Scott Oliver
@reverse_sweeper
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Cricket writer. Winner of 2024 Wisden Book of the Year, 'Sticky Dogs & Stardust'. Second volume available from link below.
Joined May 2011
On the sesh with Premier League managers. A thread >
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Run chases on the second afternoon. This Ashes is essentially Dorset vs Cheshire in 1983.
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Anyone not saying D needs to be sectioned
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose? For more maps: https://t.co/QjxXT6oLpA
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Taking the positives, decent preparation for the upcoming two-dayer against the PMs XI #Ashes2025
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This is 100% correct. A team whose iconoclastic mindset can't/won't accommodate basic truths of the game.
Morning. Seen the replays. Look, Who am I to be having a pop but come onā¦ you just canāt be playing at these. 1.5/2 feet outside? š¤·š»āāļø Some of the others nicked off when theyāre on the line of the body fair enough, but make bowlers earn their wickets!!
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The TNT commentary is so bad it's painful. Two consecutive batsmen nick off throwing their hands at wide balls and NOT A SINGLE COMMENT about whether it's a sound decision to do that on a wicket with bounce and nip. Alastair Cook in there, too. š
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Blizzard writer Scott Oliver (@reverse_sweeper) has set up Cricket Superstars in the Leagues, sharing stories from his Sticky Dogs and Stardust project, a series of books about when cricket legends played the club game across the UK Visit the page: https://t.co/XdZqcuhBUy
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You have to wonder where United would be with Iraola (or Glasner) in the dugout instead of Roobz.
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They think you're stupid or have amnesia. https://t.co/YbS3A8f1fR
There is no āboth sidesā here. The political aggression and taste for violence against innocent people are all coming from the left. Itās right there on the surface ā āour grandparents were the original anti-Nazisā etc. And whatās a Nazi today? To a modern day liberal, itās
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Fun Fact: everyone knows Joe Root's dad, Matt, played for Sheffield Collegiate CC but so too did Jacob Bethell's, Graham.
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Not saying the 1981 Lancashire League was a tough year for batters, but š š Sticky Dogs and Stardust and Sticky Dogs and Stardust - The Second Innings by @reverse_sweeper are available now Book one: https://t.co/8X7ALiaQJo Book two: https://t.co/R0NXuv7jAN
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Footballers: any time your opponent is doing a Zidane turn, just put part of your body in the turning circle and you'll have the goal chalked off by VAR. Ridiculous decision. #CHEFUL
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If you wondered how tough League cricket used to be, letās go back to 1987. Central Lancashire League.
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Here's how you can get a FREE chapter from award-winning author Scott Oliver's Sticky Dogs and Stardust - The Second Innings, all about Jesse Ryder's time at New Brighton...
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In a special offer for Merseyside Cricket Online readers, you can download a free chapter from award-winning cricket writer Scott Oliverās Sticky Dogs and Stardust ā The Second Innings.ā¦
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So what shots might a one-handed, left-handed Woakes have in the locker? Probably don't need many fielders in front of square...
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Less than England's wides to win (16 first innings, 6 second innings).
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Disappointed the Kia hasn't upgraded its covers to one giant coolbox with Gambhir's face on it #INDvsENG
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