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May 29, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
There is a story on yorkers from that last over. Mohit went for six straight attempts to the blockhole.
The over started with 13 needed off 6.
First one worked, second one as well. In fact, the second one tails away when you look at it. Not a lot, but eough to get mishits.
Third one was a low full toss that was close enough to get away with. Jadeja gets udner it, but not enough, nor does he make good contact.
11 off 3.
At this point he knew that he had to make a decision, because he was in front in the over, but two bad ball still lose it.
Feb 22, 2023 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
I might have found one of the most influential moments in pro sports history. Something that changed football World Cups, Grand Slam tennis, and potentially the World Series of baseball. That has helped us race towards robo-umpires.
The event happened on the fifth of June, 1996, in a minor Counties Championship game that I am assuming had less than 100 people in attendance.
Feb 21, 2023 • 31 tweets • 8 min read
At the start of Jurassic park, this bit of dialogue is spoken.
Jophery does raise the gate, the raptor shakes the cage, and then he eats him.
The thing is, the character's name was Jophery, and so is the actors.
In any normal person's life, being the first person eaten by a raptor in Jurassic Park would be the coolest thing that ever happened to you. In this case, our Jophery Brown did many amazing things.
He was born in Louisiana in 1945.
Feb 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
My last ChatGPT request:
Here's a fictional Eminem-style song about Rick McCosker's jaw:
(Verse 1)
Listen up y'all, let me tell you a story
'Bout a cricketer with a jaw of glory
He took the field with a heart of a lion
And a face that could withstand a million bombs
(Chorus)
This is the story of Rick McCosker
The man with the jaw made of steel and copper
Feb 10, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
ChatGPT "Could you write an essay on whether tracer bullets are faster than regular bullets in the voice of Ravi Shastri"
Ah, the topic of tracer bullets vs. regular bullets. It's a fascinating subject, one that's sure to stir up passions among fans of the sport of shooting.
Feb 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
CHAT GPT:
Sure, here's a song in the style of Harsha Bhogle about you eating a great BLT:
Verse 1:
The bread was toasted to perfection
The bacon crispy, such a treat
With lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise dressing
Your BLT was a true culinary feat
Chorus:
Oh, the BLT, a classic delight
A sandwich that brings so much delight
With its balance of flavors so right
It's a meal that's simply out of sight
Verse 2:
You took a bite, and what did you see?
A harmony of flavors, so pure and so free
Nov 9, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
As you all know, Pakistan needed the Netherlands to beat the South Africans. But let’s Netherlands and Pakistan actually played before this match, and Bas de Leede got hit in the face by Haris Rauf.
De Leede had been batting at number three all tournament, but at Perth, against the quicks, he seemed a stretch for someone who has talent - but is not the complete package yet. So for the rest of the WC he came in lower.
May 15, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
So I have an Andrew Symonds' story. In 2003 we backpacked around the World Cup. And one day we were early enough at the game that we saw the Australian's in the nets at Centurion. I think it was Darren Lehmann, Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds in at the same time.
Behind the nets there was a whole bunch of kids who were fielding the balls that were hit out. It wasn't quite as professional as nets sessions you see these days. And when the players moved to throw downs, a lot of balls were pumped straight back.
Mar 5, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
"He'll bowl to an orthodox field for a start. There's a slip. A short cover. Three other men on the offside saving a single. Three on the on and deep backward square," Richie Benaud says.
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Warne is marking out his run in his long sleeve shirt. It's decently buttoned up. He has zinc on the end of his nose and his bottom lip.
Mar 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The Strauss ball in ’05 came a decade after the Gatting ball. Strauss had faced Warne, seen Warne, knew everything he could about Warne. Yet, when Warne bowled him, he looked as perplexed as Gatting had 12 years earlier. Warne maintained mystery in the harshest public light.
I wonder if any Australian athlete has ever lived their life like such an open wound. It was impossible not to live it with him. If you followed cricket, you followed Shane Warne. Every single moment, from unplayable leggies through to getting caught in his undies.
Jan 25, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
There is a very good point in this. Zimbabwe (and other teams) have often not paid their players on time, it's a fairly recurring theme. The ICC does little to ensure that players are actually paid.
And it's not just for national duty.
As I have written before, franchise cricket is completely overwhelmed by late payments (and sometimes no payments at all). theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec…
Nov 12, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Let me tell you some inside truths about cricket media.
I have worked for teams, and with that I’ve helped one team in a league one year, and then worked for another the year after. Before going back to the original team again.
That’s how sports work, right?
Players and coaches move around all the time.
We’ll that’s not how cricket media (and in some cases sports media) work. In that the idea that you work for one organisation and you will never work for their rival.
And I’m not talking jobs, I’m talking about freelance work.
Jun 21, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Have woken to find out that Jasprit Bumrah is terrible because he didn’t take wickets yesterday. Kyle Jamieson’s average of 14 isn’t amazing because he’s not yet played in Asia. And Rishabh Pant is a choker because he was dismissed when India needed him.
Real shame we haven’t had Twitter through history to collect all the worst cricket takes.
Bradman first game: All that hype and he’s just a country bumpkin.
Grace’s later Tests: the fat fuck can’t run singles anymore. Drop him.
Sydney Barnes: Only plays for money.
Sep 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
You can't handle the ball - my review of Aaron Sorkin cricket references in his TV shows
Enjoy our latest video essay.
Big thanks to @iqbaltheba for letting me know that he once shook Aaron Sorkin's hand.
🎙Latest Red Inker is only me chatting MS Dhoni with Sid Monga 🎙
We talk pragmatism, journalism, and all the good stuff
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The great thing about this podcast, other than the fact it's Sid bloody Monga talking about MS Dhoni, is that it's Sid bloody Monga talking. Somehow he has convinced himself over the year that he isn't a good talker on the game, and that's nonsense, as I think this pod proves.
Sep 21, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
On blood doping, skill based games and the system that allows it all
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There are so many angles I find interesting to doping in sport. Like how WADA came to exist in the first place. Like some weird interpol for drugs.
Sep 13, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Can we just fast forward to the bit where Mitch Marsh gets 65* off 97 balls?
Finch doing a bloody good Mitch Marsh impression here.
Sep 1, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Today I came across a cricketer called Ken Higgs. He was an English seamer in the 60s, and while I'd see his name before, I knew nothing of him.
In 15 Tests he averaged 20, and then just never played again.
In first class cricket, he took 1536 wickets at 23.
That's handy, but there is one completely awesome thing about Higgs, even though he was a seamer, his first class career lasted 38 years.
Starting in 58, finishing in 86.
Aug 24, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Michael Gough sees elbow where we don't see elbow. He can see thru bats, sense the stumps, and understands on a spiritual level where the ball has pitched. Umpiring is not a job to him, but a calling.
"He was a cricketer, and good at his job. But he committed the ultimate sin and became an umpire. As a cricketing outcast, he prowls the badlands of square leg, an outlaw hunting outlaws, a bounty hunter - an umpire!"
Aug 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Every ball that Jamaica doesn't hit for six is a failure.
Disgusting behaviour by Jamaica here. Thinking of revoking my stan.
Aug 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
So for those out there who enjoy emailers, I thought I'd plug a few here as suddenly cricket has a few
