December 2019 – Rick Eyre on Cricket

December 31, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 31 Dec 19

RT @JamieHarrison__: For those of us who have been toiling for years at the grassroots this represents an important first step forward.
I… 01:03:26, 2019-12-31
How significant his time at Glamorgan has been for Marnus Labuschagne. He played 31 first-class matches in 2019 (in… https://t.co/gi5CgT71PR 07:15:28, 2019-12-31
RT @AzharAli_: Congratulations @AizazCheema for a wonderful first class career👏👏👏fabulous person always loved in dressing room… you will… 07:18:32, 2019-12-31
RT @JofraArcher: Beginning of the decade vs end of the decade 🏏 https://t.co/7QDxeVANW7 07:29:42, 2019-12-31
Starc and Cornwall the two bowlers on that list who did not play county championship in 2019. An extraordinary year… https://t.co/40PHv7SaM5 07:33:37, 2019-12-31
for reasons I have long since forgotten I was in Sydney's Northern Beaches – the food court at Warringah Mall I bel… https://t.co/v8MppBmb8y 07:50:18, 2019-12-31
some expanded reaction to Siddle's hat-trick having ascertained some facts and channelling my inner Victor Richards… https://t.co/jQ1c76467Z in reply to rickeyrecricket 07:55:53, 2019-12-31
The headline – not the article itself – won a Walkley Award for the SMH's Paul Cully in 2009 along with two other o… https://t.co/DCPdkcaNLX 07:59:55, 2019-12-31
RT @ACTCricketStats: Most First-Class Catches in 2019:
37 @marnus3cricket
33 T Kohler-Cadmore
30 @cbancroft4
27 A Lyth, @root66
26 @stevesm… 08:04:41, 2019-12-31
RT @ACTCricketStats: Most First-Class Dismissals in 2019:
96 @tdpaine36
55 BC Brown
54 OG Robinson
51 SM Davies
49 KS Bharat, BT Foakes
48… 08:05:09, 2019-12-31
This is why you should never keep archives of your social media posts https://t.co/ErT9bhsvuP 08:08:55, 2019-12-31
RT @StrikersBBL: UPDATE: 4️⃣0️⃣ single seats still available and then restricted view only for tonight’s NYE blockbuster #BBL09 #BlueEnergy 10:14:23, 2019-12-31
"the fifth day is costing the game a lot of money"
I have no doubt about that but a better approach is to explore… https://t.co/f1lgiYMsu4 10:24:18, 2019-12-31
@legsidelizzy More opportunity for Test players to be available for The Hundred in reply to legsidelizzy 10:25:49, 2019-12-31
Hmm @cricketarchive was down for a while yesterday and now its stats are current only to mid October 10:35:12, 2019-12-31
@cricketarchive Thanks in reply to cricketarchive 10:54:05, 2019-12-31
This is a point that should not be forgotten https://t.co/Zz0gKNst6m 10:58:10, 2019-12-31
@L_EToffee @TrentWoodhill @legsidelizzy These things are all good if you have T20/100 as your central focus and con… https://t.co/c0K6VS8lIP in reply to L_EToffee 11:04:13, 2019-12-31
Except that player workload is not one of the primary motives behind this. https://t.co/ZbBqmjn4qo 11:06:39, 2019-12-31
There are two main motives behind reducing the size of Test matches:
1. To minimise the financial risk that comes w… https://t.co/69c2d3uUkr 11:11:07, 2019-12-31
@acxjones None of this will create any measurable improvement for fans. We can check back on New Years Eve at the e… https://t.co/kGsMxkLdI7 in reply to acxjones 11:12:55, 2019-12-31
@JackNoone6 intended to increase the number of overs per day, 98 probably. Not that we get 90 per day all the time now in reply to JackNoone6 11:16:58, 2019-12-31
@JackNoone6 Reserve day brings us back to allotting the fifth day just in case. It simply won't happen under any of… https://t.co/HxPuntNiPQ in reply to JackNoone6 11:26:27, 2019-12-31
RT @CricketNSW: The Toyota Australian Country Cricket Championships start in Toowoomba on Friday.
Men’s Draw: https://t.co/1yvl2l0h93
Wom… 12:11:05, 2019-12-31
It's been a hectic year for the SCG thanks in no small part to that hole in the ground next door https://t.co/Tq4Xj9U29B 12:16:11, 2019-12-31
The top two are clear cut, the rest could fall in any order though I'd look for room for Cadel Evans https://t.co/DLxPM1uyuE 12:28:11, 2019-12-31
RT @sdineshm: Match 5
Northern Queens vs Southern Jaguars

For Live Streaming, pls click the below link
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For Live… 12:29:10, 2019-12-31
@tommorris32 @35magic42 Cronulla and Essendon are really chapters of the same story in reply to tommorris32 12:30:24, 2019-12-31
RT @CricketNSW: Congratulations also to Caleb Ziebell and Scott Burkinshaw who have been selected for an Australian Country XI to take on a… 12:32:43, 2019-12-31
RT @PeterDellaPenna: More than 100 men's players represented USA during the 2010s, but only 11 could make it onto the USA Team of the decad… 12:48:28, 2019-12-31
@tommorris32 @TheTomBasso Melbourne tanking was 2009? in reply to tommorris32 12:49:37, 2019-12-31
@acxjones Except that reversion in the event of failure never happens. I'm not opposed flatly to 4 day Tests but I… https://t.co/RtplhlvLjo in reply to acxjones 13:25:22, 2019-12-31
@acxjones yes and they are smaller alterations than major structural changes to the Test match playing environment in reply to acxjones 13:29:11, 2019-12-31
@Crickhit1 @legsidelizzy I wonder. How many days do you gain from cutting a three-Test series down from five days each to four? Three. in reply to Crickhit1 13:59:28, 2019-12-31
RT @FoxSportsLab: Most Runs & Wickets in 2010s Decade:
Women's Tests
Most Runs: Ellyse Perry 🇦🇺 573
Most Wkts: Ellyse Perry 🇦🇺 26

Women's… 17:01:33, 2019-12-31
RT @belindaclark134: A big thank you to all the hard working people within clubs and local associations across Australia – and to the paren… 17:02:00, 2019-12-31
Congratulations to Jess Duffin and husband Chris. Jess is expecting a baby daughter in July. She'll miss the T20 Wo… https://t.co/F8klhQYCqS 17:08:44, 2019-12-31
@Crickhit1 @legsidelizzy @ICC if they play 10-15 Tests per year that's 10-15 days less of Test cricket per year. Ba… https://t.co/XsGFV6PiPP in reply to Crickhit1 17:25:52, 2019-12-31
Wait until Russia wins the 2023 ICC World Cup https://t.co/SvFTQK7JGT 17:41:07, 2019-12-31
RT @CricketNDTV: Sanjay Manjrekar said that 2019 has been the worst year for him as an analyst and as a commentator
#SanjayManjrekar
#Hars… 17:55:40, 2019-12-31
RT @ovshake42: Yes, tomorrow. https://t.co/5zQE6TwfmH 17:56:08, 2019-12-31
@ICC Someone we haven't heard of yet in reply to ICC 18:01:57, 2019-12-31
RT @BCCI: READ: India U19 suffer a loss in the third one-day against South Africa U19 but clinch the three-match series 2-1. 🏆
Report 📰 he… 18:03:09, 2019-12-31
RT @cricket_archive: From the Archives: New Year's Eve cricket in Adelaide back in 1993. This report from @10NewsFirstSyd on day 1 of cruci… 18:05:54, 2019-12-31
@JahaaziDarinda @ICC Heard of him in reply to JahaaziDarinda 18:08:44, 2019-12-31
@JahaaziDarinda @ICC He has a big future for sure in reply to JahaaziDarinda 18:22:24, 2019-12-31
RT @7Cricket: .@thunderbbl have won the bat flip and will bat first at Adelaide Oval. #BBL09 https://t.co/c1Y679vZuX 18:38:02, 2019-12-31
McAndrew replaces Tremain in the Thunder 11 https://t.co/X53yhvMoyZ 18:40:29, 2019-12-31
RT @7Cricket: Last time we were at Adelaide Oval the pitch was very green, that's not the case tonight.
Here's the full pitch report.

#BB… 18:41:36, 2019-12-31
@JahaaziDarinda @ICC Mitchell Swepson 😀 in reply to JahaaziDarinda 19:30:00, 2019-12-31
RT @BBL: Billy strikes! Hales has to go for 4.
A subtle Zing from big Billy there with just the one bail removed #BBL09 https://t.co/UcJwh… 19:30:22, 2019-12-31
If Uzzie can do it, why not? https://t.co/C7vp8ekHpB 19:31:05, 2019-12-31
@Ali66502019 @JahaaziDarinda @ICC no, what should I know about him? in reply to Ali66502019 19:33:20, 2019-12-31
@Ali66502019 @JahaaziDarinda @ICC I will. in reply to Ali66502019 20:02:17, 2019-12-31
RT @TheRealPCB: Proud moment for all-rounder @CoolNidadar who on Tuesday received her ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year 2019 cap.
#BackOur… 20:06:10, 2019-12-31
#ScrapTheCap https://t.co/IqqObAyeOm 20:07:37, 2019-12-31
RT @BBL: P SIDDY STOP IT!
That's the cheekiest of cheeky run outs from the Strikers veteran! Khawaja out for 63 #BBL09 https://t.co/28SuiD… 20:15:41, 2019-12-31
Thunder 5/168, one run less than Saturday night, I'd prefer a more decisive result tonight thank you. Yet again Cal… https://t.co/BuGmKZRWMM 20:39:11, 2019-12-31
RT @MalaysiaCricket: Samantha Arnold just missed out on the first hundred of the inaugural Malaysian Super Women League as the Eastern Lion… 20:43:26, 2019-12-31
@acxjones No problem with Sunday finishes if you start the Test on Wednesday. Not sure there is any guaranteed corr… https://t.co/dlEg736tnQ in reply to acxjones 20:59:16, 2019-12-31
RT @FoxCricket: Golden cap and golden hands, Salt goes for a duck.
📺 Stream #BBL09 ad-break free on Kayo: https://t.co/CfILOrTeyB

Live bl… 21:00:54, 2019-12-31
Daniel Sams catches Matt Short (by centimetres). #BBL09 21:04:49, 2019-12-31
Chris Green, Jono Cook, Daniel Sams: case studies in players who would never have had the opportunity with three or… https://t.co/cbE5yId9qr 21:08:36, 2019-12-31
RT @jackrussellart: @addisarmy Ridiculous. The answer is simple don't play so many matches! Its not rocket science Its the death of proper… 21:11:27, 2019-12-31
I'll drop my Test team of the 2010s at the conclusion of the Strikers-Thunder game. I am fairly sure no one else ha… https://t.co/cMGKKnEaBx 21:14:34, 2019-12-31
RT @surreycricket: 🎂 Happy Birthday to Peter May, who would have turned 90 today.
We're sure 'The Peter May Boys' will celebrate fittingl… 21:18:58, 2019-12-31
I live eight kilometres from the city and the 9pm fireworks sound like a re-enactment of Pearl Harbour 21:21:13, 2019-12-31
@surreycricket Where is the Peter May Trophy these days and when can we expect the return game? I've been waiting p… https://t.co/Jbiobn1WjG in reply to surreycricket 21:30:05, 2019-12-31
calm down Jake 21:40:48, 2019-12-31
Interesting that neither team has taken their Tactical Time Out tonight until they are forced to. #BBL09 21:48:41, 2019-12-31
The video umpiring system is only as good as the humans who misinterpret it https://t.co/NENUscXXPl 21:50:36, 2019-12-31
RT @BBL: That looked like an incredible shot from Jon Wells… And then Alex Ross appeared! #BBL09 https://t.co/Fr4bMT8f1j 21:52:57, 2019-12-31
Happy new year Jake in reply to rickeyrecricket 21:57:47, 2019-12-31
I feel as if the plural of Cameron should be Camera 21:58:59, 2019-12-31
RT @WisdenCricket: 🏏 Wisden's T20I team of the decade 🏏
1. @AaronFinch5
2. @manuz05
3. @imVkohli
4. @ShaneRWatson33
5. @Gmaxi_32
6. @… 22:00:46, 2019-12-31
That's one of the two Camera gone in reply to rickeyrecricket 22:07:22, 2019-12-31
And that's both Camera gone in reply to rickeyrecricket 22:09:32, 2019-12-31
41414 at Adelaide Oval tonight 22:17:13, 2019-12-31
RT @cricketcomau: The great man Rashid Khan hitting a six on his backside 😂 #BBL09 https://t.co/YAEoWlc2vq 22:18:29, 2019-12-31
suddenly it's 14 to win in the last over for the Strikers. Chris Morris to bowl to Peter Siddle. #BBL09 22:26:54, 2019-12-31
This is crazy batting from Rashid Khan. 22:28:58, 2019-12-31
whew. A big win for the Thunder (in significance not size) defeating the Strikers in the Adelaide NYE clash by 3 ru… https://t.co/FFiDMWZlaD 22:34:16, 2019-12-31
7 points from 5 games in fact for both teams. Thunder's first game at the Showground on Thursday afternoon against… https://t.co/mXHjfdRrVO 22:37:46, 2019-12-31
@DanielJeffery14 if only he'd held onto his bat… in reply to DanielJeffery14 22:38:16, 2019-12-31
@randomtrude he should be taken more seriously as a batsman in reply to randomtrude 22:38:47, 2019-12-31
I still say it's sacrilege to expect a player to give up his team cap https://t.co/yOKKHdBBZ4 22:39:56, 2019-12-31
For my Test team of the 2010s I've gone for a two-pronged spin attack and a wicketkeeper chosen firstly for his wic… https://t.co/wpx224WeG2 22:43:17, 2019-12-31
Test team of the 2010s:
1 Alastair Cook vc
2 David Warner
3 Steve Smith
4 Virat Kohli capt
5 AB de Villiers
6 Ben… https://t.co/4raOYVF0Ki in reply to rickeyrecricket 22:44:00, 2019-12-31
No room for my personal favourite player of the decade, Kumar Sangakkara. I was close to putting Hashim Amla in at… https://t.co/Z3NdMeKSyV in reply to rickeyrecricket 22:46:06, 2019-12-31
@Hop3y it would have been him or Steyn in reply to Hop3y 23:09:31, 2019-12-31
I think Rashid Khan played a few of those shots tonight https://t.co/oNUZhdhF75 23:13:26, 2019-12-31
RT @belindaclark134: Guinness world record? They obviously didn’t see the Aust Women’s Team doing the lap of a ground in Vapi, India in th… 23:18:46, 2019-12-31
RT @ThunderBBL: Next stop 👉 Sydney Showground Stadium
Grab your tix and we'll see you on Thursday afternoon, #ThunderNation 💚

🎟 Adults $2… 23:18:59, 2019-12-31
For the ECB it's not about the quality of play or caring for the players, the agenda for four-day Tests is exactly… https://t.co/6jbWznqXWO 23:24:15, 2019-12-31
It is totally disingenuous for anyone at the ECB to say this will "ease" busy schedules. It will not. What it will… https://t.co/gp1MhqNSte in reply to rickeyrecricket 23:26:52, 2019-12-31
Four-day Test cricket *can* work if some intelligent tweaking is made. But I have no faith that the right changes w… https://t.co/QSIAbeSCCE in reply to rickeyrecricket 23:30:25, 2019-12-31
One thing that must, in my opinion, be looked at: Why do Test matches end in three days or even two, and how can we… https://t.co/pxn9LiYBpM in reply to rickeyrecricket 23:32:17, 2019-12-31
@wheresistherain Play scheduled for six and a half hours instead of six and add the extra half hour onto that in reply to wheresistherain 23:38:02, 2019-12-31
Sport: Vanuatu women invited to play in Malaysian cricket tournament https://t.co/56XZlFFsb2 23:47:42, 2019-12-31
RT @YahoooverCC: Today's Cricket Agonistes:
Cricket: Test matches need to be reduced to 4 days because that will reduce player workloads.… 23:50:00, 2019-12-31
RT @davidwarner31: Happy New Years everyone from these two clowns. This is their favourite pic of 2019 apparently 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Ac7xp5lf… 23:53:15, 2019-12-31
I've put together a Women's Test Team of the 2010s. It's drawn from a small sample but I believe Test cricket for w… https://t.co/NFFG35drI4 23:55:50, 2019-12-31
Just eight Tests were played by women in the 2010s. England appeared in seven, Australia six, India two, South Afri… https://t.co/PI7VeAdfxP in reply to rickeyrecricket 23:57:49, 2019-12-31
My women's Test team of the 2010s:
1 Heather Knight
2 Thirush Kamini
3 Charlotte Edwards capt
4 Mignon du Preez… https://t.co/YJg8HCnldo in reply to rickeyrecricket 23:58:34, 2019-12-31

December 30, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 30 Dec 19

RT @MazherArshad: Fitting that Kagiso Rabada has closed Test calendar by bowling out Stuart Broad on the last ball of the year. 2019 is the… 00:05:03, 2019-12-30
The 39th and last Test match of 2019 is finished. Australia and England each played in 12. India the only team with… https://t.co/mEscqgsVrQ 00:10:36, 2019-12-30
Leading Test run-scorer for 2019: Marnus Labuschagne. Rory Burns was 4th on the leaderboard (824) without hitting a… https://t.co/LIP363LcOx in reply to rickeyrecricket 00:16:39, 2019-12-30
Leading Test wicket-taker for 2019: Pat Cummins who, unusually for an Australian quick, played every game. WI's Ros… https://t.co/3Cg5NV7M6W in reply to rickeyrecricket 00:26:53, 2019-12-30
and this year's Test umpires. Richard Illingworth stood in eight Tests. The number of decisions over-ruled by DRS i… https://t.co/ZMKldEIrbq in reply to rickeyrecricket 00:31:20, 2019-12-30
RT @shayne_hope: MCG cuts grass to 25mm for footy and 9.9mm for cricket. This is how Marvel Stadium was up close tonight. #BBL09 https://t.… 00:32:53, 2019-12-30
RT @GautamGambhir: DDCA GOES “ALL OUT”…AND DDCA IS ALL OUT FOR A SHAMEFUL DUCK. Look, how handful of crooks are making mockery of an inst… 00:58:14, 2019-12-30
@Bakrolwala @mohsinstats @Saj_PakPassion not for England he didn't in reply to Bakrolwala 07:08:29, 2019-12-30
as I was saying… https://t.co/Vgvb0UiBId 07:32:11, 2019-12-30
@KantianDilemma very much so in reply to KantianDilemma 07:42:08, 2019-12-30
The SCG was a bit of a highway for this game but Will Somerville bowled almost sixty overs to take 8/136 against Qu… https://t.co/fIqIrA3eCO 07:57:06, 2019-12-30
RT @davidwarner31: Congratulations big man @petersiddle403 on an outstanding career. Always the life of the change room and an absolute rip… 07:59:37, 2019-12-30
RT @AWSStats: Tom Blundell is the 75th player to open the batting in a Test match having never opened before in first-class cricket and he… 08:04:21, 2019-12-30
RT @BishanBedi: Black Day for DDCA as violence mars AGM – Sportstar (I’d say Black Day fr BCCI as one of its affiliates is found indulging… 11:41:39, 2019-12-30
RT @SUCC1864: The big Emu! Congratulations to former @SUCC1864 stalwart @wersomerville on his call up for the Sydney Test for the @BLACKCAP… 11:46:00, 2019-12-30
RT @StrikersBBL: Squad is IN 📩 for our New Year's Eve blockbuster #BlueEnergy #BBL09 12:57:32, 2019-12-30
RT @Brad_Hogg: Australia v New Zealand shows a gap in one department. Extra pace of bowlers. Cummins, Starc, Pattinson, Hazlewood and co ar… 16:38:25, 2019-12-30
@wheresistherain I can see 32 in the WTC schedule for 2020, including some unconfirmed, and add to that any involvi… https://t.co/APpjrd2RSO in reply to wheresistherain 16:47:23, 2019-12-30
RT @danbrettig: This is lovely. Archival piece from Phil Wilkins on Shane Warne's 7-52 against the West Indies at the MCG in 1992, his firs… 16:48:11, 2019-12-30
Amanda-Jade Wellington 42*(21) and 3/23, Suzie Bates 82*, Hannah Darlington 2/25 in Otago's 66 run win over Canterb… https://t.co/bZOKXMa8dg 17:01:59, 2019-12-30
RT @ThunderBBL: ICYMI @SydneyAirport donated $25,000 to @RedCrossAU's bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts on Saturday night 💚🙏 #T… 17:24:02, 2019-12-30
RT @ThunderBBL: Squad is IN for tomorrow night's New Year's Eve blockbuster at Adelaide Oval 🎆 #ThunderNation https://t.co/to5CuyNVNZ 17:24:16, 2019-12-30
RT @BOM_Tas: Storms from the west should hold off reaching #Launceston until around 10pm tonight when the cool change arrives. Will see som… 17:40:20, 2019-12-30
The definitive answer (as already noted in the ABC Pronunciation Style Guide). Why we are still talking about this… https://t.co/R7R8Qo4Z5K 17:51:30, 2019-12-30
The media have been really really poor over this, hence the ongoing confusion, but they are no better at the woeful… https://t.co/d3GJI4vQ3F in reply to rickeyrecricket 17:53:55, 2019-12-30
I'd want the Test wicketkeeper of the 2010s to be someone who had kept wicket in Tests in the 2010s https://t.co/lwr8Ltkd93 18:06:02, 2019-12-30
Still finalising my Test team of the 2010s, nine players chosen but still trying to settle on no.3 batsman and wick… https://t.co/kQBEqRPnpj 18:30:03, 2019-12-30
@SMikic13 Gilly retired in 2008 in reply to SMikic13 19:25:09, 2019-12-30
@122no Nope in reply to 122no 19:25:23, 2019-12-30
@deems136 Not de Kock. Sarfaraz an outside contender in reply to deems136 19:26:01, 2019-12-30
Expect that ratio to rise when compulsory four-day Tests is imposed https://t.co/UB6RmAFza6 19:28:10, 2019-12-30
RT @bbctms: England Lurgy Update:
Dominic Sibley is the latest player to have sickness symptoms.

Chris Woakes and Jack Leach are improvin… 19:28:27, 2019-12-30
RT @petersiddle403: 1/2. The end of an era and time to hang up my hat.
An honour and a privilege to don Baggy Green No.403 for Australia… 19:29:15, 2019-12-30
RT @petersiddle403: 2/2. Thank you to my teammates, Cricket Australia, the fans, opposing teams and everyone else who’s played a role in ma… 19:29:19, 2019-12-30
RT @summeryael: Maybe the ICC should focus on all test playing nations actually…playing tests? https://t.co/1x7L3J2S9i 19:30:52, 2019-12-30
RT @BBL: Players and umpires leaving the field at UTAS Stadium with storms ominous. We'll keep you updated #BBL09 https://t.co/shYBZF3pjl 19:39:21, 2019-12-30
RT @BBL: Uh oh
#BBL09 https://t.co/7zTBh8BUty 19:39:34, 2019-12-30
RT @BBL: Play will resume at 7:55pm. At this stage we'll see 18 overs per side
Maxi's pumped about it! #BBL09 https://t.co/eDn6QE9XTv 19:52:06, 2019-12-30
RT @OfficialCSA: Follow the action LIVE! #SAvIND #YouthODI #FutureStars
STREAM ➡️ https://t.co/W6GeuhIjFn 🏏🇿🇦 19:52:24, 2019-12-30
RT @danielchapman86: I'm sure the irony isn't lost on the ECB that they've now picked two spinners from the side that they've just deducted… 20:11:13, 2019-12-30
It's an #E11 at Launceston https://t.co/zs5VYvZrQX 21:07:11, 2019-12-30
Peters will be the Official Ice Cream of the 2020 T20 World Cups https://t.co/SZLcMdmetN 21:08:07, 2019-12-30
RT @OfficialCSA: RUN OUT! Superb fielding in the inner ring by Moletsane, who runs Varma out for 25.
IND: 118/5 after 30.4 overs.

STREA… 21:11:12, 2019-12-30
Rotten luck for Sean Abbott who was one of the Sixers best players against the Thunder on Saturday night but is now… https://t.co/Yxd1aJXbvZ 21:14:48, 2019-12-30
Peters Ice Cream has a long history of association with Australian cricket. This endorsement campaign from 1938:… https://t.co/UqxyiuDSbx in reply to rickeyrecricket 21:27:25, 2019-12-30
@ICC MIchael Bevan in reply to ICC 21:32:41, 2019-12-30
that's a fully sick lineup! https://t.co/AqFdow6BVa 21:41:58, 2019-12-30
RT @cricketcomau: When celebrations go bad #BBL09 https://t.co/NcTp5FjwtG 21:46:25, 2019-12-30
RT @IamIsrarHashmi: RECORD ALERT: @BilalAsif2411's 8/112 are BEST BOWLING FIGURES by a Spinner in an Innings in all Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Fin… 22:38:25, 2019-12-30
Commentators shouldn't be conveying information to players on the field in any circumstances https://t.co/shnBVruJ05 22:41:43, 2019-12-30
RT @JhulanG10: Have fond memories of this tournament as a ball-girl. It changed my perception toward women's cricket & inspired me in takin… 22:43:58, 2019-12-30
It appears that the threat of an Indian boycott of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games has abated https://t.co/y04gzGMkYL 23:25:17, 2019-12-30
@randomtrude not at the same time but they have been since the South African tour began in reply to randomtrude 23:26:49, 2019-12-30
RT @AzharAli_: Happy camp @central_punjab fantastic achievement winning #QeA19 all credit to players and support staff… there was some ex… 23:42:15, 2019-12-30
RT @PunjabCentral: We are the CHAMPIONS of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019/20 🏆
#CPvNOR #QeA19 #CentralPunjab #Champions https://t.co/QF2zMyLiw1 23:54:21, 2019-12-30

December 29, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 29 Dec 19

@Harjinder01313 yes in reply to Harjinder01313 00:01:56, 2019-12-29
@gulu1959 Duck in the main game and duck in the superover. There's been a few cases in T20 around the world in reply to gulu1959 00:31:04, 2019-12-29
@gulu1959 not officially. I'd imagine Cricviz and the like would compile superover stats but they don't go on the official record in reply to gulu1959 00:36:35, 2019-12-29
RT @karankc33: A beautiful end to 2019!
Thank you team of Chitwan Rhinos, sponsors, organizers & managers of PPL for the opportunity.
Thank… 00:48:11, 2019-12-29
RT @JohnCleese: I look forward to much Philandering next summer https://t.co/zv3QAXahZd 07:33:47, 2019-12-29
BCB anti-corruption unit completes investigation into Krishmar Santokie no-ball https://t.co/IpFbhkFeKy 07:50:04, 2019-12-29
RT @yarratrams: Day 4 of the #BoxingDay test: see Australia come up against Trans Tasman rivals New Zealand at the @MCG. We’ve got extra tr… 08:40:39, 2019-12-29
RT @7Cricket: Edged and gone! James Pattinson breaks the New Zealand opening partnership #AUSvNZ https://t.co/ZDh6sIAzLe 12:04:40, 2019-12-29
review it Kane 12:16:51, 2019-12-29
bye Kane 🦆 https://t.co/VcQuTgUnT5 12:18:23, 2019-12-29
RT @aicd699: Many congratulations @petersiddle403 on a wonderful international career. From the very early days when just a raw young bull… 12:18:42, 2019-12-29
Hideous. #AusvNZ 12:23:51, 2019-12-29
RT @andymcg_cricket: Opposition captains v Australia this season:
Azhar Ali: 35, 5, 9, 9
Kane Williamson: 34, 14, 9, 0

#AUSvNZ 12:32:00, 2019-12-29
RT @MalaysiaCricket: Malaysian Super Women League
Match 1 – Northern Queens vs Eastern Lioness – For Live Streaming pls click the below li… 12:38:38, 2019-12-29
RT @izzywestbury: So, Peter Siddle retires from international cricket.
I have often thought about this observation by @Athersmike on Siddl… 13:20:58, 2019-12-29
The attendances through the gate may have trailed off but the TV audiences for the MCG Test have not. #AusvNZ https://t.co/42l5akUd5E 15:00:09, 2019-12-29
one of the great Keystone Kops moments of cricket whenever two batsmen race in the same direction https://t.co/DacxYr4xSr 17:35:32, 2019-12-29
RT @MCG: Official attendance for Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test is 19,720 #AUSvsNZ 17:36:14, 2019-12-29
RT @RicFinlay: Fabulous century from Tom Blundell. The highest inns by a NZ opener at the MCG (John Wright, 99, 1987), and the first centur… 17:37:38, 2019-12-29
RT @MartinPakulaMP: 203,410 fans attended the 3 test matches in Australia this summer, prior to Boxing Day.
203, 472 have attended the Box… 17:39:04, 2019-12-29
RT @BLACKCAPS: THAT 💯 moment for Tom Blundell! 👏🏽
🇳🇿 CARD | https://t.co/XpuxcO3zSH
#AUSvNZ #cricketnation https://t.co/Vx0a385Gsi 17:40:14, 2019-12-29
@radiosportnz @wgtnfirebirds @BLACKCAPS a what? in reply to radiosportnz 17:41:03, 2019-12-29
Blundell out. Boult absent injured. New Zealand all out 240. Australia by 247 runs. #AusvNZ 17:46:34, 2019-12-29
at least Kane Williamson doesn't get to throw away the winner's cheque 17:51:38, 2019-12-29
Despite the result it would be a travesty if Melbourne did not host New Zealand for a Boxing Day Test for another 32 years. #AusvNZ 17:58:15, 2019-12-29
RT @BenCameron23: Nathan Lyon: “This is my ninth Boxing Day and it’s far and away the best pitch I’ve played on.”
On @abcgrandstand

Unde… 17:58:56, 2019-12-29
RT @SteelyDan66: Nice one Tommy 👏💥🕺 Congrats @TomBlundellNZ on ya ton 😎 @BLACKCAPS 17:59:34, 2019-12-29
RT @MitchellGlenn: Four whopping wins for AUS this summer:
Def PAK by inns & 5 runs
Def PAK by inns & 48 runs
Def NZ by 296 runs
Def NZ b… 18:00:13, 2019-12-29
RT @GSV1980: @delhi_cricket AGM over in 8 mins. Heckling and fighting on dias. jt secretary Rajan Manchanda manhandled by Apex Council memb… 18:03:16, 2019-12-29
Amanda-Jade Wellington and Hannah Darlington took two wickets each in Otago Sparks' 10 run win over the Northern Sp… https://t.co/pNxWchQE2Z 18:12:11, 2019-12-29
RT @GeorgeDobell1: Latest casualty report from Centurion: Jos Buttler and Joe Root said to be feeling better. Ollie Pope back with team, to… 18:13:01, 2019-12-29
RT @rohanmustafa88: What an awesome couple of weeks in Nepal @PokharaPLeague with the @Chitwanrhinos1 . Learnt heaps and had a good time 🤙… 18:17:42, 2019-12-29
Four-day Tests with a compulsory reserve fifth day if there is no outright result in four. [insert Eddie Murphy mem… https://t.co/pEKoJlIQoO 18:22:20, 2019-12-29
RT @APJReyno: Page flew over Les Burdett and hundreds of gallons of water from the Torrens to make sure the pitch got through the Test. Lig… 18:28:52, 2019-12-29
@Richcompno you miss nothing in reply to Richcompno 18:29:19, 2019-12-29
RT @sportstarweb: #OnThisDay in 1997, Australia won the Women's World Cup. The Aussies beat New Zealand by five wickets to lift the trophy… 18:32:01, 2019-12-29
@gulu1959 Expecting 100 overs per day is the hardest part of making that happen in reply to gulu1959 18:33:20, 2019-12-29
RT @GlennPocknall: Come a long way from 2009 playing for Wellington U19s to 2019 scoring a 💯 at the MCG against the best attack in the worl… 18:35:52, 2019-12-29
Just get the captains do it or toss a coin https://t.co/CAJeDNg77t 18:38:37, 2019-12-29
@gulu1959 You'll never see over-rates even approaching that any more. Video umpiring, concussion assessments, TV br… https://t.co/nLIi3i3VkI in reply to gulu1959 19:10:49, 2019-12-29
RT @Easts_Dolphins: On this day in 2012 cricket lost Tony Greig. Dennis Hourn pays tribute to the @Easts_Dolphins life member's time at Wav… 19:32:34, 2019-12-29
RT @TheRealPCB: 200 up for @Umar96Akmal – his second in First-class cricket! #QeA19 #CPvNOR https://t.co/LWhrnXHlmC https://t.co/Qn5pe3eDbk 19:35:45, 2019-12-29
Burns and Denly grafting their way to a nine-wicket victory on Monday afternoon. #SAvEng 19:37:20, 2019-12-29
RT @BBL: FIVE Phil Salt boundaries in one over. Punishing countryman Richard Gleeson here 😳 #BBL09 https://t.co/YbX56tWTH8 19:38:21, 2019-12-29
RT @PakPassion: Umar Akmal's marathon innings comes to an end as he falls for 218 #QeA19Final https://t.co/pOzGWtRn8U 19:41:05, 2019-12-29
oh Rory 19:46:45, 2019-12-29
RT @IamIsrarHashmi: Umar Akmal 218 off 265 balls with 20 fours and 8 sixes in the #QeA19Final 👏👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿
He departs for the 3rd Highest Ind… 20:19:46, 2019-12-29
Fifty runs before lunch, with 376 needed in five sessions England will need to up its scoring rate. #SAvEng 21:03:06, 2019-12-29
@RVICricketStats six day Test? in reply to RVICricketStats 21:17:08, 2019-12-29
RT @7Cricket: Can't wipe the smile off @petersiddle403's face! 😁
He reflected on his incredible international career #BBL09 https://t.co/x… 21:20:59, 2019-12-29
ok people 205 needed in five sessions England is obviously batting too fast https://t.co/Z5XyETYQB0 21:22:44, 2019-12-29
@RVICricketStats yep got it now in reply to RVICricketStats 21:23:15, 2019-12-29
RT @PeterClinton5: To those @BLACKCAPS fans that enjoyed Melbourne so much, advance notice that NZ plays AUS in @T20WorldCup match at MCG o… 21:47:07, 2019-12-29
"Delhi & District Cricket Association Welcomes All The Members" https://t.co/7IXe4A9U0U 22:08:48, 2019-12-29
There will be no Headingley at Centurion for Spoty Stokes. #SAvEng 22:09:39, 2019-12-29
RT @fiekie7: Keegan Petersen called up as a replacement for Aiden Markram.
#SAvENG https://t.co/YvtWtZ2d0Q 22:10:39, 2019-12-29
What the… https://t.co/4uMM4JCi1m 22:17:55, 2019-12-29
RT @BBL: 👃 Greg Davidson with a bit of an itchy schnoz at Marvel Stadium #nosegate #BBL09 https://t.co/m3M772Atox 22:26:33, 2019-12-29
RT @7Cricket: The umpire behind #nosegate explains what happened 👃
#BBL09 https://t.co/xRZylKW2vy 22:35:16, 2019-12-29
and… ? https://t.co/b7HmoUaWIW 23:44:49, 2019-12-29
Broad and Anderson to save England 23:46:02, 2019-12-29
RT @whamzam17: South Africa ending a miserable cricketing year on a positive.
Band playing, stands singing, and a team winning.
It's been a… 23:47:47, 2019-12-29
Thank you and goodnight. South Africa by 107. #SAvEng 23:48:52, 2019-12-29
RT @FirdoseM: No better way for South Africa to end 2019 – with a win, after a run of five losses. This does not mean all problems are solv… 23:49:33, 2019-12-29
RT @Gampa_cricket: A much needed and deserving victory for South Africa. It is imperative for world cricket SAF remain a strong side. Full… 23:50:11, 2019-12-29
RT @the_topspin: Pretty grim all round by England ever since Root invited SA to bat. Curran bowled well in the first innings. Denly batted… 23:50:39, 2019-12-29
RT @Saj_PakPassion: 15 Kolpak players in County cricket.
19 other South African-born players with UK/EU passports in County cricket.

Resul… 23:54:17, 2019-12-29

December 28, 2019July 18, 2020

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 28 Dec 19

RT @ESPNcricinfo: Philander’s opening spell of five maidens set the tone for South Africa taking a 103-run first-innings lead; his final bu… 06:53:43, 2019-12-28
@gulu1959 they might stay in their seats but the sign would last about ten seconds in reply to gulu1959 06:57:54, 2019-12-28
@gulu1959 yep in reply to gulu1959 07:02:54, 2019-12-28
@gulu1959 it’s a very “zero tolerance” approach these days in reply to gulu1959 07:05:40, 2019-12-28
A bit late with this, but Boxing Day was Rohan Kanhai’s 84th birthday, and to mark the occasion here is his last in… https://t.co/bwQiLtgixe 07:28:04, 2019-12-28
This is a fabulous profile on Harmanpreet Kaur by @kathakalichanda for @forbes_india https://t.co/uj6rQItRD5 07:36:43, 2019-12-28
RT @JacquiReed_: This morning at around 10.05am we will be running a story on @7Cricket about everyone’s favourite cricket writer @Jesse_H… 07:39:42, 2019-12-28
Before I embark on a series of “Team of the Decade” reviews, I thought I should address that burning controversy: H… https://t.co/9Wf3w50Tgl 08:13:58, 2019-12-28
RT @WisdenCricket: Should Archer have been taken out of the attack?https://t.co/twuekmEQkz 08:42:11, 2019-12-28
@ESPNcricinfo The greatest moment in New Zealand cricket in the past ten years has to be this:
https://t.co/kj1Kj7lwMN in reply to ESPNcricinfo 09:02:51, 2019-12-28
RT @7Cricket: 10 years ago, the Black Saturday bushfires claimed 27 lives from the Strathewen community.Left with little, the community b… 09:10:27, 2019-12-28
Jofra is very lucky to still be in the game https://t.co/2rMAwG3txL 09:18:22, 2019-12-28
@DmitriOld when you have three radio stations and two television channels covering the tests, plus big bash somewhe… https://t.co/av0VaroMBy in reply to DmitriOld 09:20:25, 2019-12-28
@tweetappan It worked for Dr Grace 150 years ago in reply to tweetappan 09:23:28, 2019-12-28
see also: “We must have DRS in BBL right now” https://t.co/uwHE9lbs8n 09:25:38, 2019-12-28
@DmitriOld someone is needed to make Warnie look good in reply to DmitriOld 09:27:12, 2019-12-28
all those people who have incorrectly been calling him Sir Clive Lloyd for years are now in the clear 09:34:18, 2019-12-28
Colin Graves CBE 09:36:21, 2019-12-28
Trevor Bayliss gets an OBE. Fully deserved as much as the rest of the England world cup leadership team but I’m not… https://t.co/UqSTH29NSE 09:51:14, 2019-12-28
RT @WarwickshireCCC: NEWS | Keith Cook awarded British Empire Medal for Services to Cricket.🎖️🤝Known around the world to many in the game… 09:58:43, 2019-12-28
If like me you enjoy downloading the CSV file of all 1097 recipients of the 2020 British New Years Honours List it… https://t.co/zbTkPqjMIN 10:02:39, 2019-12-28
re Trevor Harley Bayliss OBE https://t.co/6QzOKjbZ3K 10:05:27, 2019-12-28
@benjonescricket that explains why Don Bradman was a Knight Bachelor in reply to benjonescricket 10:06:26, 2019-12-28
@Stephanie85WAGY @RicFinlay I presume this will apply to Dame Olivia Newton-John as well in reply to Stephanie85WAGY 10:12:08, 2019-12-28
@RicFinlay I’ll stick with my position on the Great Decade Controversy https://t.co/MEtSTO3e3u in reply to RicFinlay 10:13:08, 2019-12-28
right the British honours list was fun for 45 minutes for another year, now back to reality 10:14:26, 2019-12-28
RT @KevCorduroy: “Frankly, better results than Ball Tracker have been obtained by Robodebt.” Gideon Haigh’s cricket writing always worth th… 10:18:59, 2019-12-28
It’s thirty years almost to the minute since the only fatal earthquake in recorded Australian history. I was at wor… https://t.co/TGHA39wDzw 10:25:03, 2019-12-28
correction on Peter Wynne-Thomas he has not received MBE this year, there is a Peter Wynne Thomas who has received… https://t.co/ZETV6cv7Ta 10:32:14, 2019-12-28
RT @Cricketbatcat: I’m here for Wagner wildly swinging as if the ball might take Wade’s head off at short leg. #AusvNZ 14:04:32, 2019-12-28
Looks like Australia batting again. Boult won’t be bowling I’d expect. #AUSvNZ 14:15:10, 2019-12-28
Warnie sounds devastated that he might have to show up for work tomorrow 14:16:01, 2019-12-28
RT @FoxCricket: Have you ever wondered how the DRS works?Howie takes us on a tour backstage at the MCG and into the DRS truck.#AUSvNZ h… 14:24:12, 2019-12-28
Boult is bowling 14:24:48, 2019-12-28
RT @RicFinlay: Wagner and Boult knock off Chatfield and Smith for the record NZ 10th-wicket partnership at the MCG – by one run. (24 to 23)… 14:25:48, 2019-12-28
@NorthStandGang @copes9 @7Cricket @timcutler The only problem with the NRL bunker is that they are still capable of… https://t.co/hxivt8d1lH in reply to NorthStandGang 14:50:30, 2019-12-28
@NorthStandGang @copes9 @7Cricket @timcutler https://t.co/4yOSwikuA4 in reply to rickeyrecricket 14:53:24, 2019-12-28
Kerry that was Roy Park not Don Blackie. @FoxCricket 15:11:27, 2019-12-28
Not sure if Cricket Australia knows they are hosting Zimbabwe for three ODIs in June. https://t.co/kajTpZnzQP 15:16:08, 2019-12-28
RT @AndrewFaulkner9: Aspiring cricket writers — this is a great example of a journalist putting in the hard yards, after which the story a… 15:17:57, 2019-12-28
RT @KathLoughnan: Trent Boult went for a scan on his right hand at the tea break. He’ll return to the field shortly @FoxCricket @FOXSportsN… 17:14:52, 2019-12-28
RT @WisdenCricket: JUST IN: Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the remainder of the South Africa-England Test series, after sustaining a f… 17:15:25, 2019-12-28
Hello from the Sydney Cricket Ground. #BBL09 between @SixersBBL and @ThunderBBL in about an hour and a quarter. Cro… https://t.co/eIumI1qJ4A 17:48:34, 2019-12-28
@Pasandkhan8 to totally run NZ into the ground. Australia won’t bat more than an hour tomorrow surely in reply to Pasandkhan8 18:09:10, 2019-12-28
James Vince out for the Sixers with an elbow injury https://t.co/9BY8FHILp4 18:22:32, 2019-12-28
RT @mohanstatsman: Fewest Tests to 200 wickets
by Left arm bowlers…
44 – Ravindra Jadeja (spin)
46 – Neil Wagner (pace)
47 – Rangana Hera… 18:23:08, 2019-12-28
RT @MCG: Official attendance for Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test is 43,603 #AUSvNZ 18:23:42, 2019-12-28
Callum called Flats. Flats win. Thunder batting first. #BBL09 18:25:41, 2019-12-28
Unchanged Thunder 11 from last Saturday’s Canberra smoko https://t.co/Z04cIfzQ5O 18:29:37, 2019-12-28
RT @DanielCherny: Trent Boult has fractured his right hand. He’s going home at end of Test 18:29:58, 2019-12-28
Tonight’s Sixers-Thunder game is exclusive to Fox Sports. Channel 7 viewers can enjoy “The Sound Of Music” 18:32:24, 2019-12-28
If I was the New Zealand selectors I would replace Trent Boult with Will Somerville. The SCG was his home ground for years. #AusvNZ 18:34:55, 2019-12-28
RT @willis_macp: The latest news on England’s illnesses: Ollie Pope now well enough to train at Centurion today.Wood, Woakes and Leach s… 18:36:28, 2019-12-28
RT @BLACKCAPS: Trent Boult will return home to New Zealand following the 2nd Test after suffering a fracture to the second-metacarpal of hi… 18:37:06, 2019-12-28
@rossj80 7 only has one Saturday game all season, the return Thunder-Sixers game in reply to rossj80 18:38:10, 2019-12-28
As if we don’t have enough smoke in Sydney these days https://t.co/3o1iBTXVD4 19:09:38, 2019-12-28
Big crowd at the SCG tonight I would say upwards of thirty thousand already. #BBL09 https://t.co/AxslhEh5oL 19:16:52, 2019-12-28
Sean Abbott looks like he forgot to get his magenta cap out of the wash this morning. The #goldencap just looks tacky. #BBL09 19:20:44, 2019-12-28
@WeBleedBlue007 not many grounds where Australia could even host ODIs in June in reply to WeBleedBlue007 19:35:44, 2019-12-28
Tactical time out. #GetOnWithIt #BBL09 https://t.co/Erpo8znrPU 19:52:07, 2019-12-28
RT @BBL: Lloyd Pope’s first over tonight was quite simply magical #BBL09 https://t.co/ldEyXnSxdY 19:52:08, 2019-12-28
RT @GeorgeDobell1: Just a reminder: if Buttler and Root are off the field for a while – and it seems they will be – neither can bat above 7… 20:05:36, 2019-12-28
@GeorgeDobell1 what happens if England don’t have six players fit to bat above 7? in reply to GeorgeDobell1 20:06:37, 2019-12-28
RT @BBL: The BKT Golden Arm Sean Abbott takes a super catch! #BBL09 https://t.co/1Y1kK102cW 20:17:55, 2019-12-28
Some seriously good work from Lloyd Pope tonight. 3/23 from his four overs. #BBL09 20:23:00, 2019-12-28
RT @amy_cricket: Root’s back on the field which, unless he’s going to sneeze on Anrich Nortje, seems daft. 20:24:20, 2019-12-28
not sure why Arjun Nair is batting at 9, he and Cal have some serious work to do from here 20:27:04, 2019-12-28
RT @FoxCricket: Clean bowled!📺 Stream #BBL09 ad-break free on Kayo: https://t.co/CfILOrTeyB📝Live blog: https://t.co/id8leY3aqI https:/… 20:27:40, 2019-12-28
@ajsmitte Before Morris and possibly Green in reply to ajsmitte 20:31:30, 2019-12-28
Thunder 8/149 won’t be easy to defend. Ferguson dependable as ever, Abbott and Pope best for Sixers. #BBL09 20:46:28, 2019-12-28
RT @IamSandeep25: Congratulations to skipper @paras77 Daju and entire team members of @ChitwanRhinos for lifting up the trophy of @PokharaP… 20:47:58, 2019-12-28
RT @BrettSprigg: This is what every bat flip should look like. I can’t figure out why people find it so bloody hard. And yes this is a weir… 20:50:34, 2019-12-28
RT @PunjabCentral: 39th First Class 💯 for @AzharAli_ 👏👏#CPvNOR #QeA19 https://t.co/hpy8UMA9p6 20:51:36, 2019-12-28
RT @captainshanky: Many thanks to Paramount Sporting, Bhubaneswar for naming their Under-13 League in honour of Sidhanta Patnaik. Paramount… 20:54:31, 2019-12-28
That magenta smoke stinks. #BBL09 #SayNoToPyro https://t.co/5HxPB6t4Iv 21:01:34, 2019-12-28
Callum Ferguson is forced to sacrifice the hallowed lime green cap. #BBL09 21:05:56, 2019-12-28
RT @BBL: Zing! Cook has the early wicket with Kerr bowled for 0.Sixers 1-1 in the first over of the run chase #BBL09 https://t.co/f6xtWd9… 21:06:27, 2019-12-28
was that taking leg? https://t.co/OI5X0IaeFP 21:27:42, 2019-12-28
I don’t recall Arjun Nair’s run-up being quite like that in past years. #BBL09 21:35:22, 2019-12-28
RT @SixersBBL: 💪 @Mozzie21 goes BIIIGGG into the top tier of the Members Stand!#smashemsixers #BBL09 https://t.co/mDQ9xWuv3M 21:43:51, 2019-12-28
Excellent turnout tonight. I think they got the timing of this fixture right this year. https://t.co/HD4vKT9HkH 21:56:55, 2019-12-28
Ninety second TTO which gives the 35k crowd the chance for a Jack Farnham singalong. #GetOnWithIt https://t.co/DSZnCsRKXC 21:59:17, 2019-12-28
Jono Cook 1/18. He’s had a good night. Sixers 4/109 (16) target 150. #BBL09 22:10:10, 2019-12-28
oh dear 22:33:20, 2019-12-28
Here we go. #OOPSE 22:35:05, 2019-12-28
Tom Curran played a brilliant innings to bring the Sixers back from the dead. A tie would be a fair result. At leas… https://t.co/hN6USM403E 22:38:48, 2019-12-28
Curran comes straight back out again with Henriques. Morris is bowling. #BBL09 #OOPSE 22:42:39, 2019-12-28
Is that recorded as a golden duck? #OOPSE 22:43:35, 2019-12-28
RT @BBL: Moises goes one way #BBL09 https://t.co/mzIMAHnzku 22:49:44, 2019-12-28
RT @BBL: And then he goes the other way!We have no idea how?! #BBL09 https://t.co/sIXVQFgM4d 22:50:01, 2019-12-28
shambolic end to the Sixers over but the Thunder needs 17 in theirs. Hales and Khawaja to bat, Abbott to bowl. #BBL09 #OOPSE 22:51:54, 2019-12-28
@CrickPotato Yep. Scoreboard says Abbott but it’s clearly Curran with the ball in reply to CrickPotato 22:53:11, 2019-12-28
A big crowd at the SCG has been rewarded with a thrilling game. #BBL09 https://t.co/qISK2bTFxg 22:55:38, 2019-12-28
RT @sirswampthing: This is the 4th tied match in @BBL history
Playing in tied @BBL games
1x: 57 players
2x: 6 players
3x: SAbbott, JBird, B… 23:02:31, 2019-12-28
Breathe. Sixers by 1 run in the superover 23:04:03, 2019-12-28
Moises Henriques once bagged a pair in a BBL game but he scored two of the most amazing shots in the superover toni… https://t.co/QqCUxD916X 23:24:37, 2019-12-28

December 28, 2019November 26, 2020

What’s in a decade?

Before I plunge into a series of annual reviews, let me address that most burning of questions: Have we reached the end of the decade?

Some people will insist that we haven’t. My answer: We have reached the end of a decade.

A decade is any consecutive period of time lasting ten years. A decade is what you make it. A person is in the decade they would call their “thirties” from their 30th birthday until the day before their 40th. for example.

When people insist that the decade runs from the start of 2011 to the end of 2020, what they are actually referring to is the 202nd decade Anno Domini – a fixed sequence of decades counted from what was historically believed to be the birth of Jesus Christ. No one calls it the 202nd Decade of course, and few people even think about it. (And let’s not start on the differences between the Gregorian and Julian calendars.) It’s just another sequence that makes up a decade.

The decade most commonly known as “The 2010s” began on 1 January 2010 and ends on 31 December 2019, and when I refer to “Team of the Decade” and so forth in coming posts, that is the decade I will be referring to.

December 27, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 27 Dec 19

Zubayr Hamza strikes a pose before Quinton de Kock lands a more telling blow https://t.co/wmPgsOLMT6 #SAvEng 07:48:31, 2019-12-27
@cpHansen3 Smith and Guha are doing the Fox coverage not Seven but both are extremely professional broadcasters and… https://t.co/Q18stlkz6W in reply to cpHansen3 07:52:53, 2019-12-27
@NorthStandGang @MervHughes332 @juniorwaugh349 @ESPNcricinfo @cricketcomau @CricketAus @ACA_Players @scgmacgill… https://t.co/HNEkgtYqZC in reply to NorthStandGang 07:59:34, 2019-12-27
Smith leads the way as Australia take day one edge | Second Domain Test … https://t.co/SW2uDvxBwF #AusvNZ 08:02:45, 2019-12-27
Sixers rally to roll stunned Scorchers https://t.co/Oq3RcioOgh #BBL09 08:10:15, 2019-12-27
RT @DanishKaneria_: Whatever @shoaib100mph said in his interview is true. But at the same time, i am thankful to all great players who supp… 08:24:09, 2019-12-27
RT @SomersetCCC: Wishing former Somerset man Mark Lathwell a very Happy 48th Birthday 🎉🎉
#WeAreSomerset https://t.co/oCQZcl2X0W 08:25:20, 2019-12-27
RT @sreshthx: If you're seeing the "Smash Factor" during the #AUSvNZ Boxing Day Test, it's thanks to a new development in cricket called 'b… 08:26:05, 2019-12-27
RT @CricketAus: The @alannahmadeline is our official charity partner for the Domain Boxing Day Test.
Keep your 👀's peeled for the fantas… 08:26:17, 2019-12-27
RT @jimmy9: A proud day receiving my 150th test cap. Thanks to Nasser for his kind words. It meant a lot receiving it from my first captain… 08:26:43, 2019-12-27
One topic that has gone silent this year was the push for Big Bash on Christmas Day. I know that Cricket Australia… https://t.co/cKo1w4nBFC 08:41:42, 2019-12-27
Could #climatechange be the reason the MCG Test is eventually forced to shift from Boxing Day? https://t.co/ccroa7XiGe 08:44:50, 2019-12-27
RT @yourmaninmexico: Cricket has been played in Mexico on Boxing Day. 26/12/1889 – Read & Campbell CC vs Zumpango CC. Game played, result u… 08:46:20, 2019-12-27
RT @AndrewFaulkner9: Day 2. https://t.co/D6ujcDsaeC 08:50:09, 2019-12-27
RT @MarkHoward03: Smithy…. https://t.co/lliNnt0Vus 09:29:24, 2019-12-27
@rossj80 still doesn't avoid the heat of the afternoon in reply to rossj80 09:45:53, 2019-12-27
RT @shortflyslip: I was a model of restraint yesterday by not getting annoyed at the Fox commentators until the fourth ball of the match, w… 09:50:28, 2019-12-27
@_Cyborg_92 @sreshthx if you have the cash you can splurge on these toys in reply to _Cyborg_92 09:52:44, 2019-12-27
RT @MattyA_Taylor: Yesterday, 110,823 people went to the cricket in Australia (#AUSvNZ & #BBL09)
On the back of 114,612 (Boxing Day 2018)… 10:01:56, 2019-12-27
This is even worse than the swimming pool at The Gabba https://t.co/ewxygoNyvC 10:03:33, 2019-12-27
RT @jimmaxcricket: 200 dollars a head….free lemonade or Prosecco! Bring back bay 13 and look after the mob. They are cricket’s true pari… 10:03:54, 2019-12-27
RT @BLACKCAPS: Ready to go again on DAY TWO! Bit of ‘scalloping’ on the pitch according to @Bazmccullum – he’s seen one or two decks 👍🏽 #AU… 10:07:00, 2019-12-27
RT @rustyjacko: Anyone who had the misfortune of sitting near, or even passing by, bay 13 in the last two decades would not have a problem… 10:15:42, 2019-12-27
Listening to Warne and Gilly discussing playing the Boxing Day Test at night. Maybe, but I see no reason why the ma… https://t.co/ikz30K8mTQ 10:36:22, 2019-12-27
RT @beastieboy07: To whoever said that old-fashioned Test cricket with batsmen & bowlers testing each other’s patience has no place in toda… 10:39:39, 2019-12-27
@benjonescricket @danbrettig perhaps narrow definitions of "quality" don't matter to people who love putting cricke… https://t.co/kQfcSZbjYY in reply to benjonescricket 10:49:05, 2019-12-27
@benjonescricket @summeryael massive difference between 10% and 7% in reply to benjonescricket 10:51:00, 2019-12-27
@benjonescricket @danbrettig I don't think it will make Cricket Australia brave enough to schedule the Afghanistan… https://t.co/LO5MUXr96U in reply to benjonescricket 10:53:25, 2019-12-27
@benjonescricket @danbrettig you'd want to hope for good beach weather December 28-30 in reply to benjonescricket 10:56:22, 2019-12-27
RT @lawsy122: Amazing to see @7Cricket continually pushing the benchmark of broadcasting. Amazing work from all including @copes9
#AUSvNZ… 11:01:21, 2019-12-27
There is no other television program in the country any time of year that would deliver more than a million viewers… https://t.co/8Vcv9L2SsR 11:06:39, 2019-12-27
@shortflyslip party-loving commentators who don't like getting up in the morning in reply to shortflyslip 11:16:24, 2019-12-27
watching Wagner getting stuck into Smith makes me want to sing that famous Wagnerian aria "Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit…" 11:18:35, 2019-12-27
https://t.co/l5jAigo3jg in reply to rickeyrecricket 11:39:37, 2019-12-27
Time for some Head-Paine. #AusvNZ 11:40:16, 2019-12-27
RT @7Cricket: OUT! Steve Smith goes and it's Neil Wagner with the breakthrough from a brute of a short delivery #AUSvNZ https://t.co/FYqm7Q… 11:40:37, 2019-12-27
Gee that was a good catch by Henry Nicholls. #AusvNZ 11:42:00, 2019-12-27
Australia 5/336 at lunch day 2 and looking forward to some more #HeadPaine for the Kiwis this afternoon. #AusvNZ 12:33:23, 2019-12-27
@NorthStandGang In terms of left-arm bodyline, are you thinking of Bill Voce? in reply to NorthStandGang 12:45:33, 2019-12-27
One of the first celebrity interviews on the great IRC #Cricket channel https://t.co/26hbQ6YBRc 12:48:28, 2019-12-27
RT @CricketAus: Want a glimpse of our cricketing future? Some of our squad for the @Under19CWC next month are playing in the Gilchrist XII… 14:07:09, 2019-12-27
the mute button is made for moments like this https://t.co/hy0BeavAa6 14:09:08, 2019-12-27
@Harsandhu5982 that was my first thought in reply to Harsandhu5982 14:12:18, 2019-12-27
a century of #HeadPaine. #AusvNZ https://t.co/SUjCDCBXEO 14:13:00, 2019-12-27
RT @cricketcomau: That's a new way to tackle Wagner's bouncers – run at him!
#AUSvNZ | https://t.co/Q5Lvt45rWO https://t.co/oJTDDBhYmN 14:42:38, 2019-12-27
RT @danbrettig: Tim Paine being a phone call away from fc cricket retirement in 2017 then becoming Test captain the following year after th… 15:07:00, 2019-12-27
RT @rickeyrecricket: Have your #HeadPaine relief tested by the government you trust. https://t.co/EZZybSlBDm 15:32:04, 2019-12-27
Persistence pays off for Waggers. Paine can go back and think about his declaration now. #AUSvNZ 15:40:25, 2019-12-27
RT @TheRealPCB_Live: Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019-20 Final!
Northern win the toss and elect to bat first.

#QeA19 #CPvNOR https://t.co/97tzf7E… 15:41:11, 2019-12-27
RT @cricketcomau: What a fantastic review by New Zealand! Tim Paine's wait for a Test century goes on… #SpecsaversCricket
@SpecsaversAU… 15:42:23, 2019-12-27
RT @CAPathway: GILCHRIST XII 6-145
Clayton 51, Hearne 38
Sully 2-17, Simpson 2-29

Watch the Ponting XII run chase!

Live stream & scores:… 15:42:54, 2019-12-27
The NZ camp should find an excuse to make an urgent call for Will Somerville for the SCG https://t.co/ofgrvwhO0Z 15:45:59, 2019-12-27
Hats off to Head! #AUSvNZ 15:47:35, 2019-12-27
RT @FPayne100: Travis Head third player to make test century for Australia v NZ at the MCG. After Keith Stackpole (1973), who was dropped a… 15:48:52, 2019-12-27
If Kane Williamson just did what he did to Marais Erasmus in an AFL game he wouldn't be playing for the rest of the season 15:53:36, 2019-12-27
RT @beastieboy07: Pat Cummins will end the year as the No.1 Test bowler but with a shocking demotion to No.10 in the batting line-up. Austr… 15:55:03, 2019-12-27
@DeadlineDavis After he won the review that got Paine out he went up to Erasmus and laid both hands on his shoulders to thank him in reply to DeadlineDavis 15:58:43, 2019-12-27
@ajhill_alan Laid both hands on Erasmus' shoulders, all jovial however in reply to ajhill_alan 16:00:00, 2019-12-27
@JPHowcroft Except that it's actually 7/456 in reply to JPHowcroft 16:00:42, 2019-12-27
RT @sirswampthing: Travis Head is the first SA Shield player to make a Test ton at the MCG since Andrew Hilditch in 1984/85
@cricketcomau… 16:01:18, 2019-12-27
Obviously 458 is not enough 16:02:10, 2019-12-27
But we absolutely must have DRS in the Big Bash hey https://t.co/6zU2lKn0we 16:06:01, 2019-12-27
@Boomrah_ If it's imperfect, no. We want something better than the occasional mistakes umpires make, don't we? And… https://t.co/WNkYQtM1nK in reply to Boomrah_ 16:09:37, 2019-12-27
RT @FPayne100: Incentive for NZ batsmen – become first NZer to score a test century at the MCG. John Wright (99 in 1987) came closest while… 16:11:36, 2019-12-27
@Boomrah_ Many times a blunder by a player can completely change the game. I'm cool with all of those things in reply to Boomrah_ 16:13:10, 2019-12-27
467 all out and theoretically 22 overs to bowl before stumps. #AUSvNZ 16:16:43, 2019-12-27
Henry Thornton into the Sixers squad as injury replacement for Josh Hazlewood. SOK, overlooked for the Sydney Test,… https://t.co/wGAdc9jLQR 16:20:14, 2019-12-27
Thunder playing their first #BBL09 game tomorrow night since last Saturday's abandonment in Canberra. Air quality f… https://t.co/BZPr1dfiFa 16:23:58, 2019-12-27
RT @TheRealPCB_Live: OUT! Haider Ali c Ahmed Shehzad b Aizaz Cheema 8(21). Northern: 12-1 (4.3 ov). For Live Updates: https://t.co/Q6KkVZm6… 16:24:42, 2019-12-27
Umpire calls front foot no-ball! NZ 0/2 (0.0) 16:27:02, 2019-12-27
Delay, day 2: Ball change due to damage by television broadcaster's intrusive toy. #AusvNZ 16:41:38, 2019-12-27
Does the robot get fined $9913.20 for that? #AUSvNZ https://t.co/WXYNPLL1H0 16:45:10, 2019-12-27
Tremain reflects on drought stricken home town ahead of local derby https://t.co/9wWM5gF6bV via @smh #BBL09 17:29:17, 2019-12-27
@abinash79254807 @DeadlineDavis yes you are correct in reply to abinash79254807 17:33:35, 2019-12-27
that's a great moment of theatre https://t.co/CCKfmaUbIJ 17:38:19, 2019-12-27
James I'm afraid you'll have to reverse your celebration
#AUSvNZ 17:46:06, 2019-12-27
RT @MCG: Official attendance for Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test is 59,676 #AUSvNZ 17:47:01, 2019-12-27
The look on Cummo's face is more interesting https://t.co/1zp6FCQ07G 17:49:24, 2019-12-27
RT @Cricket_TS: Hello from Supersport Park! 👋
Here’s the wicket this morning 🏏

🇿🇦 South Africa resume on 277/9

What do you make of it? 🤔… 17:50:56, 2019-12-27
New Zealand 2/44 at stumps day 2 trail 423. Still plenty of batting talent to come though. #AusvNZ 18:02:45, 2019-12-27
RT @BLACKCAPS: DAY DONE at the MCG. We lose Tom Blundell and captain Kane before the close. Big day of batting tomorrow!
🏏 Latham 9*
🏏 Tay… 18:02:54, 2019-12-27
Full replay of the Gilchrist XII v Ponting XII exhibition match played at Metricon Stadium this afternoon. Members… https://t.co/ZAu3tKxcLd 18:16:32, 2019-12-27
Why call the teams Gilchrist XII and Ponting XII when neither could be present at the game because of media work? I… https://t.co/ev4wmyY5JQ in reply to rickeyrecricket 18:22:24, 2019-12-27
RT @SkyCricket: DAY 2 PITCH & CONDITIONS 👀 with @nassercricket #SAvsENG https://t.co/TYiCRI9twe 18:23:15, 2019-12-27
Highlights of yesterday's U19 one-dayer between South Africa and India https://t.co/hIpApHuPuN 18:25:00, 2019-12-27
@ACTCricketStats the names are just branding really in reply to ACTCricketStats 18:26:33, 2019-12-27
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final is under way in Karachi. The match is being televised in Pakistan which is great, how… https://t.co/dWYeMRLQrY 18:29:45, 2019-12-27
Retired South African international Dale Steyn makes his Melbourne Stars debut tonight https://t.co/WDfKiJ5Uim 18:33:09, 2019-12-27
The PCB angle on the supposed non invitation of Pakistan players to the Asia-World games in Bangladesh. Ehsan Mani… https://t.co/XcNV00iWGo 18:39:07, 2019-12-27
That being said, I am not sure how anyone is expected to reschedule the 100th birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in reply to rickeyrecricket 18:40:36, 2019-12-27
describing something as "innovative" is not necessarily a complement https://t.co/4Kfi85PfqJ 18:42:38, 2019-12-27
@sree_state_stat That is correct. The point I was trying to make that he is retired from Test cricket therefore not… https://t.co/EgpSHLKnud in reply to sree_state_stat 18:44:56, 2019-12-27
Tonight's second BPL game between Khulna and Rangpur will be shown in Australia on Fox 503 and the Kayo app from mi… https://t.co/gjitflFXUL 18:53:42, 2019-12-27
RT @cricketcomau: Missed anything? All the #AUSvNZ highlights from day two ⬇
https://t.co/AyNQRGQAew 18:54:25, 2019-12-27
RT @kalson: Seems like Bangladesh doesn’t really want to tour Pakistan & they are not being very rational abt it. They totally goofed up in… 19:00:51, 2019-12-27
A four-day Test between Australia and Afghanistan next summer?
https://t.co/FangU6c9eI 19:11:04, 2019-12-27
RT @Danny61000: Bangladesh may come or not, and it may or may not be affected by geopolitics. But if security is the reason though, it's pa… 19:17:02, 2019-12-27
RT @Middleton_David: Little known fact: @RossLTaylor's great grandfather Charles McIntosh Ross played rugby league for @Kangaroos #AUSvNZ h… 19:18:06, 2019-12-27
RT @KampongCC: ICYMI: Kampong will be hosting its first ever mens ODI game next year! After hosting many woman's T20i and ODI's we can't wa… 19:19:24, 2019-12-27
Rabada gets Rory Burns first ball *
* Subject to review 19:21:28, 2019-12-27
As you were. Kagiso Rabada hasn't equalled James Anderson's achievement after all in reply to rickeyrecricket 19:23:23, 2019-12-27
RT @TelfordVice: So far not so good for SA’s new regime. #cricket #SAvENG https://t.co/UXxlLJ1Vzc 19:24:37, 2019-12-27
RT @deeputalks: Best identical figures in an innings
5/58 G Hirst & C Blythe v Aus Edgbaston 1909
4/35 Nasim Ghani & Fazal Mahmood v WI Ka… 19:31:38, 2019-12-27
Kagiso Rabada putting in a fiery opening spell in the Test. Meanwhile, in Australia, Dale Steyn… https://t.co/grRx533Hv1 19:34:35, 2019-12-27
RT @FoxCricket: David Warner was in doubt for Boxing Day… so he refused to get an X-ray to assess his injury 🤔 https://t.co/F4CGoBGm2M #A… 19:36:15, 2019-12-27
This time Rory Burns is gone. Superb ball from Philander. South Africa will miss him. England 11/1. #SAvEng 19:37:42, 2019-12-27
RT @Dhugal_: Beautiful day at the Gold Coast with the Japan U19 squad watching the Melbourne Stars take on the Adelaide Strikers. #BBL09 ht… 19:58:54, 2019-12-27
@WeBleedBlue007 @Dhugal_ club colours of the Gold Coast Suns in reply to WeBleedBlue007 20:05:42, 2019-12-27
RT @CricketMirror: This is one heck of a hostile spell from Rabada. Testing technique and ticker in equal measure. Has just thwacked Root o… 20:05:57, 2019-12-27
Fabulous first hour at Centurion today. #SAvEng https://t.co/XgtwtLvfnU 20:07:06, 2019-12-27
Philander 5-5-0-1 and counting. #SAvEng 20:15:35, 2019-12-27
Joe Denly deprived of a 25-ball duck by a dropped catch. #SAvEng 20:18:37, 2019-12-27
van der Dussen with the drop, now Denly is off his duck and has a strike rate 1*(28) #SAvEng in reply to rickeyrecricket 20:20:25, 2019-12-27
RT @Saj_PakPassion: Reports state that one of the BCB’s preferred choice of venues for their possible tour of Pakistan is Islamabad. The PC… 20:35:58, 2019-12-27
RT @WhoTrendedIT: Guess what. @BBL if your life goal was to trend #BBL09 in the US, then I suggest you celebrate. I have spoken. 20:37:23, 2019-12-27
@statto95 Warne is a great analyst except when he is distracted by other things which is about 95% of the time. Vau… https://t.co/Vn66Ve8WaJ in reply to statto95 22:18:29, 2019-12-27
RT @MazherArshad: Vernon Philander's current spell: 8-7-1-2. He played a decisive role in two series wins vs Ind & Aus in 2018. No fast bow… 22:20:26, 2019-12-27
@HassanJafrii Yes that's awkward in reply to HassanJafrii 22:27:19, 2019-12-27

December 26, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 26 Dec 19

There's a strong case for not wanting to overbowl a 16 year-old fast bowler, on the other hand why deny him the opp… https://t.co/poCDmEhAlG 01:12:36, 2019-12-26
RT @cricbuzz: #RanjiTrophy Day 1:
🔹 MUM — 116 all-out
🔹 KAR — 166 all-out
🔹 GUJ — 127 all-out | KER — 70 all-out
🔹 TN — 149 all-out
🔹… 01:20:49, 2019-12-26
Christmas Day was the 128th anniversary of the birth in New Zealand of great Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmet… https://t.co/QcG1Nazqn4 01:29:16, 2019-12-26
Grimmett was named first reserve for New Zealand's 1913-14 tour of Australia, the closest he came to selection to h… https://t.co/GFup9l2vLr in reply to rickeyrecricket 01:32:43, 2019-12-26
@Subbuaithal That should have been settled before now. If it hasn't then there's a serious problem that someone sho… https://t.co/mbF0wFiHkh in reply to Subbuaithal 01:34:23, 2019-12-26
The 13.5.1914 edition of the "Referee" contains a brief mention of Clarrie Grimmett's emigration to Australia
(full… https://t.co/U64NTmFQkZ in reply to rickeyrecricket 01:40:21, 2019-12-26
Grimmett settled in Sydney where he played grade cricket for a few years before moving interstate first to Victoria… https://t.co/Hn7a0yKbNG in reply to rickeyrecricket 01:47:11, 2019-12-26
next mention I find of Grimmett in the "Referee" was from the 10.2.1915 edition. Given his break in first grade aft… https://t.co/s3hdVekB0m in reply to rickeyrecricket 01:54:26, 2019-12-26
that scorecard from Clarrie Grimmett's first five-fer in first grade in Australia, 7/32 for Sydney against Redfern,… https://t.co/VCX2DEFfPS in reply to rickeyrecricket 01:57:35, 2019-12-26
This isn't a very good scan but Grimmett finished third in the 1914-15 bowling averages in his first season in the… https://t.co/0LgwcTYzJh in reply to rickeyrecricket 02:11:23, 2019-12-26
I'll leave my thread on Clarrie Grimmett's early days in Australia at that for now but this is his entry from the A… https://t.co/2tprQuhBRU in reply to rickeyrecricket 02:15:49, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 I can't find any mention in the Washington Post of a visit to the cricket during Eisenhower's time in New… https://t.co/LQSqjDVUa0 in reply to gulu1959 03:01:25, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 The only days Ike could possibly have been at the Test were 12 and 13 December. KN Prabhu's reports for T… https://t.co/lMCY2NJsQI in reply to rickeyrecricket 03:13:54, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 That's not backed up by contemporary news reports and his appointment diary for the visit. It seems a str… https://t.co/a6Tv80ubWS in reply to gulu1959 03:23:42, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 @tintin1107 I have read through the New York Times reports of Eisenhower's visit to Delhi and Agra and I… https://t.co/nZEcJcmL29 in reply to gulu1959 03:52:46, 2019-12-26
RT @BLACKCAPS: NZ Sports Minister Hon Grant Robertson was on hand to present our Test caps ahead of the Boxing Day Test! #AUSvNZ #cricketna… 04:00:41, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 @tintin1107 Why would they report that in the first place? Seems a very sloppy error. in reply to gulu1959 04:05:24, 2019-12-26
@gulu1959 @tintin1107 no problem, I am the one wide awake at 4am on Boxing Day unable to sleep! in reply to gulu1959 04:06:44, 2019-12-26
RT @Trescricket: Thanks for all the birthday messages everyone. I hope you are all having a great day. 04:13:17, 2019-12-26
RT @poonam_yadav24: Merry Christmas from the @BCCIWomen! 🎄🎅 https://t.co/15w68Yz1K1 04:22:01, 2019-12-26
Happy St Stephen's Day. The choice is yours to decide which St Stephen you are celebrating. 08:59:04, 2019-12-26
RT @MelbCCLibrary: Special @MelbCCLibrary #AUSvNZ Test statistical supplement issued today. Available @MCC_Members (Guests & Media) from @… 09:02:06, 2019-12-26
RT @CricketLibrary: On this day 30 years ago GD Campbell, MA Taylor and @Sanath07 all made their ODI debuts at the @mcg #AskTheLibrarian ht… 09:06:15, 2019-12-26
apart from attempting to rhyme Perry with scary, this is a great idea https://t.co/xBl1igaGWK 09:23:08, 2019-12-26
By my count the 2019-20 women's team edition is the seventh version of Come On Aussie Come On to be released. The r… https://t.co/RXqz7GPrdz in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:28:33, 2019-12-26
I'd forgotten about this loose adaptation of Come On Aussie Come On from the 1994-95 season
https://t.co/5SVD09cvFR in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:36:36, 2019-12-26
"There's a bowler known as Stephen Lewis Boock,
Each ball he lands right on the spot"

The summer of 1980-81 was n… https://t.co/uzhU077pzE in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:47:55, 2019-12-26
Another loose adaptation of Come On Aussie On in 1985-86 for a thirty second TVC for a home series against New Zeal… https://t.co/NprOTtMIFv in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:56:27, 2019-12-26
RT @collinsadam: #GavinAndStacey (BLOODY HELL, DON'T DO THAT TO US AT THE END!), a bit of Peep Show Cauliflower Special and now onto the OB… 09:58:27, 2019-12-26
RT @shayne_hope: Wandering through the city, it appears the Boxing Day Test home team is the All Blacks. #AUSvNZ 09:58:42, 2019-12-26
RT @danbrettig: Last year a significant portion of Bay 13 were ejected for "show us your visa" taunts to India fans, this year the Bay itse… 09:59:03, 2019-12-26
The original 1978 Come On Aussie Come On was a game-breaker for WSC and a piece of Australian advertising history.… https://t.co/C3tRZk4FgV in reply to rickeyrecricket 10:02:56, 2019-12-26
Patto is back. Kane wins the toss. Australia bats first. #AusvNZ 10:03:59, 2019-12-26
RT @RicFinlay: NZ win the Test and insert Australia. If the game goes to Day 5, Aus will be bowling in 41 degrees…. 10:08:23, 2019-12-26
@legsidelizzy crashing out at 7pm christmas night waking up midnight till 4am before attempting a 10.30am to 2.30am… https://t.co/qDdxKOD2vk in reply to legsidelizzy 10:13:11, 2019-12-26
RT @DanielCherny: Hope Santner Claus gave you what you wanted 10:17:15, 2019-12-26
Looking at all the NZ spectators in the MCG there'll be a worldwide beige shortage for years to come 10:21:59, 2019-12-26
RT @RobertsCraigM: Damn looks like I might miss the first session. Queue at gate 3 is almost all the way back to Jolimont Station! https://… 10:24:51, 2019-12-26
Greta Bradman singing the Australian national anthem is the only thing that makes it tolerable 10:28:00, 2019-12-26
RT @RicFinlay: Stirring national anthems: never heard the crowd sing the visiting anthem as loud as the many Kiwis in the crowd did just th… 10:29:31, 2019-12-26
Boult to Warner. Let's do this. #AusvNZ https://t.co/PSOJvGsgDJ 10:31:30, 2019-12-26
say it ain't so Joe
#AusvNZ 10:35:26, 2019-12-26
RT @7Cricket: Trent Boult cleans Joe Burns up with a BEAUTY! #AUSvNZ https://t.co/aiHEzukIY6 10:37:56, 2019-12-26
Warne: "Here in 1980, Richard Hadlee bowled to Graeme Wood, caught behind by YOU, Ian Smith"
Smith: "Warren Lees wa… https://t.co/cVfi0mBcAp 10:42:50, 2019-12-26
RT @malcolmconn: A lazy 50,000 snuck in for the first ball. A few more to come. #AUSvNZ #BoxingDayTest @MCG https://t.co/f1NFViFwpa 10:43:16, 2019-12-26
RT @RicFinlay: Last first-ball duck by an opener in the first match innings of an MCG Test: Trevor Bailey, 1958-59. Followed up with a seco… 10:56:03, 2019-12-26
RT @JimmyNeesh: Imagine not knowing cricket but it’s Boxing Day and you’re with the new family so you’ll sit down and give it a crack. You… 10:56:11, 2019-12-26
RT @aap_photos: Pix: Cricket Australia New Zealand https://t.co/NVu3d22ZeM https://t.co/ZUHqUXbKQ8 10:57:22, 2019-12-26
RT @sportaustralia: Time for the #BoxingDay Test! @SportAusHoF member and former international cricket wicket keeping legend Ian Healy want… 11:07:16, 2019-12-26
Use the other $66.80 wisely https://t.co/p2HEAbeUUW 11:17:57, 2019-12-26
@cmdil but I only take $9980 spending money to the game in reply to cmdil 11:22:37, 2019-12-26
RT @CanberraInsider: Prime Minister Edmund Barton, dressed for cricket in Melbourne, Christmas 1870 https://t.co/v1ge6iUnpA 11:31:40, 2019-12-26
RT @7Cricket: It's a process to transport the drop in pitch into the MCG.
@copes9 talks us through it and highlights Trent Boult's brillia… 11:32:06, 2019-12-26
The biggest difference between drinks and "tactical time out" is that drinks is a health and safety necessity.… https://t.co/1eJsA46lNu 11:40:57, 2019-12-26
Merry Christmas Shane https://t.co/EkGrJ4Bmrm 11:44:21, 2019-12-26
RT @withMEAA: As the #BoxingDayTest gets underway at the @MCG this morning, it couldn't happen without the hard work of hundreds of MEAA me… 11:48:11, 2019-12-26
Glad I didn't get around to typing that "Warner looking dangerous" tweet. #AUSvNZ 12:14:29, 2019-12-26
Huge reception for Steve Smith from the New Zealand home crowd 12:15:32, 2019-12-26
It's the replay from behind that shows how good a catch this was. #AUSvNZ https://t.co/CMCw3OMYWG 12:16:45, 2019-12-26
Only Steve Smith is permitted to scream "Not now!" instead of the customary "No". #AUSvNZ 12:20:38, 2019-12-26
RT @FoxCricket: Safe to say Steve Smith is pumped for this innings 😂
📺 Stream #AUSvNZ ad-break free on Kayo: https://t.co/CfILOrTeyB

Live… 12:22:05, 2019-12-26
RT @BigBashGM: Big Kiwi contingent at the MCG is contributing to a fantastic atmosphere. A huge crowd and perfect cricket weather – the ar… 12:23:03, 2019-12-26
RT @MacquarieSport: @Beva3AW and Ian Chappell getting ready for a historic day from the @MCG
New Zealand have won the toss and will field!… 12:24:32, 2019-12-26
Swepson replaces Siddle in the Australian squad of 13 for Sydney. Siddle has been released to rejoin the Adelaide S… https://t.co/YALjIZ5FNN 12:27:43, 2019-12-26
Can we have DRS for dead balls please? #AUSvNZ 12:32:54, 2019-12-26
Watching Wagner bowling to Smith reminds me that December 26 commemorates the martyrdom of St Stephen. #AUSvNZ #HappyStStephensDay 12:34:18, 2019-12-26
Law 20.4.2.5 would be the clause regarding dead ball that applies. We'd have to presume that Nigel Llong understand… https://t.co/yJvLHwSwDT 12:44:24, 2019-12-26
@WCEaglesForever I can't see anything in Law 20 in reply to WCEaglesForever 13:03:31, 2019-12-26
RT @danbrettig: MCG crowd has already surpassed the previous Boxing Day record for a non-Ashes Test of 73,812 v South Africa in 1997-98 #Au… 13:05:20, 2019-12-26
@GM_Wombat @WCEaglesForever thank you in reply to GM_Wombat 13:51:58, 2019-12-26
this clause https://t.co/sf9aQoipjH 13:52:19, 2019-12-26
Haris Rauf did an excellent cameo for the Melbourne Stars but now the lead player Dale Steyn is back https://t.co/iQMXukRBVZ 14:05:57, 2019-12-26
Ouch https://t.co/AOzn5JvgGA 15:01:18, 2019-12-26
HIA time for Matty 15:57:45, 2019-12-26
RT @1116sen: Six scores over 50 in a row at the MCG for Steve Smith according to @AWSStats. He joins an exclusive club alongside Ricky Pont… 16:05:08, 2019-12-26
RT @FoxCricket: Wagner just got Wade in the back of the head. Good sportsmanship on display afterwards.
📺 Stream #AUSvNZ ad-break free o… 16:05:24, 2019-12-26
Steve Smith gets a Law 20.4.2.5 dead ball because he was distracted by Fox Cricket's toy robot. #greataccess 16:26:04, 2019-12-26
RT @OfficialCSA: A light Christmas Day practice for the #SAU19s was followed by presents from Secret Santa 🎄🎉
WATCH ➡️ https://t.co/Ml1Xfb… 16:27:12, 2019-12-26
RT @copes9: A comparison of last years #BoxingDayTest pitch to this year.
HUGE improvements in bounce, movement & contest between Bat/Bal… 16:27:58, 2019-12-26
Delay, Day 2: Solar eclipse. https://t.co/kLWfUrYfwv 16:30:38, 2019-12-26
RT @NewsCorpCricket: That's a sandshoe crusher, alright!
Matt #Wade loses his footing but just manages to keep that Trent #Boult yorker ou… 16:35:30, 2019-12-26
@basedIITian No. They arranged a rest day for a Test in India once because of a solar eclipse in reply to basedIITian 16:37:59, 2019-12-26
80473 at the MCG today. The Boxing Day Test is Melbourne's for the foreseeable future… provided they don't mess u… https://t.co/JzoRMliKWu 17:37:35, 2019-12-26
Will that be the second-largest cricket crowd at the MCG this season? We'll find out March 8. #AUSvNZ #T20WorldCup in reply to rickeyrecricket 17:40:09, 2019-12-26
@KFCQuarterPack India in reply to KFCQuarterPack 17:40:23, 2019-12-26
@CorbinMiddlemas 250-260 is historically a good day's play in reply to CorbinMiddlemas 17:42:02, 2019-12-26
@AlrantAl @CorbinMiddlemas 1980s-1990s. 300 runs every day is a relatively recent expectation in reply to AlrantAl 17:47:40, 2019-12-26
RT @KevRobertsCA: Thanks to the Aussie cricket fans and our Kiwi brothers and sisters who helped make Boxing Day so special at the MCG. @C… 17:49:07, 2019-12-26
RT @GeorgeDobell1: Morning. Leach, Pope and Woakes all ruled out for England through illness. Stokes is here and is expected to play. Pitch… 17:50:15, 2019-12-26
Stumps day 1 at the MCG Australia 4/257 an absorbing tussle today Smith 77* will he blast off tomorrow? #AusvNZ 18:01:07, 2019-12-26
come on, he was always a temporary replacement. He's done exceptionally well and we will see him again https://t.co/EOV4jI8JPB 18:02:44, 2019-12-26
#AusvNZ
Intermission

#SAvEng 18:03:50, 2019-12-26
RT @CricketAus: You did it! Today’s crowd, 80,473, was the largest ever attendance for a day of Test cricket between Australia and New Zeal… 18:15:18, 2019-12-26
@RicFinlay what would be an average number of dots in a day's play? in reply to RicFinlay 18:16:13, 2019-12-26
RT @AWSStats: Steve Smith batting on the first day of a Test:
2399 runs at 119 95.
He has been not out overnight 24 times of the 44 that he… 18:16:53, 2019-12-26
@the_summer_game I thought it was a great day's Test cricket. I wouldn't expect an elongated T20 bashup and I don't… https://t.co/R9zDHSvORQ in reply to the_summer_game 18:19:30, 2019-12-26
RT @RicFinlay: Aus at stumps 4-257. Parallels with Perth, where Aus were 4-248 at the end of the first day. #AusvNZ 18:23:06, 2019-12-26
RT @TheBarmyArmy: OH JIMMY JIMMY! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Congratulations on 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Test caps, @jimmy9 🙌

An incredible achievement from an extraordina… 18:23:54, 2019-12-26
Bat flip? Did I hear someone say bat flip? https://t.co/wWdUjrwJCV 18:35:06, 2019-12-26
RT @deeputalks: Test Cap #
#1000: Len Maddocks (AUS), Melbourne, Dec 31 1954

#2000: Sherwin Campbell (WI), Christchurch, 3 Feb 1995

#300… 18:36:14, 2019-12-26
Warnie needs to do an umpire's course before he's allowed into a commentary box but whether right or wrong there's… https://t.co/DAj0bRUPeX 18:42:45, 2019-12-26
James Anderson is the first specialist bowler to appear in 150 Test matches although he's only the fourth player wi… https://t.co/5etAEdTkAH 18:46:52, 2019-12-26
RT @SixersBBL: ⏰Get to know English superstar and Sixers gun @TC59 in the latest edition of Mitzy's Mad Minute presented by Sarah Aley!
#s… 18:48:28, 2019-12-26
RT @JJonassen21: Nothing like a bit of @Gray_Nicolls nostalgia back home for Christmas. 2 of my 1st bats for both school then club cricket… 18:48:41, 2019-12-26
RT @mvallipuram: Here it is!!! #Malaysian Super #Women League fixtures and you can find the details here..Live on Malaysia Cricket Live You… 18:48:49, 2019-12-26
RT @shockerhess: ICYAW – The England players are wearing black armbands in honour of Bob Willis. It's the first Test they are playing since… 18:56:23, 2019-12-26
Boxing Day Test Number Two. Anderson to Elgar. Nick down the legside. Golden duck. Here we go. #SAvEng 19:04:41, 2019-12-26
South Africa 5 for 1 by the time the Barmies finished singing Jerusalem. #SAvEng 19:08:59, 2019-12-26
time to call it off then https://t.co/HTGrJsCMUZ 19:16:01, 2019-12-26
@d_moinak This is an open-and-shut case of discrimination if players from Pakistan are not invited to play in an As… https://t.co/NlP02TjR6a in reply to d_moinak 19:21:55, 2019-12-26
@d_moinak Where the lack of invite is clearly and deliberately done to all players of a certain nation, it absolutely is. in reply to d_moinak 19:28:24, 2019-12-26
@Venky7781 @BCCI This should be the BCB's call, not the BCCI's, but it clearly can't be an Asian XI if players from… https://t.co/c2czxYDaAw in reply to Venky7781 19:31:40, 2019-12-26
RT @bbctms: 'The start of play was delayed due to an incident involving a photographer. He was carried off on a stretcher after seeming to… 19:32:20, 2019-12-26
@d_moinak That's a difficult issue of negotiation, and I repeat, absolutely separate to the question of one nation'… https://t.co/rdytjVN25W in reply to d_moinak 19:35:05, 2019-12-26
@d_moinak Maybe they don't know yet. It might be the BCCI official shooting his mouth off prematurely. Not the firs… https://t.co/R4DJvp3gro in reply to d_moinak 19:41:21, 2019-12-26
@JahaaziDarinda That is not the point. Players being excluded because they are Pakistani? Is that somehow ok? in reply to JahaaziDarinda 19:51:09, 2019-12-26
South Africa are 32 for 2 so let's bring on change bowler Jofra Archer 19:52:12, 2019-12-26
@sashiq63 Yes and I think that is not a good thing but this is about preventing Indian and Pakistani players joinin… https://t.co/y4FpTNTeea in reply to sashiq63 19:59:06, 2019-12-26
RT @DawlatZadranDK: Remembering World Cup:
There is no better feeling than being an Afghan. This is a historic match for us, not just for t… 19:59:31, 2019-12-26
RT @cricbuzz: South Africa's last 14 opening partnerships:
4
6
24
0
36
15
10
14
4
2
0
4
5
0 — Today

#SAvENG 20:00:06, 2019-12-26
RT @iNaseemShah: Here is the video to confirm that @iNaseemShah is my official twitter account. Love and prayers for everyone out there. #R… 20:01:44, 2019-12-26
RT @ShayanAcharya: Statement from the Cricket Association of Bengal on the Devang Gandhi issue. #RanjiTrophy https://t.co/g2goeVToDY 20:28:28, 2019-12-26
RT @MattRenshaw449: Christmas present from @7cricket Making my commentary debut tomorrow night in the @bbl #faceforradio #bbl09 20:38:23, 2019-12-26
Rassie van der Dussen in for his first Test innings. South Africa 71/3. #SAvEng 20:45:13, 2019-12-26
RT @Yas_Wisden: Pedro Collins is the only man to take take a wicket with the first ball of a Test on three occasions.
Each time it was the… 21:24:29, 2019-12-26

December 25, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 25 Dec 19

Merry Christmas! 06:15:37, 2019-12-25
RT @sidvee: For those of us who fell in love with cricket in the '90s, Harsha Bhogle meant a lot. He helped us appreciate the game and got… 06:19:57, 2019-12-25
RT @dannyreuben: A busy day on the media front. Lots going on – on and off the field. Hopefully, another progressive practice tomorrow on C… 06:21:12, 2019-12-25
RT @NZCricketMuseum: #BornToday: @CricketAus spinner, Clarrie Grimmett; the best Christmas present New Zealand has ever given Australia. 06:46:58, 2019-12-25
RT @sachin_rt: Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas🎄.
May this Christmas bring lots of happiness to our hearts ♥ and homes🏠 . I hope you hav… 16:23:55, 2019-12-25
more Harsh Tonk today https://t.co/8CnbUcn2uw 17:58:27, 2019-12-25
RT @ProfDeano: Lucky to have Sir Richard Hadlee for Xmas lunch.. and now he presents me with this! 🐹 https://t.co/25vw7CBUMK 17:58:51, 2019-12-25
RT @MunichCC: Merry Christmas from all of us here at MCC!! I’m wishing you all the joy, presents and ducks in the world!! https://t.co/Nf5x… 18:00:19, 2019-12-25
RT @craddock_cmail: After 31 years of gentle enquires finally got to sit down for a chat with the great Sir Curtly and he didn’t muck about… 18:07:57, 2019-12-25
RT @bbctms: Ben Stokes will play a full part in training today ahead of the Boxing Day Test with his father showing signs of improvement in… 18:08:32, 2019-12-25

December 24, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 24 Dec 19

While BCCI is rumoured to be planning an annual #Big3Plus1 ODI series, Cricket Ireland is struggling to have enough… https://t.co/c9SDZsBxRu 08:31:49, 2019-12-24
Today marks 25 years since the last time Test cricket was played in Australia on Christmas Eve. First day of the Se… https://t.co/ulAFTOw6Xq 08:50:49, 2019-12-24
A meagre MCG crowd 31367 witness the opening day of the 1994 Christmas Eve Ashes Test. (full report:… https://t.co/U3XZbz6VSh in reply to rickeyrecricket 08:59:09, 2019-12-24
The West Indies beat Australia by 282 runs in 1988 in an MCG Test beginning on Christmas Eve (a Saturday that year)… https://t.co/wfuonphBdO 09:09:42, 2019-12-24
In 1984 the MCG Test began on December 22 (also a Saturday). The first two days were the stage for a brilliant 208… https://t.co/7ZJPinDsOv in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:12:25, 2019-12-24
Some footage of that innings of 208 by Viv Richards completed at the MCG on 22-23 December 1984: https://t.co/9C73bMYH64 in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:16:35, 2019-12-24
Adelaide hosted Pakistan on two consecutive Test tours over Christmas. In 1972 play began on December 22 with the t… https://t.co/TV3gvElOV2 09:26:00, 2019-12-24
In 1976 the Australian international cricket season did not begin till Christmas Eve. Pakistan were all out for 272… https://t.co/TpdYvNFrgs 09:37:40, 2019-12-24
@RicFinlay They haven't done Alice Springs and Moe so early in the season before in reply to RicFinlay 09:40:35, 2019-12-24
Scorecard of the 1976 Christmas Eve Test in Adelaide, which ended in a draw when Rod Marsh and Gary Cosier controve… https://t.co/87X2oi38AU in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:43:10, 2019-12-24
RT @SamLandsberger: While the AFL Grand Final is locked in at the G until 2057, the MCC’s contract to host Boxing Day expires after this Te… 09:46:41, 2019-12-24
@DechlanBrennan no that's all the international cricket they had on the calendar, only 6 teams were playing Test cricket then in reply to DechlanBrennan 09:48:14, 2019-12-24
In 1967 Australia and India actually played Test cricket on Christmas Day at the Adelaide Oval. What's more the mat… https://t.co/63gUkGJBIu 09:50:59, 2019-12-24
"Australia Dismal: Cowper Pathetic" Rohan Rivett's report for the Canberra Times on Christmas Day of the 1967-68 Au… https://t.co/rLpEyU7nO6 in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:56:44, 2019-12-24
@WisdenCricket Sana Mir deserves her place in the eleven but is an extremely odd choice for captain. I'd lean towar… https://t.co/yebKH5qWAN in reply to WisdenCricket 10:08:20, 2019-12-24
RT @andymcg_cricket: David Warner in the nets occasionally taking the bottom hand off the bat after the blow yesterday #AUSvNZ https://t.co… 11:50:12, 2019-12-24
RT @FulhamJon: It would be nice to think @ECB_cricket would arrange an annual tri-series with @Irelandcricket and @CricketScotland instead.… 14:20:51, 2019-12-24
RT @beastieboy07: Pat Cummins just revealed that the first thing his girlfriend said she wanted to do once he was bought for AUD 3.1 millio… 14:28:26, 2019-12-24
RT @CricketAus: Only two more sleeps …
Late tickets are now available for Boxing Day @MCG! Cheer on our Aussies against the @BLACKCAPS.… 15:45:24, 2019-12-24
RT @BBL: Finchmas is cancelled, sorry kids.
Meredith and Milenko combine for the big wicket of the Renegades skipper for 50.

The men in r… 15:47:56, 2019-12-24
RT @SLCPresident: Congratulations to the @OfficialSLC U19 Boys, who won the concluded Tri-Series played in West Indies. The future looks Br… 15:49:03, 2019-12-24
Well I wasn't expecting to get drenched in a heavy rain shower this afternoon but I have and I'm not complaining bu… https://t.co/sz4MJ09cwC 16:13:01, 2019-12-24
there is nothing good about this thought bubble, which I suspect is an ambit claim intended to pre-empt debate on t… https://t.co/EuFNYi9TtJ 17:41:14, 2019-12-24
The Christmas Eve afternoon fixture in Hobart looks good to be annual thing. #BBL09 17:45:04, 2019-12-24
@rossj80 as if that were the motive in reply to rossj80 17:49:26, 2019-12-24
RT @1NewsSportNZ: Canterbury mystery-spinner shines in Super Smash win over Central Districts
https://t.co/39dl1cq7h9 https://t.co/tWIMyctU… 18:41:28, 2019-12-24
@WeBleedBlue007 they are unrelated now, but the advancement of one may obstruct the resolution of another in years… https://t.co/0PjPyZ9zlC in reply to WeBleedBlue007 19:09:24, 2019-12-24
@WeBleedBlue007 Finding the time to turn this into an annual event is going to be difficult, as is the prospect of… https://t.co/TzTs3basCk in reply to WeBleedBlue007 19:33:20, 2019-12-24
RT @ECB_cricket: Statement: Ben Stokes
➡️ https://t.co/EBdrljIPRF https://t.co/hmsZKRPVRD 19:34:34, 2019-12-24
RT @MailSport: BREAKING NEWS: Ben Stokes' father Ged is rushed to hospital in a ‘critical condition’ after falling seriously ill on England… 19:36:31, 2019-12-24
@WeBleedBlue007 A same-three-nation-plus-guest ODI tournament is not what world cricket needs in reply to WeBleedBlue007 19:40:59, 2019-12-24
The question that has to be asked here is whether you want your country to win a World Cup or not https://t.co/YH6cC55ABT 20:02:14, 2019-12-24
If my email inbox is any indication Boxing Day has started already so why hasn't the Boxing Day Test begun? 20:05:37, 2019-12-24
@Wasay001 if it's not important then why have it? in reply to Wasay001 20:06:10, 2019-12-24
If Naseem Shah is eligible to play in the Under-19 World Cup – and I am presuming is eligibility is verified beyond… https://t.co/O7GIT3U4EK in reply to rickeyrecricket 20:15:31, 2019-12-24
@AnxiousLarka @Wasay001 I'd love to see the "find new stars" idea applied at every world cup then in reply to AnxiousLarka 20:16:08, 2019-12-24
RT @shockerhess: Faf du Plessis says Van Der Dussen and Pretorius will make debuts in the Boxing Day Test. Maharaj will play and then a dec… 22:25:10, 2019-12-24
waiting for the DVD release with the alternative endings https://t.co/OXc8sO3948 22:44:52, 2019-12-24
RT @PictureSporting: Allan Lamb in fancy dress for the England team's Christmas Day party in Melbourne in 1990 https://t.co/ycoXeMpLZe 22:45:23, 2019-12-24
make it eight teams, get the ICC to run it, call it… oh, Champions Trophy… https://t.co/6o9as5q9wO 22:46:54, 2019-12-24
@MazherArshad A decade is any ten year sequence you make it. The decade everyone knows as "The 2010s" runs from 1/1/2010 to 31/12/2019. in reply to MazherArshad 22:51:14, 2019-12-24
@MazherArshad Why would you? Why don't people celebrate the decade 25/12/2009 to today? Because the decades celebra… https://t.co/8oCmzFLhNx in reply to MazherArshad 22:56:50, 2019-12-24
@MazherArshad we certainly can, but the decades that people talk about, arbitrary as they may be, are the ones dictated by popular consensus in reply to MazherArshad 23:02:10, 2019-12-24
oof! #SAvEng https://t.co/fMcBQsiQXD 23:20:41, 2019-12-24

December 23, 2019

Tweets by @rickeyrecricket for 23 Dec 19

@BdJcricket Looking at the context in which this has been reported it seems to still be at the thought bubble stage… https://t.co/UdUdjysjEh in reply to BdJcricket 09:34:22, 2019-12-23
RT @AlexBlackwell2: School Holiday cricket camps were the making of my career! All the best to the Community Cricket staff and participants… 09:35:36, 2019-12-23
Highlights of the 150th and last mens ODI of 2019, India defeating West Indies at Cuttack: https://t.co/MzJaxGxFv0 #IndvWI 09:44:06, 2019-12-23
Twenty teams played full mens ODIs in 2019. Among full ICC members, England had the best win/loss ratio (with the W… https://t.co/Fx1QQcUZxn in reply to rickeyrecricket 09:48:34, 2019-12-23
Mixed year for Papua New Guinea. While they qualified for the Mens T20 World Cup for the first time, their ODI reco… https://t.co/iuQwMXNcTz in reply to rickeyrecricket 10:13:33, 2019-12-23
What makes a perfect pitch? https://t.co/RCHFgxgTxr via @smh 10:14:56, 2019-12-23
meanwhile in a sport where the coin toss is too complicated https://t.co/AgGithdrJL 10:44:52, 2019-12-23
RT @_hypocaust: Auatralia A v India A
3rd T20

Toss – India A, field

#AusAvIndA
Scorecard & livestream:
https://t.co/s4IdngK2GY 11:13:54, 2019-12-23
who keeps wickets or do Kumar and AB take it in turns? https://t.co/yg1zBekacN 12:28:20, 2019-12-23
RT @7Cricket: Marcus Stoinis. Adam Zampa.
Op shopping together. Enjoy! https://t.co/X41Vbo4qVp 12:28:45, 2019-12-23
Meanwhile, as the NFL looks for ways to "simplify" the coin toss… https://t.co/LJA9iZeKjg 12:30:50, 2019-12-23
That's at least the second #batflip in the last two seasons that has ended in a tie in reply to rickeyrecricket 12:32:02, 2019-12-23
RT @AusWomenCricket: Heather Graham reaches her half-century in the penultimate over of the innings, and Aus A have finished on 3-151!
Now… 12:32:19, 2019-12-23
For the second time in three days a Strikers game is under threat because of air quality https://t.co/VklFvP4pwv 12:34:27, 2019-12-23
Mushfiqur Rahim. #doh https://t.co/fAwrUfvr8v 12:44:02, 2019-12-23
@DGBeswick1 Yes. Of course. in reply to DGBeswick1 12:45:08, 2019-12-23
@munawarsghost #munawarsdamus in reply to munawarsghost 12:46:03, 2019-12-23
@munawarsghost the betting companies should have three option for the toss in BBL in reply to munawarsghost 12:48:59, 2019-12-23
@munawarsghost by my count it's happened twice in 127 BBL/WBBL games since the batflip began in reply to munawarsghost 12:56:58, 2019-12-23
RT @KKRiders: Hello @chrisgreen_93! 👋
We are equally excited to see you join KKR and hope for a good season together! 💜

#IPLAuction #Kor… 13:11:49, 2019-12-23
@gulu1959 RAP Nissanka in reply to gulu1959 13:14:18, 2019-12-23
RT @SixersBBL: @scg Make sure you have your 🎟️ for our Sydney Smash on Dec 28 against @ThunderBBL !
Tickets here > https://t.co/yKUrzSwJ3… 13:22:50, 2019-12-23
@vishalmisra My bad. I was so busy going "What's Sangakkara and De Villiers both doing in the team" that I didn't p… https://t.co/UzDtNrf5gN in reply to vishalmisra 13:44:35, 2019-12-23
@IbrahimKFaisal Lapse in concentration in overlooking him, sorry. He possibly wouldn't be my Test wicketkeeper of t… https://t.co/9FDUy2a4R2 in reply to IbrahimKFaisal 14:14:06, 2019-12-23
RT @AusWomenCricket: Aussies win! Top knocks from Elyse Villani (70) and Heather Graham (51*) set up a 22-run win over India A and that's a… 14:15:19, 2019-12-23
RT @CricketNSW: .@hawks_cricket & @sydneycricketc1 are the 2019/20 @KingsgroveSport T20 Cup Finalists 🏆 👏
Final to be held at Drummoyne Ov… 15:13:49, 2019-12-23
RT @danbrettig: "Certainly a very lonely time there for a bit." – CA chair Earl Eddings speaks to @ESPNcricinfo about Newlands, the cultura… 15:49:17, 2019-12-23
RT @danbrettig: Eddings does not want to see another "big three" split, where the BCCI, CA and ECB suit their own needs to the detriment of… 15:49:21, 2019-12-23
RT @yourmaninmexico: We now have three cricket grounds in Mexico – The Reforma Athletic Club in Mexico City (left); University of Guadalaja… 15:54:20, 2019-12-23
Day 5 begins at Karachi with a review 16:00:13, 2019-12-23
Joël has to change his decision. Embuldeniya out first ball of the day and sixteen year-old Naseem Shah is 4/31 as… https://t.co/JC25OY7MHg in reply to rickeyrecricket 16:02:46, 2019-12-23
No hat-trick but two more chances of a pfeiffer for Naseem in reply to rickeyrecricket 16:04:03, 2019-12-23
RT @beastieboy07: David Warner has left the nets with the team doctor in extreme agony after copping a painful blow to his right hand. Chuc… 16:04:32, 2019-12-23
@gulu1959 BOP Fernando, century-maker for Sri Lanka currently in reply to rickeyrecricket 16:06:52, 2019-12-23
Oshada Fernando out for his overnight score of 102. One wicket to go. #PAKvSL 16:09:22, 2019-12-23
All over. Sri Lanka all out 212. Naseem Shah 5/31. #PakvSL 16:14:33, 2019-12-23
Sri Lanka used a review on the plumbest lbw in the 142 year history of Test cricket but Naseem Shah has a five-wick… https://t.co/wIif8AG3pW 16:16:26, 2019-12-23
Day five of the Karachi Test lasted a quarter of an hour. #PakvSL 16:17:53, 2019-12-23
RT @RusselArnold69: Congratulations @TheRealPCB It’s a historic moment …Well done lads 👍👏👏 https://t.co/4kPsSWxeSy 16:18:06, 2019-12-23
RT @beastieboy07: A team official has revealed that Warner is just icing his hand and doesn’t seem to be in any serious danger at the momen… 16:21:35, 2019-12-23
Sixty #WTC points for Pakistan for that win. Current standings: India 360, Australia 216, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 80… https://t.co/WABz0i5al4 16:24:21, 2019-12-23
RT @FoxSportsLab: Pakistan's first Test win since November 2018
Pakistan's first Test win in Pakistan since 2006; against West Indies at K… 16:26:19, 2019-12-23
RT @Danny61000: Nasim Shah just misses out on becoming the youngest player to take 5 wickets in an international innings. Nasim-ul-Ghani be… 16:39:39, 2019-12-23
Nasim ul-Ghani completed a haul of 5/116 on the fourth day of the Fourth Test against the West Indies at Port-of-Sp… https://t.co/Aijy1fuoI8 16:53:39, 2019-12-23
correction Nasim ul-Ghani was four days younger in 1958 in reply to rickeyrecricket 16:54:24, 2019-12-23
Not watching any more cricket till the Boxing Day Binge, then a very busy fortnight from there. I'll still be on Tw… https://t.co/VWxI87GFtt 18:24:59, 2019-12-23
Terrible idea even allowing for the finite number of days available in a year https://t.co/io5pdg1xKK 18:34:03, 2019-12-23
the #Big3Plus1 "Super Series" sounds a bit like the WSC International Cup of the 1970s and is about as relevant to… https://t.co/2JlbFD5jRZ in reply to rickeyrecricket 18:36:55, 2019-12-23
RT @el_cee17: We’ve just had a bunch of fixtures cancelled, home and away, because no one can afford to host them. Are you f**king kidding… 19:46:11, 2019-12-23
RT @MCC_Members: The Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Premier, MCG Trustee and Honourary MCC Life Member, John Cai… 19:47:12, 2019-12-23
RT @sirswampthing: 4 Camerons playing in the same game
2016-17 Sheffield Shield TAS v WA
Cameron Bancroft
Cameron Boyce
Cameron Green
Came… 19:48:35, 2019-12-23
RT @SomersetCCC: BREAKING: Australian International Matthew Wade will be joining Somerset for the first 7 @CountyChamp matches of the 2020… 19:49:08, 2019-12-23
RT @HarisRauf14: Incredible & remarkable performance in match of BBL. First 5 wickets which lead to my team to a great victory against Hur… 19:49:27, 2019-12-23
RT @sirswampthing: People to have played for 4 different @BBL teams
Josh Lalor – PS SS ST BH
Nathan Reardon – MR AS BH HH
Joe Mennie – PS H… 19:54:29, 2019-12-23
RT @faizanlakhani: Pakistani Cricketers visit Sri Lankan dressing room today after the end of Karachi Test to say thanks to them for visiti… 19:56:45, 2019-12-23
RT @ImamUlHaq12: Could not ask for a better post birthday moment. Historic test series win for Pakistan in #WTC games. Thanks again to the… 20:51:35, 2019-12-23
RT @englandcricket: We have named our squad for the @ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa!
➡️ https://t.co/WI87GhTgam https://t.co/Nm… 21:02:41, 2019-12-23
RT @lancscricket: 🙌 Congratulations, @BaldersonGeorge!
The Lancs all-rounder will captain @englandcricket at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup… 21:04:04, 2019-12-23
RT @babarazam258: Nothing like the test series win at home. Just speechless. Look forward to play against many more cricket national on our… 21:04:20, 2019-12-23
RT @OfficialCSA: Proteas all-rounder Vernon Philander (@VDP_24 ), has called time on an exemplary international career with the announcemen… 22:12:33, 2019-12-23
RT @7Cricket: .@RickyPonting's rolling team of the season is back for #BBL09!
Here's the initial one after the first week of the tournamen… 22:54:11, 2019-12-23
RT @TheAdelaideOval: Official Crowd: 28,308 at #AdelaideOval tonight for the Strikers’ first home match of KFC BBL|09 #BlueEnergy 23:13:17, 2019-12-23