiswal moved 1,000 miles from his home in rural Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai to try & become a cricketer. He moved by himself. He was 10.
At first he lived with his uncle. But that didn’t last long.
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3 years on, and still nobody’s thought to spray something non alcoholic. No-one’s drinking the celebra-bubbles, can it not just be sparkling water or fizzy apple juice, then your teammates don’t have to awkwardly leave?
England's captain reminded Adil Rashid to leave and checked to see that he and Moeen Ali had left before they celebrated with champagne. Respect.
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Now he’s an IPL superstar, one of the most dominant players in Indian domestic cricket, and has two Test hundreds in six Tests. A groundstaff’s hut to all that in a decade - and you really do feel he’s just getting started.
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Ground announcer at the
#IndiaTourMatch
: “During the course of
#LEIvIND
, India’s players will not be signing autographs or taking selfies with any fans.”
Rishabh Pant:
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It is worth nothing, if only in passing, that some non-striking batters have taken to watching the ball all the way out of the bowler’s hand. Maybe it’s to see what they do at release, but in backing up scenarios it’s also a help.
The most obvious example is Virat Kohli:
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Deepti Sharma has India’s highest women’s ODI score, and was a big part of the team that got to three major tournament finals in five years and forced the BCCI to launch a women’s IPL .
And her batting as much as anything won India the game today.
When you look back on your career and the best thing you are known for is Mankadding someone to win a match, you’re doing it wrong
#ENGvIND
#mankading
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Rishabh Pant’s been on-field with a Leicestershire team for all of a session, and this morning he walked in cracking jokes with them like he’d known them his whole life.
#IndiaTourMatch
#LEIvIND
🏏🦊🇮🇳
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He ended up living on the Azad Maidan, in the Muslim United club groundstaff’s tent. His parents asked him to come home, but he wanted to stick it out.
So he did - for 3 years. Aged 11 to 14, in a tent. Jaiswal eventually made an impression on a coach called Jwala Singh.
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His uncle lived in Dadar, a northern suburb. The Mumbai commute being what it is, Jaiswal was losing hours each day in travel.
So he started working in a dairy shop in the city, in exchange for living space. But he couldn’t work enough & the shop owner threw him out. He was 11.
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Jwala had himself come to Mumbai from Uttar Pradesh, so recognised Jaiswal’s struggle. He also saw a talent.
Jwala had Jaiswal move in with him. He eventually became Jaiswal’s legal guardian, and guided his game and his career through the incredibly competitive Mumbai scene.
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With a little stability and support, Jaiswal thrived. He blitzed Mumbai’s school & club scene, making his way into the Mumbai U19 side and, eventually, India’s U19s.
He made his senior domestic debut aged 17.
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It’s been widely reported that Jaiswal sold pani puri, a street food snack, to survive. Jwala says this is overblown - Jaiswal would sometimes help out the street food vendors, but his focus was cricket.
He did though occasionally end up serving his own teammates.
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@Holmster79
@bentoth
@HackneyAbbott
@JuliaHB1
“Coloured” puts the person’s skin tone and otherness first. “Person of colour” puts their personhood, or if you prefer, humanity, first.
And ‘person of colour’ is a descriptive term determined by people of colour themselves, rather than a slur determined by white colonials.
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You need not be a person of faith, only a person in possession of a soul, to find the adhan call to prayer reverberating around the
@HomeOfCricket
Long Room spine-tingling. A beautiful moment.
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All sorts of jokes to be made, but one sincere point: Marcus Trescothick spent about 15 years not able to travel outside the UK because of his mental health. Now he's meeting the Dalai Lama in his home. That's pretty cool.
Amazing picture here of the Dalai Lama meeting the Pope and his entourage
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'White-ball killed English Test cricket' is a spectacularly bad take in that it manages to be simultaneously wrong, a wild over-reaction & a cop-out.
Pakistan & New Zealand manage to be capable Test & limited-overs teams at the same time with a fraction of England's resources.
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@AatifNawaz
Batters should stay in their crease. It’s the only form of dismissal that’s wholly in their control.
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England should go for the 952. You’ll never get a better chance in a live game, perhaps no team ever will.
7 RPO tomorrow gets them there in 64 overs, with a little time to bowl at Pakistan in the gloaming, then you’ve got 3 days to take 20 wickets.
#PAKvENG
🏏🇵🇰🏴
#T20WorldCup
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This is unacceptable. All Rob has done is do what boards should have been doing themselves for years, and he’s done it for free.
Is there anything the cricket community can do to help?
Robelinda2 YouTube channel has been officially terminated.
14 years of fun it was! Thanks for watching!
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Simon Doull absolutely spot on in recognising that sport and sports broadcasting has power.
And somehow him describing Dawid Malan as ‘the Smriti Mandhana of the men’s game’ feels like a moment.
#TheHundred2022
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Test cricket isn’t dead just because England aren’t good.
Test cricket isn’t dead just because the Ashes isn’t good.
If Test cricket can’t survive England being bad - which it can, has & will - it had no future anyway.
But Test cricket’s no more dead now than it ever has been.
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Bollocks to all this talk of the death of Test cricket. It’s been almost uniformly gripping on-field the world over for the last five years, the main thing holding it back is the unequal distribution of resources across the world game.
Stop talking it down and do something.
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Danielle McGahey has on the basis of this ruling had to retire, thus reducing the number of trans women in international cricket by 100%.
I would ask ‘are you happy now’, but I know that for so many, they really are. It’s so vindictive.
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Fair warning: I’ll be spending today livetweeting the
#DCMS
hearings into Yorkshire’s treatment of players of colour, notably Azeem Rafiq.
Rafiq’s evidence starts at 9:30am, ex-Yorkshire chair Roger Hutton at 10:15am, and an ECB delegation at 11:15am.
#JusticeForAzeem
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#StatWatch
discovered while prepping for the
#WTCFinal
:
• Since the start of 2018, R Ashwin has *39 TEST WICKETS* at *29.97 AVERAGE* & *2.50 RPO* in 🇿🇦🏴🇳🇿🇦🇺
• The Test mean for all other spinners in those countries in that time is *43.95 AVERAGE* & *3.25 RPO*
#INDvNZ
🏏🇮🇳🇳🇿
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📣 PANDE TO SKY CONFIRMED 📣
I’m thrilled to say that I’m joining
@SkySportsNews
as an Associate Producer! I’ll be helping make live TV happen on the country’s best sports news station, and I can’t wait.
Thank you to everyone who’s helped and supported me on the way 🙏🏽
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A 🧵 of the personal stories of some of
#IPL2023
’s breakthrough stars:
• Dhruv Jurel’s leg was run over by a bus when he was 5.
• His father only found out he played because he read about it in the newspaper.
• His mother sold her gold chain to buy him his first cricket kit.
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Of the many great Yorkshire players worthy of recognition, Geoffrey Boycott is possibly the worst option you could pick right now given what the club is trying to move on from.
English cricket needs to recognise its legends - starting with a Sir Geoffrey Boycott Stand at Headingley |
@NHoultCricket
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No English player’s stock has risen through the
#WPL
further than Issy Wong’s. She’s gone from a prospect with potential and Immaculate Vibes, to a stone-cold strike bowler with hitting power - a T20 cheat code.
And yes, still with Immaculate Vibes.
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Cricket banning trans women is unnecessary, retrograde, and not nearly as scientifically valid as proponents of exclusion often claim.
It is a cruel solution to a problem that doesn’t exist, and must be heartbreaking for Danielle McGahey.
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@alex_duffell
And even he gets it wrong sometimes. He is still looking at the bowler but he’s evidently gone a little early. That said, it’s almost impossible for a fast bowler to safely stop their action and run the batter out in time.
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Dane van Niekerk tweets with the nervous excitement of a teenager.
Katherine Brunt gets on the pints and leads the crowd in a chant of “Natty Natty Scivs, Natty Scivs, Natty Natty Scivs.”
Both absolute top-tier wife behaviour, 10/10, no notes.
#ENGvSA
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Ishant pre-head waggle:
215 wickets in 75 matches, ave 36.73, econ 3.28, S/R 67.3. Five-for every 25 Tests.
Ishant post-head waggle:
77 wickets in 20 matches, ave 21.53, econ 2.80, S/R 46.16. Five-for every 7 Tests.
Case closed.
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Of 🏴’s Test players who were selected for IPL 2021:
• Stokes, Archer badly injured
• Many don’t want Buttler in Test team
• Bairstow, Moeen, SCurran fringe selections
• Woakes slipped on his own stairs
• Malan, Billings not then in frame
Blaming white-ball is a cop-out.
"Joe Root finds himself with people unavailable, because where are they? The IPL. What good is that for English Test cricket?!
This is the oldest, more important form of the game, we need to defend it."
Four minutes of David Gower in full flow. Well said, Sir 👏
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@5HARP3Y
People can drink what they like. Spray something non alcohol so everyone can be in the photos and videos that’ll be the face of the tournament victory, then people can get whatever they want to drink. What’s the harm in being inclusive?
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@benjonescricket
That might be the first time I’ve ever seen him smile after getting a hundred rather than scream at the sky like he was challenging God to a duel.
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Colin de Grandhomme was key to New Zealand’s rise. He had the quality of a top 6 batter at 7 or 8, and the control of a spinner as the 4th or 5th seamer. His spell in the 2019 World Cup final nearly ground England to a halt.
Good name, good tache, good hair, good player.
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Rafiq: “I’ve just carried my son from the hospital to the graveyard, and the way I am being treated is not right and I’m going to be the one that speaks up.”
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
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Nobody talks like this.
So - what set of strings has been pulled to get a high-profile former cricketer to tweet this obvious propaganda, who else is being used this way, and for what purpose?
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@ejrainfordbrent
Imagine being so angry about a Black woman existing that you use two separate pens to write this...my word, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. 😡
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When did Siraj abandon the topknot? Feel like if anyone would know it’s
@beastieboy07
...
#AUSvIND
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More categories of those celebrating the ICC’s ban:
• People who refuse to believe trans women are women
• People who think women’s sport is a worse version of men’s sport, a consolation prize
• People who think women’s sport is so fragile that trans women can break it
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There are many good ways to describe coming out - ‘admit to’ is very much not one of them. Steven Davies deserves far better.
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@surajmenon
@adityampaul
@AkriPasta
@mojorojo
@krishashok
@RegaJha
Sometimes wish I'd never left home at all...(cries along to guitar solo)
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Meanwhile, Test teams Ireland and Afghanistan haven’t played a Test in 3 years, and the captains of Scotland and the Netherlands are publicly begging for fixtures.
There’s not too much cricket, there’s too much structural inequality in cricket.
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Saturday was joyous. Saturday was euphoric. Saturday was everything I had hoped for and more.
@LisaStowaway
, you are the most kind, big-hearted, generous, beautiful person I know, and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life married to you! 💍❤️
#LisaAndNakul
#WeddingWeek
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The exclusion of Pakistani players is just as inexcusable yet depressingly inevitable in the Women’s Premier League as in the men’s IPL. We know precisely why they aren’t allowed, but it doesn’t make it right.
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Joe Root inches away from describing himself as, “England men’s Test captain, for my sins.”
@FootballCliches
#CricketCliches
Joe Root in his presser: "We never make it easy for ourselves, do we?" No, Joe, you don't.
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I have now read the piece. I’m sorry to say it made things worse, not better, and I think a journalist I like and respect a lot has made an error of judgement.
Joe Clarke’s had chances to show he understands the attitudes he expressed were wrong. He has chosen not to take them.
Full disclosure - I have not yet got a copy of this month’s Cricketer so haven’t read the Joe Clarke article in full. I hope it takes account of the serious misgivings many of us have about him.
But what impression was promoting it with ‘Give Clarke a chance’ meant to give?
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In just six years we can get back to where we were just six years ago!
ODI World Cup could expand to 14 teams fron 2027 in a significant move to help globalise cricket.
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Archer bowls all winter with an injury:
“He’s not bending his back!”
“He doesn’t care about Test cricket!”
Archer misses part of the IPL to sort out his injury so he can play more Test cricket:
“He’s too fragile!”
The Discourse around this guy, my god .
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@iggigg
“Watcha doin’ in the river, Winston?”
“Churchillin’”.
His anti-Hitler position was the only thing he was right about in his entire life.
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When Gale (coach) and Ballance (captain) took over, “the temperature changed.”
Rafiq details repeated use of the word P*ki in front of teammates and senior club officials. He is choked with emotion discussing the tragic loss of his unborn child.
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
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“Where were you for the World Cup final?”
On Twitter, trying to work out what was on Olga Carmona’s shirt.
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The BCCI’s reign as the sporting world’s least organised superpower continues. Imagine waiting 12 years for your second Test and then not being able to play because your employer hasn’t done their admin right.
Jaydev Unadkat is out of reckoning for the first India-Bangladesh Test as the pacer has not managed to reach Bangladesh as yet.
@vijaymirror
with the details ⏬
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A wonderful thread that educated me, hurt my brain and made me angry in equal measure. Thank you,
@RichardJMurphy
.
Let’s all stop worrying about the national debt and hold the Government to, ahem, account.
And there is one other reason for tax. Because the government promises to accept its own money back in payment of tax - which overall is the biggest single bill most of us have - money has value.
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The Pujara-Pant and Washington-Ashwin stands show just how good England were either side of lunch yesterday - in particular, that Bess and Anderson spell of 14 runs in 13 overs to put the pressure on Kohli and Rahane was superb.
@guerillacricket
#INDvENG
🏏🇮🇳🏴
#WTC21
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CSA lose money every home Test. They bear all the costs, and even when hosting India, the revenue for a Test is 10% that of an ODI or T20I.
So they have to make the T20 league & white ball bilaterals work. What exactly are they & other non Big 3 boards meant do without ICC help?
Revealing interview by
@TinusvS4
in Rapport today. CEO Pholetsi Moseki says bare-bones Test programme was
@OfficialCSA
's choice in order to prioritise new T20 league. Tragic for our hugely-promising Test team - and real cricket lovers.
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The ‘unpopular opinion’ trope is garbage. Have your opinion and back it up, don’t pretend you’re some contrarian visionary.
Tell us an unpopular opinion that you have about cricket
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“BCCI working on visas for Pakistani fans and journalists, says ICC”
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘WORKING ON’ THE TOURNAMENT’S ALREADY STARTED
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There is no way England would still be on the tour if it weren’t Australia or India.
There does become a point where this Ashes series carrying on becomes untenable. The daily testing to get the Sydney Test on is becoming a grind. The cases in NSW - 40,000 yesterday - are worryingly high. If the priority for CA was public health I think we'd already be done
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Shakib Al Hasan has been playing international cricket for 16 years and people still can't pronounce his name right.
#BANvIND
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#T20WorldCup
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Not content with banning trans women, UK Athletics is lobbying to change the Equality Act to enshrine such bans in law so banned athletes can’t sue.
The Government & anti-trans groups say the law already allows bans. The forces lining up against trans women athletes are vast.
“UKA has today outlined its position relating to transgender participation in athletics in the UK.”
More information here:
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I mean. I’ll take Stubbs v Nortje and a snack pack of Pringles.
Wonder how long it’s going to be before teams start trying to drag their lengths back against Brevis? It’s the evolution all good straight hitters must make, prospering against pace at hard lengths.
Basically I want Brevis v Nortje and a bucket of popcorn.
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@OsmanSamiuddin
Coach leaves, new board chair, tour cancelled - Pakistan are going to win this World Cup, aren't they?
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Lack of interest from white players, onus placed on players of colour, hiding behind ‘banter’ - all familiar to anyone who’s been following Azeem Rafiq’s story.
Remember, Taylor goes by Ross because his teacher couldn’t be bothered to pronounce Luteru.
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@pointlesslettrs
Comedian Henning Wehn once pointed out that if you alive during WWII but not old enough to fight, you were a net drain on Britain’s resources and ipso facto a net benefit for the Axis.
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Rafiq contends that the dressing room and recreational experiences of the type he has outlined are not addressed by the Plan.
“My life has been made hell: denials, cover-ups, smearings [including by very prominent media personalities like David Lloyd].”
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
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Any other board worth their salt would have been basically live-streaming the second fifty of this. Not a single social clip. And we wonder why cricket isn't a true global sport.
#INDvENG
🏏🇮🇳🏴
#WTC21
💯! 👏👏
3⃣rd Test hundred for
@RishabhPant17
& what a fine knock it was! 👍👍
@Paytm
#INDvENG
#TeamIndia
Follow the match 👉
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Azeem begins: “I joined a dressing room full of my heroes…soon there were comments such as ‘you lot sit over there near the toilets’, ‘elephant washers’ and the word ‘P*ki’ was used a lot.
“Playing cricket was the most important thing…I was in denial.”
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
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This an astoundingly, almost impressively, dull kit.
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I’ve pinned the thread so you can have a read through in one go 👇
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
Fair warning: I’ll be spending today livetweeting the
#DCMS
hearings into Yorkshire’s treatment of players of colour, notably Azeem Rafiq.
Rafiq’s evidence starts at 9:30am, ex-Yorkshire chair Roger Hutton at 10:15am, and an ECB delegation at 11:15am.
#JusticeForAzeem
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They will teach this in journalism schools. A wonderful example of writing the story that is actually happening rather than the one they told you to cover. Brilliant,
@afidelf
!
When Sri Lanka came to the cricket to fight for the country's future
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@willis_macp
Tim Paine’s continued use of that sledge tells you more about him than his intended targets.
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Livingstone's now so confident he's bowling off-spin to the right-handers and leg-spin to the left-handers. He's come on so so much as a bowler.
#ENGvNZ
🏏🏴🇳🇿
#T20WorldCup
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@cricket_badger
‘Not being charged with anything’ is not a sufficiently high bar.
How is cricket meant to say its welcoming to women when Joe Clarke, who has never meaningfully apologised for behaviour & attitudes that enabled his friend to rape someone, is given national honours?
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There’s an uncomfortable tone of glee in some of the reporting of the IPL bubble breach: “Is that a popping sound I hear?” “Getting what’s coming to them.”
You can and should criticise the BCCI’s power games. But if the IPL does fall, it’s not a cause for celebration.
#IPL2021
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SUMMARY:
• I called Azeem P*ki but we were friends & that’s what friends do!
• If he wanted me to stop he just had to cry in front of me!
• He called me Zimbo like a mate but now I think of it that was inappropriate actually…
#JusticeForAzeem
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@benjonescricket
For a setup run by private school boys, English cricket is staggeringly anti-intellectual.
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That concludes proceedings. Thanks for sticking with it, it was a hard watch but a necessary one.
@AzeemRafiq30
, you have been far stronger than any human being should have to be, and the game owes you a debt.
#DCMS
#JusticeForAzeem
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