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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03.10.2025 09:58 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Surely this is a crop circle?
21.08.2025 07:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Makes you wonder about the quality of the soil…
23.04.2025 08:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Good shot of some of the older stands at Lord's.
19.02.2025 12:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I remember it well. Smart thinking by Wes as he triumphantly clasped ball to uprooted stump.
29.01.2025 12:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you for posting the image - Lucy Risdale was clearly an influential figure.
17.12.2024 17:40 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Stanley Baldwin's love of cricket is covered in
@stephenbrenkley.bsky.social A Striking Summer How Cricket United a Divided Nation which I am currently enjoying
17.12.2024 14:02 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
⚽ You'll go far
27.11.2024 10:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's mainly about Hobbs, the yardstick by which to measure Root's achievements. @thecricketer.bsky.social
25.11.2024 16:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just down the road from me. Obligatory tractor in the background.
25.11.2024 16:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Joe Root :England's best since Hobbs. Nice article by Tim Wigmore in the latest edition of The Cricketer.
25.11.2024 16:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The answer was Richard Hadlee.
13.11.2024 17:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graham Gooch was at his best yesterday in Bath at the West of England Cricket Society."Name me one player who batted better wearing a helmet? There is only one!"
13.11.2024 17:25 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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