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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 2d

New blogging: I've decided to not renew my Hampshire membership next year. Because what's the point?! Some musings on memberships and the direction of travel in pro sport.

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Season’s Reflections: Ennui

No two seasons are the same. Every year the cricketing landscape changes in some small manner. Largely the status quo remains untouched though. Every so often there is a seismic shift, often isolat…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 20d

Evening all. Now for something, slightly, different: a review of the very interesting cricket book The Faintest of Tickles. Well worth a read:

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The Faintest of Tickles Review

One only discovered The Faintest of Tickles by accident. A careful perusal of social media whilst watching a County Championship livestream brought said tome to one’s attention via the Twitte…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Sep 6

Good news for the England men. If they get whumped again tomorrow the first tee of the golf course next to the Rose Bowl is about a ten minute walk from the dressing room. 👍

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Sep 2

Never mind the ODI, here's a piece of pithy blogging on a couple of moments that brought delight during the Metro Bank Cup courtesy of Ali Orr and Shan Masood:

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Metro Bank Memories

Memories in sport too often focus on the victory and defeat. An entire contest and one’s recollection of said contest summed up in the most binary of judgements. Sometimes a moment or vignette of b…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Sep 2

Playing cricket is an inconvenience for many pro cricketers these days.

Unless its some awful franchise league.

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Jon Cudby @joncudby.bsky.social · Aug 30

A Saturday afternoon in Ikea, only made bearable by introducing my 15-year-old to Ikea cricket. You score a run every time you locate an item you want, but lose a wicket every time you see a family arguing. A respectable 18 for 3 today.

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's too small for the modern professional game to be honest, particularly when considering how far players hit the ball.

Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 19

Blogged something along these lines a few years back:

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County Streams: What Next?

County cricket seems to be in a constant state of flux. Aside from the usual consternations about its future, the structure of the Championship and the season as a whole seems to be tweaked or amen…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 15

The T in T20 now stands for Tardy.

Osprey @cricketosprey.bsky.social · Aug 15

The opening game of CPL took 3 hours for 32.1 overs of cricket with no weather interruptions.

Test matches move faster than that.

Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 6

Just remember:

"You've been Metro Bank'd!"

#metrobankfever

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · Aug 5

Test cricket season segueing into The Hundred

Half and half horse meme, with a great back half and a crap front

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 4

Think I'm coming down with a fever. Likely to manifest itself on Thursday morning at about 11am! 🤒

Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Aug 2

Please no. The matches were dull enough as it was without adding an extra day.

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jul 29

Evening. Some slightly different blogging. This from a trip to the Senior Open golf last weekend about nostalgia and reminiscing in sports:

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Further Reminiscence

Reminiscing is an important activity amongst sports fans. Chatting, mulling over and mentally indulging in players and performances of yesteryear are part and parcel of the rich heritage of sports …

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jul 19

Love a bit of evening cricket. Great for de-stressing, especially when the sun shines. I watch a few games each season. This pic is from a few weeks back at East Tytherley in Hampshire.

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David Hopps @davidkhopps.bsky.social · Jul 8

If using the Kookaburra in county cricket is important Ashes practice for bowlers why are England picking a Test squad of 16 and allowing an excess number of pace bowlers to sit around at the Test in the interest of team spirit? Unwatchable & an arrogant destruction of England’s professional circuit

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jul 8

Evening cricket. Nice 😎

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jul 3

Evening. 20 years after fans formed FCUM in protest at what Man Utd had become here's some blogging on whether cricket could do similar with club cricket via the Southern Premier League Burridge and Bournemouth:

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Alternative Part One

Twenty years ago, the Glazer family famously purchased Manchester United football club in a landmark and significant moment for the sport. Frustrated and disillusioned with the gradual erosion of t…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jun 27

Evening. Some new blogging from last weekend's visit to Longparish as its almost 5 years since I went there for the first match after COVID in the truncated summer of 2020. So, something of a celebratory return:

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Reprise

Moments and places. Arguably two of the main aspects that provide definition to one’s life. Some are controllable, others occur by happenstance; dictated by events and manifestations beyond one’s s…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jun 15

This is an account worth following if you enjoy cricket's more quirky aspects. 😀

Unusual Dismissals @ud10modes.bsky.social · Jun 15

All 10 batters out 'caught' in a Women's ODI innings:

AUS 🇦🇺 v NZL 🇳🇿 , Mount Maunganui, 2015-16
WIN 🏝️ v RSA 🇿🇦 , Cave Hill, 2025

Also the 10th time in all Women's List A matches

#cricket 🏏

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WI-W vs SA-W Cricket Scorecard, 2nd ODI at Cave Hill, June 14, 2025

Get cricket scorecard of 2nd ODI, WI-W vs SA-W, South Africa Women in West Indies 2025 at Three Ws Oval, Cave Hill, Barbados dated June 14, 2025.

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · Jun 15

Surely one of the finest views in cricket?

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Robert Fleming @8bitcricket.bsky.social · Jun 10

I actually like the WTC - I 100% get the criticism of the format, but people have short memories & seem to forget what came before. It's a start to fix & grow; It's better than teams unilaterally declaring themselves champions after a couple of undefeated series.
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Imperfect World Test Championship still manages to stoke five-day fires

Gripes about South Africa's qualification path fall away as ICC showpiece descends on Lord's

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rogerbphotos @rogerbphotos.bsky.social · Jun 1

I always enjoy seeing a cricket ground with a fully grown tree within the boundary ropes - the game just fitting around the landscape (and providing a few fielding challenges!). Here's a fine example from the ground I visited today at Sulhamstead & Ufton CC.

#cricket #cricketground #trees

A view of the pavilion at Sulhamstead & Ufton Cricket Club. In front of the pavilion there is a large, mature tree growing with the field of play.

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · May 29

Evening. A bit of blogging featuring Sunday friendly cricket, how it is a form that is cherished by many and how the Meon Valley in east Hants is a bit of a hotspot:

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For the Love of the Game Reprised

When the general state of the health of cricket in this country is debated one of the most emotive and cherished aspects of the game that is often highlighted is that of Sunday / village cricket an…

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Hector Cappelletti @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · May 23

Evening. Some new blogging about knock-out cricket and how it's still part of the club game even though the pro game has largely shunned it. Featuring Weybridge, Guildford, Chichester Priory Park and Pagham.

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Jeopardy

Professional cricket seems to abhor a knock-out competition. The cut, thrust and jeopardy of the whole concept has become anathema to the paid ranks in favour of certainty and a number of set match…

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