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Commentate/write cricket e.g. @1116sen @WisdenCricket @guardian @SkyCricket . Final Word pod ⬇️ & @TGSTW_Presents . Want a bat? @WoodstockCricCo . IG collo_1984

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Adam Collins
5 years
If looking for another fix from Sunday, my call of the still scarcely believable 100th/102nd over scenes on @1116sen radio. #CWC19
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Usman and Rizwan walking up the race together speaking Urdu. #PAKvAUS
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Because of this brilliant cricketer, Babar Azam, all four results are still going to be on the table when we return tomorrow. #PAKvAUS
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7 years
Superb response from Indian skipper Mithali Raj. Asked by a reporter who her favourite male player is: "Would you ask a man that?" 👊🏻 #WWC17
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✈️ Islamabad #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Press box tribute from our Pakistani hosts. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
And there it is! 50 years after winning at The Oval, their first victory in this country, India have done it again. A stirring come from behind triumph. #ENGvIND
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3 years
A strong early contender for the Wisden/MCC best cricket photo of 2021.
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3 years
Credit me for the pic please, champion.
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Sachin Tendulkar
3 years
What a comeback! 🇮🇳👏🏻 The boys just kept bouncing back after every setback. What a way to stamp authority on the last day when England were 77/0. Way to go guys! Let’s make it 3-1. 😀 #ENGvIND
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2 years
Shaheen v Warner. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Friday prayers behind the grandstand. #PAKvAUS
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2 months
Matthew the young bloke from Utah: “America, fuck yeah.” #T20WorldCup
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2 months
Signal dropped out for the final ball at the live site! My new mate Michael revealing the news to the 100-odd fans that were off to a super over. Drama. #T20WorldCup
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2 years
This fella has the best seat in the house. #PAKvAUS
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Brilliant support for both teams from the local fans here. #PAKvAUS
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10 months
Sorting the schedule and selling the tickets five minutes before the comp has worked out well. #CWC2023
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2 years
Babar Azam averages 110 at Pindi in Test cricket. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Welcome to the National Stadium. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
What a day the Pakistan fans are having, and not done yet. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Leaving Pakistan completely knackered but enormously grateful for everything that was made possible for us over the last four weeks - thank you so much. Can’t wait to return and, between times, to tell anyone who will listen that they should get here as soon as they can. #PAKvAUS
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Shubman Gill’s first Test ton at home - beautiful innings. Kohli loved it. #INDvAUS
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3 years
Shafali Verma, a very popular winner of the Player of the Match award. What a gem. #ENGvIND
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6 years
Dhoni, a modest wave of his hand rather than the bat. Job done. #AUSvIND
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2 years
First look. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
Pujara the stylist. #ENGvIND
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3 years
Consecutive deliveries on a flat track: nose and toes. One of the great spells of day five fast bowling. #ENGvIND
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2 years
Didn’t expect to see a Test at this grand ground so soon, let alone one that absorbing. What a treat. Will return for more asap. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
A lot of tired boys out there at drinks, including Aleem Dar. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
One day out, here’s the pitch. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
I’ve seen a lot in both cricket and politics but nothing quite like the last 20 minutes, and more to come. #INDvAUS
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2 years
Travis Head bowling over 17 after Australia picked one spinner and Pakistan went with three. Draw your own conclusions. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
Hat-trick ball: no run. #Ashes
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6 years
Most batsmen shadow bat a forceful drive or two when they are walking out. Not Che Pujara. #AUSvIND
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2 years
Thanks @ZAbbasOfficial , my old pal from the freelance journalism hustle, for taking us out for a beautiful Sunday lunch in her home town.
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2 years
The big reveal. Plenty of interest. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
The final ball, Jimmy says no. #Ashes
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2 years
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1 year
Just married! ❤️
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The kid does it again! Naseem, with just enough reverse with the old ball, nicks Head off for 26. Australia in a bit of bother. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
Ashwin: what a thinker, what a bowler. A true champion of the game. #INDvENG
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2 years
Karachi: The Cricket City. #PAKvAUS
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Nathan Lyon, brilliant in defeat. #AUSvIND
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2 years
Smith on 78, batting in his baggy green. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Taking in a little bit of Lahore before we pad up to go again for the Third Test. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Marnus is smiling again. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Good morning. Day two from up on the roof. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
Shardul Thakur, bloody star. #SAvIND
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2 years
Great spirit between these teams. Warner roped Shaheen in to give him a hand so they could sneak a peak at the pitch after the players filed out of the rooms together. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
Expectations set. #INDvAUS #BWT2023
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2 years
The Karachi pitch, one day out. #PAKvAUS
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He’s back! Fawad Ahmed, out of Covid isolation and here with the Australian squad as the spin coach. Great man. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
If you’ve got a job to do, call Pat Cummins. #PAKvAUS
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Pat Cummins confirms Mitch Swepson will make his debut at Karachi with Josh Hazlewood missing out. The first specialist leggie to play a Test for Australia since 2009. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Cameron Green - he sure is tall. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
Staggering to think Rishabh Pant wasn't in India's XI for the First Test of the Australian series. #INDvENG
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2 months
This is not, under any circumstances, a hat-trick.
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HAT-TRICK FOR RASHID. He took wickets in his last two balls in the previous game against Uganda and then took a wicket of his first ball today against New Zealand ! Well done skipper @rashidkhan_19
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2 years
That’s very well earned - Mitch Swepson has baggy green 464 on his head, presented by his state captain Usman Khawaja. #PAKvAUS
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2 years
Let’s forget about the pitch for a moment - what a great place to start our Pakistan tour. Thanks to everyone at the ground - we’ve been looked after so well; many friends made. Can’t wait to get back to Pindi for more Test cricket in the future. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
Two old mates. They’ve both been involved in plenty at this great old ground. #WTCFinal
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4 years
On @stevesmith49 . Anyone who has watched him closely and regularly knows that he does that guard scratching/shadow batting bit every day in the field. Nothing in it. I get there are a lot of angry people after the week at Sydney, but this bit is hivemind internet misinformation.
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2 years
Hasan Ali enjoying himself, marching onto the field with the Pakistan flag. He’s almost certain to return to the XI after taking 41 wickets at 16 in 2021. #PAKvAUS
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3 years
Nathan Lyon now has spent 1200 deliveries in the 390s. #Ashes
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2 years
Still raining but the covers are coming off. Needless to say, everything will be done to get this game back on asap. #T20WorldCup
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3 years
After Newlands, I never thought we’d see this again. #Ashes
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2 years
Few things I want to stress with this news circulating: 1. It was an awful crash but I'm home and safe and fine 2. The driver isn't going so well but he's stable after lengthy surgery 3. If I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, well, best not to think about it
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3 years
In this series, Malan has walked out with England's score on 0, 23, 7, 4 & 4. #Ashes
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3 years
The Ashwin-Axar Axis: 59 wickets @ 12.8. #INDvENG
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4 years
Our joyous daughter, Winifred (Winnie) Mae Collins, arrived at 4:51am on Friday, weighing in at 7lbs3oz - with a full head of hair. After a couple of days in the sickbay, she is home. We love her so completely. Her mum is a warrior (30 hours labour), a natural and an inspiration.
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1 year
The ICC have really stepped up their approach to ball tampering since Cape Town.
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The Guardian
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ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes
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Jonny Bairstow with one the best Test tons of the century so far. Very special. #ENGvNZ
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The Australian team having their first look at the pitch two days out, baking in the hot midday sun. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
A huge few minutes in Travis Head’s career. Absorbed over half an hour of relentless pressure then smacks a couple of boundaries and a huge six. Great fella, very happy for him. #INDvAUS
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1 year
All Test cricket in England should begin at 10:30am.
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4 years
Deano was so important. To our generation, he defined the way we loved the game - so exciting dancing down the track, so energetic racing between the wickets. Later in his career, we felt the injustice of his omissions like it was a personal affront. Always the One Day King. RIP.
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2 years
Perfect morning for it. #PAKvAUS
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1 year
Rahul Dravid in the middle with the curator at lunch - doesn’t look best pleased. #INDvAUS
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3 years
India made 112 in the first 25 overs and exactly double that, 224, in the second. Talk about playing to a plan. #INDvENG
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3 years
For every two fours Umesh has hit in Test cricket, he’s smashed a six. And here’s another. #ENGvIND
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1 year
Today has been sold out for ages so not quite sure what’s going on over in the pavilion #WTCFinal
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4 years
A true team effort. What a victory. #AUSvIND
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6 years
MS Dhoni, successful chase no. 73. #AUSvIND
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5 years
One of THOSE sunsets at The Oval. 😍 #Ashes
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1 year
Todd Murphy’s first #Ashes delivery - suspect he’ll bowl thousands.
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2 years
Thanks to our kind hosts for decking us out in chitrali caps and chadar on a cooler day in Rawalpindi - such a privilege to be here. #PAKvAUS
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Jumpers on in Rawalpindi, but Naseem Shah is fired up! Strikes Labuschagne on the elbow and lets him know... Khawaja 83*, Labuschagne 8*, Australia 1/167. #PAKvAUS
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The definition of a 50 worth 100. #INDvAUS
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Chai & Maggi - breakfast of champions. #INDvAUS
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In what will probably be his final Test Match in India (as he has said himself), Steve Smith is batting in the baggy green and doing it well. #INDvAUS
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3 years
Love and respect Murali - how can you not? But Ashwin is the best finger spinner I’ve seen. On every level, what a master. #INDvENG
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Mitch Marsh, a great #Ashes ton.
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1 year
Been a good couple of days online for examples of poor batting.
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"It's very very smart from Jonny Bairstow" "Brilliant work by Jonny Bairstow, a wicket out of absolutely nothing there" "a lot of credit to Jonny Bairstow for realizing the moment" #TheAshes
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Ajinkya Rahane’s Joe Root-style steer over the last couple of days has been a thing of subtle beauty. #WTCFinal
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1 year
Night before Holi
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Attendance at the 2015 WC Final was 93,013
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Daniel Cherny
9 months
92,453 the official crowd at the sold-out 132,000 capacity Narendra Modi Stadium. Figure that one out.
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2 years
Live the game love the game
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Final day on tour - here’s @plalor & @tomdecent , our pack’s competitive newspaper reporters. #PAKvAUS
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First look: it’s big. #INDvAUS
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1 year
Best to ignore anyone advancing the conspiracy theory that they’ve moved the Third Test for strategic reasons. India have lost two Tests at home in ten years, winning 43. It doesn’t matter where they host when Ashwin/Jadeja are fit and firing. #INDvAUS
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Brook on to replace Broad to bowl 65mph off the wrong foot. We are all being punk’d deluxe by Stokes. #Ashes
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