Marco Jackson
@marco4j.bsky.social
From Huddersfield. Not in Huddersfield any more. Sport, crosswords, fantasy sport, words, TV. What else is new my friend, besides what I've read...
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Ooh 1L 2A 3M 4B. Lamb.
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Ooh 1L 2A 3M 4B. Lamb.
UP-W are 123 for 5.
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
UP-W are 123 for 5.
Rajshahi Warriors are 123 for 5.
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Rajshahi Warriors are 123 for 5.
Just flicked on the Zimbabwe v Thailand game - that's some scenery in Mulpani.
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Just flicked on the Zimbabwe v Thailand game - that's some scenery in Mulpani.
I haven't seen much NZ Super Smash this year, but the stumps sound weird.
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I haven't seen much NZ Super Smash this year, but the stumps sound weird.
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Something else I found I was missing last year was new music; I'm always open to recommendations, either for music itself, or how I might find it. When I do. I'll add it here.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oo...
This, unsurprisingly, touched me deeply. I didn't even know Gorillaz were still around.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oo...
This, unsurprisingly, touched me deeply. I didn't even know Gorillaz were still around.
Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar)
YouTube video by Gorillaz - Topic
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January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Something else I found I was missing last year was new music; I'm always open to recommendations, either for music itself, or how I might find it. When I do. I'll add it here.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oo...
This, unsurprisingly, touched me deeply. I didn't even know Gorillaz were still around.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oo...
This, unsurprisingly, touched me deeply. I didn't even know Gorillaz were still around.
Ralphie Albert was 0-12 off 3.4. The 5th ball went for 6.
England V Zimbabwe Under 19s.
England V Zimbabwe Under 19s.
January 18, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Ralphie Albert was 0-12 off 3.4. The 5th ball went for 6.
England V Zimbabwe Under 19s.
England V Zimbabwe Under 19s.
Sky Sports coming into its own at the moment. BBL game on, Under 19 World Cup game on, then the WPL game on + and the other Under 19 World Cup.
Cricket.
Cricket.
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Sky Sports coming into its own at the moment. BBL game on, Under 19 World Cup game on, then the WPL game on + and the other Under 19 World Cup.
Cricket.
Cricket.
I did this last year, but rather lost track. I've gone the other way this time.
1/ Extricating Young Gussie - PG Wodehouse
I missed Jeeves and Wooster, so I wanted to start the year with something I knew I'd enjoy.
1/ Extricating Young Gussie - PG Wodehouse
I missed Jeeves and Wooster, so I wanted to start the year with something I knew I'd enjoy.
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I did this last year, but rather lost track. I've gone the other way this time.
1/ Extricating Young Gussie - PG Wodehouse
I missed Jeeves and Wooster, so I wanted to start the year with something I knew I'd enjoy.
1/ Extricating Young Gussie - PG Wodehouse
I missed Jeeves and Wooster, so I wanted to start the year with something I knew I'd enjoy.
I don't recall a football match in which team mates have brought one another to the ground as the first half of this Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest game.
January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I don't recall a football match in which team mates have brought one another to the ground as the first half of this Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest game.
And all human endeavour exists only as silhouette against the vastness of the universe.
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
And all human endeavour exists only as silhouette against the vastness of the universe.
Good figures for Molly Strano - 1/11 off 1.1
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Good figures for Molly Strano - 1/11 off 1.1
This is a bit like watching Yokohama under Postecoglou but without any of the attacking threat.
September 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a bit like watching Yokohama under Postecoglou but without any of the attacking threat.
Crikey, there's a title race going on in the J League, isn't there?
August 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Crikey, there's a title race going on in the J League, isn't there?
Looks like we got our answer as to whether it spins at Cairns.
August 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Looks like we got our answer as to whether it spins at Cairns.
Really enjoyed this; it was short, but very different - whole cast of characters I'd like to know more about, too.
August 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Really enjoyed this; it was short, but very different - whole cast of characters I'd like to know more about, too.
The standard deviation of scores in this Leicestershire innings feels unusually low.
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The standard deviation of scores in this Leicestershire innings feels unusually low.
Dickie Bird is at Scarborough today watching Yorkshire take on Warwickshire. In 1958 he opened the batting for Yorkshire there against the MCC. He made 62.
That was 67 years ago.
That was 67 years ago.
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dickie Bird is at Scarborough today watching Yorkshire take on Warwickshire. In 1958 he opened the batting for Yorkshire there against the MCC. He made 62.
That was 67 years ago.
That was 67 years ago.
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Wrote something about Yorkshire's eventual defeat of Sussex today. #YCCC
Wrote something about Yorkshire's eventual defeat of Sussex today. #YCCC
Sussex and Aqua Tofana
Dom Bess waits for his bus It was not that way at the start, but with six down, you know. With six Sussex wickets down, still 200 needed, and half a day’s play remaining at Scarborough, we al…
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August 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Wrote something about Yorkshire's eventual defeat of Sussex today. #YCCC
Wrote something about Yorkshire's eventual defeat of Sussex today. #YCCC
Rehan Ahmed made 119 in his, and Leicestershire's, first innings against Kent - the thirteenth time in a row he has made double figures; last out for less than 10 against India A at the end of May, and before that, in both games against Staffordshire in early May.
July 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Rehan Ahmed made 119 in his, and Leicestershire's, first innings against Kent - the thirteenth time in a row he has made double figures; last out for less than 10 against India A at the end of May, and before that, in both games against Staffordshire in early May.
England going from ADR 12*, Dunkley 34* to Dean 0*, ADR 12* - it counts worse.
July 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
England going from ADR 12*, Dunkley 34* to Dean 0*, ADR 12* - it counts worse.
Well, that was quite tense for a quarter final.
July 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well, that was quite tense for a quarter final.
I find it difficult to imagine that two tennis players with as much a disparity in name length have ever met.
June 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I find it difficult to imagine that two tennis players with as much a disparity in name length have ever met.