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

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