Cover of the book (hardback and ebook) showing match in progress at Dean Park, Bournemouth, view across the pitch to pavilion

Stars on Sunday
History of the John Player League (foreword David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd)

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Lanky Lanky coming soon • Lanky Lanky on CounterPress • Lancashire Cricket independent news

Cricket types: It appears as though Paul Edwards' superlative writing might be found here: lankylanky.counterpress.media/coming-soon come the 1st March... 👀

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Back cover blurb includes photo of Peter Lever bowling for Lancs v Northants at Bletchley in 1976. Non striker David Steele and umpire Lloyd Budd in shot, in front of a packed seated crowd and ice cream van

First page of Chapter 6 of the book, covering the period 1980 to 1983

Second page of Chapter 6

Sample photo page from the book: John Arlott in reflective mood, Lancs skipper Jack Bond on the pavilion balcony at Old Trafford, Harry Pilling executing a square cut in front of packed crowd, Lancashire fail to beat Glamorgan at Old Trafford in 1971 to deny them a hat-trick of titles.

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My book, Stars on Sunday: The History of Cricket’s John Player League is due for release on 30 March
Available for pre-order now (Amazon, Awesome Books, Waterstones..)
Sneak preview of back cover, couple of sample pages & photos below
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As the old adage goes, 'if you haven't got anything nice to say then say it on social media, it might go viral.'

Year of reading.

Some cricket books being published soon.

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Nobody skippered a side in the John Player League on more occasions. RIP.

A resounding yes from me to points 1 and 5 in particular

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Dusty Hare in action for Leicester Tigers rugby, about to catch the ball whilst wearing the famous red, white and green hooped shirt

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Although he made his name in Rugby Union, ‘Dusty’ Hare made 6 appearances in the John Player League for Nottinghamshire.

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The trip drew good crowds, particularly on the smaller islands.

Kent retained their JPL title in the 1973 season, but there was no repeat visit to the Caribbean, instead they had to content themselves with a weekend in Paris.

The other victories came against Trinidad u25s, Tobago (where local schoolchildren were given the day off to attend) and St Lucia.

The closest of the defeats came at Bridgetown on 13 January. Barbados made 173/8 thanks to 97 from Geoff Greenidge. Kent fell 13 runs short.

They posted over 200 runs only once, in a 30 run win in Antigua, on a beautiful batting track prepared by prisoners. Brearley (82) and Boyce (52*) top scored for Kent, with 23 year-old Vivian Richards responding with 63 for Antigua.

Of the 11 matches played over the JPL format, Kent lost all 7 against the first-class sides, and won all 4 against the lower level opponents.

The Kent team line up that toured the West Indies in January 1973, photographed in their tour suits

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53 years ago today,the 1972 John Player League champions, Kent, played the first of 11 matches in the West Indies.
With Denness, Knott, Underwood and Asif Iqbal on test duty, Kent drafted in Brearley, Boyce and Dudleston; Cowdrey joining the group later in Trinidad
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First saw this album in my dad’s collection as a youngster and assumed Frank must have popped round our house to record it before I was born.

Great memories. You saw 4 of the best. The JPL was the perfect competition for families, either in the ground or watching on BBC2.

Front cover of the book Stars on Sunday, showing a John Player League game at Dean Park, Bournemouth, with the pavilion in background

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If you have been lucky enough to receive some book vouchers for Christmas, and fondly remember the 40-over John Player League, you may want to pre-order my book that is released by Pitch Publishing in March.
Foreword by David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd.

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He saw the light.

stick to religion yeah?

From today's @financialtimes.com #AI #music

YouTube video by smithandburrows Smith & Burrows - This Ain't New Jersey

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A wonderful Christmas song (album full, if you like it)

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Knitter ye not.

Covers of 4 cricket books released in 2026

Upcoming cricket books from Pitch Publishing

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Head honcho
#Ashes

steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"

Scorecard from Aus v England 1st days play, neither side batting for 40 overs.

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Fully behind the innovation to play the Ashes over the John Player League format.
Looking forward to game 2 tomorrow.

England take 3 wickets before lunch

Appetite for Destruction cover Cross with the 5 Guns N Roses band members depicted as skulls

GnR

Wish You Were Here
Physical Graffiti
Born to Run
Bohemian Rhapsody

Monty Python and Holy Grail
Fawlty Towers
The Good Life

Two-thirds voted to stay in EEC

Miners given 35% pay rise

Warm, dry summer, with an even better one to follow

Left them in a bit of a pickle