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
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