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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 55m

Thanks for this comprehensive round up. On an Essex front, I am sorry Richards couldn’t find a fit with the club, and vice versa, even allowing for what was a difficult season for him in terms of production. I hope he finds opportunity and success elsewhere.

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The Grumbler @thegrumbler.bsky.social · 1h

🏏 New County #Cricket newsletter. Pls share and enjoy

🟣 Champ season in review
🟢 All the player moves and contracts
🟠 Legend back at Kent
🔴 Hants lose key coach to Warks
🔵 Kookaburra killed off
🟡 Gloucs 'debt-free'
🟤 BBC commentary soars

No 170, Oct 16: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter

🟣 Championship season in review 🟢 All the player moves and contracts 🟠 Legend back at Kent 🔴 Hants lose key coach to Warks 🔵 Kookaburra killed off 🟡 Gloucs 'debt-free' 🟤 BBC commentary soars

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1h

England breathing a sigh of relief, perhaps? This should help with NRR relative to Aus—probably Maybe?

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UGuelph History Department @uguelphhist.bsky.social · 1h

Join us on Weds Oct 29 from 330-5pm for the second Rural History Roundtable presentation of Fall 2025. Marcel Martel and Alex Gagné will give a talk titled "Drinking Ontario Wine: A Dream?"
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist

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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 3h

Sounds far more impactful than targeting bike lanes

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 7h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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James Smith @sobukwescozia.bsky.social · 18h

A really interesting research opportunity and a chance to contribute to broader work on Scotland, Empire and the slave trade www.scotland.anglican.org/vacancy-lega...

Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church

Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...

www.scotland.anglican.org

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 21h

Of course, explaining to them that "no result" is also possible is quite fun.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 21h

It is--and your question gives me the chance to say your charts are indeed lovely.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 22h

Looking forward to explaining to my baseball friends here why a total of 133/9 results in Pakistan needing 113 runs to win. Love #cricket and #maths. Combine the two and it's glorious.

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 22h

Not sure I will be able to cope with a season when it's not clear what happens to any team not finishing first.

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George Dobell @georgedobell.bsky.social · 22h

No more domestic reviews until 2029, says chair who led schedule debate | The Cricketer www.thecricketer.com/Topics/count...

No more domestic reviews until 2029, says chair who led schedule debate | The Cricketer

There is unlikely to be another domestic review until 2029, according to the chair of the Professional Game Committee (PGC)

www.thecricketer.com

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 3d

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin

Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

www.tcd.ie

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

The best part of the Sheffield Shield for me is sharing the table with sports fan friends (or even 'regular' folk) and asking them to make sense of the points system.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

www.worldofmoose.com/products/tri...

Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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CRICKETher @crickether.com · 1d

I'll give you one guess which month they decided Colombo, SL was going to co-host a World Cup? #CWC25 🏏

Chart: Rainy Days in Colombo SL

Jan 7
Feb 4
Mar 8
Apr 14
May 16
Jun 14
Jul 11
Aug 9
Sep 13
Oct 19
Nov 16
Dec 10

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, if you were, say, 39-4. Runs doubled, not as many wickets lost🙂 But if we get a DLS match, no!

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tonybishop1.bsky.social @tonybishop1.bsky.social · 1d

Up with the lark

Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 1d

All in good time for The Ashes. First up it's a white ball wallopthon in New Zealand. We're up for it. Literally as they start at 7.15 am. Every ball Guerilla style. Do join us!
www.guerillacricket.com/schedule
@anniechave.bsky.social #NZvsEng #EnglandVsNewZealand #cricket @tonybishop1.bsky.social

Broadcast Schedule - Guerilla Cricket

www.guerillacricket.com

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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 1d

Pakistan saved by rain. #CWC25 🏏

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Nipped over to the Pak v SA scorecard. Good for cricket, I suppose, to see the WTC winners losing to a team so often so fragile, but I have been really enjoying this post-NZ tour SA run, and Simon Harmer…—so, all in all, I am disappointed.

Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Another match, another inexplicable innings. Yet given what everyone but SA has then managed I’m feeling oddly confident. [Though rain, just to be sure, might be a good idea.]

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Anna @tgannawade.bsky.social · 1d

England's women's cricketers after a disastrous start to their World Cup match against Pakistan... #CWC25 #ENGWvPAKW

a cartoon character holding an umbrella with the words rain dance written above him

Alt: a cartoon character holding an umbrella with the words rain dance written above

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Chris @missingintheslips.bsky.social · 1d

Just two days ago I was reading an @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social article about the history of the reverse sweep, and now here’s this about 1866 in The Call by Martin Flanagan. It’s a shot almost as old as overarm bowling. #cricket

Finally, Wills did what Grandfather hoped he would do. He produced the delivery that had terrified half the cricketers of Victoria and New South Wales, what is now called a 'bumper' but in those more gentlemanly days was always explained away as an accident caused by slippery fingers. The ball bounced halfway down the pitch and reared at Mullagh's head. As quick as a cat, Mullagh responded with the shot for which he was already famous in the district. He went down on one knee, slanting the bat in front of his face like a shield. Striking the bat, the ball skied over the wicketkeeper's head and hurried away to the long grass on the boundary. At the time, Wills stood in the middle of the pitch, chest heaving, hands on his hips, saying nothing, but afterwards he told Grandfather it was one of the best shots he had seen in a cricket field.

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 1d

Stats highlights and trivia from match 15 of the Women's Cricket World Cup.

Nilakshika Silva starred as Sri Lanka batted first against New Zealand, before rain in Colombo deprived observers of a conclusion to the contest.

#CWC25
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