John Nield's Avatar

John Nield

@johnnield2.bsky.social

Shed builder. Retired former teacher. Stocktonian. Cricket obsessive

847 Followers  |  349 Following  |  1,235 Posts  |  Joined: 20.09.2023  |  1.7874

Latest posts by johnnield2.bsky.social on Bluesky

I'm looking forward to it but I'm worried about comparing it to Detectorists, which was just the most perfect series ever

09.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hadn't even made that connection

09.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,696 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Similar. My first 6 for a while

09.02.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seconded, for both statements

06.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Take my money now!

06.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Elizabeth Ammon - Cricket Channel β€’ 506 followers β€’ Cricket news and musings by Elizabeth Ammon.

β€ŽFollow the Elizabeth Ammon - Cricket channel on WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

06.02.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rob Key?

06.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody. The final's on Friday!

04.02.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have anywhere to pre-order?

03.02.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's winning it for them, isn't he

03.02.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Rewwwwwwwww!
#u19WorldCup

03.02.2026 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will you be doing any book signings at this event?

02.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ | My book 'GETTING OUT: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War' is the story of some tough and eccentric sportspeople – and how they saved many of those around them from Russia's invasion in 2022.

Details | Where to buy πŸ’™πŸ“š
⬇️
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out

02.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The only question is whether they dominate from the start or stumble through the group stage, only gelling when their Player of the Tournament (Hazlewood?) comes back from injury

02.02.2026 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boon is on ITV4, and he popped up as a random copper in that last week

29.01.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seahorses!

28.01.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She needs better security. The next right-wing nutjob may be armed with more than vinegar spray.

But the way she stepped towards him and looked like she was about to unleash a right hook!

28.01.2026 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My local bookshop has a quiet reading evening. I went, reading a recent Mark Billingham purchase, which had some chucklesome bits in it. It's really hard not to laugh when you're surrounded by silent people. I may've snorted

27.01.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It'll be overlooked but I was impressed by Bethell's innings as well. Patient early on, expansive later on. Set a good platform

27.01.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward in years to come to saying REWWWWWWW!

27.01.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never in doubt

27.01.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jinxed it

27.01.2026 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not a big story to the vast majority of people. It's only big if you feed off the soap opera nature of politics. Someone like Chris Mason gets all in a lather over this and Jenrick defecting. It tells us nothing about how our lives can improve

25.01.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

THE UKRAINE CRICKET JERSEY IS HERE!

Ambition Sport will donate Β£5 from each shirt to our friends @fierce-calm.bsky.social, who provide therapies to Ukrainian soldiers πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Designed by our book's author @jonathancampion.com, and worn at last year's Euro T20 Cup!

www.ambitionsport.com/product-cate...

23.01.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7

Thanks for this Ian. You've reminded me to look up a previous episode with my friend Carmen Marcus, back in November

25.01.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

John is a part-time teacher on Β£18,000 and is on Universal Credit. This is the only income for a family of 4. For every extra pound he earns, he takes home just over 30p, an effective tax of about 67%. Strangely, this sort of example never seems to get in the papers

25.01.2026 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A large grey goober of a cat, slightly cross-eyed, flicking his pink raspy tongue out onto his nostril. Unimaginatively, we have named him "Big Grey"

A large grey goober of a cat, slightly cross-eyed, flicking his pink raspy tongue out onto his nostril. Unimaginatively, we have named him "Big Grey"

What you need to see now is a photo of one of our cat visitors with his tongue out

25.01.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've left Meldrew, most of Dad's Army and a couple of Golden Girls in my wake

25.01.2026 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our cat is a fussy eater, so there's always leftovers. For most of the year, we put them outside for hedgehogs, but 2 local cats have made it part of their evening meal routine. I am not saddened by this turn of events.

24.01.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly made me snort coffee out of my nose

24.01.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@johnnield2 is following 20 prominent accounts