Chris
@missingintheslips.bsky.social
Trying to watch more cricket than I write about. 🏏 Seeing two books through the presses. One is about Nancy Sharp [https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4]. C.L.R. James and John Arlott both get a mention in the other one [https://tinyurl.com/465bnwzv].
Fifty run partnership for the third wicket and still going. Not, out of context, worth noting. But—and I can’t be bothered to look this up—but this is WI batting so it feels like it’s been a while and *is* worth noting. #NZvWI 🏝️🏏
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Fifty run partnership for the third wicket and still going. Not, out of context, worth noting. But—and I can’t be bothered to look this up—but this is WI batting so it feels like it’s been a while and *is* worth noting. #NZvWI 🏝️🏏
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He should have played red ball cricket from day 1, instead of thinking he was too good to have to bother with it.
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
He should have played red ball cricket from day 1, instead of thinking he was too good to have to bother with it.
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"There was not a man you would rather have on your team"
✍️ Mark Nicholas believes Robin Smith was Hampshire’s greatest ever player – shy and naive off the field, a batting prodigy on it
✍️ Mark Nicholas believes Robin Smith was Hampshire’s greatest ever player – shy and naive off the field, a batting prodigy on it
There was not a man you would rather have on your team: Mark Nicholas on Robin Smith | The Cricketer
MARK NICHOLAS believes Robin Smith was Hampshire’s greatest ever player – shy and naive off the field, a batting prodigy on it
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"There was not a man you would rather have on your team"
✍️ Mark Nicholas believes Robin Smith was Hampshire’s greatest ever player – shy and naive off the field, a batting prodigy on it
✍️ Mark Nicholas believes Robin Smith was Hampshire’s greatest ever player – shy and naive off the field, a batting prodigy on it
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Day 2 of #HooklandChristmasTree decoration. We gently take the Master of Moss from box. He’s old and fragile, made from twig, clay and clumps of Moss gathered on Barrowcross. We find him a respectful place on the tree and hope he sleeps the season. His waking would be terrible
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Day 2 of #HooklandChristmasTree decoration. We gently take the Master of Moss from box. He’s old and fragile, made from twig, clay and clumps of Moss gathered on Barrowcross. We find him a respectful place on the tree and hope he sleeps the season. His waking would be terrible
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Östersund Week 1 - Penalty Loop Podcast Episode 153
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December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Robin Smith was a giant of the cricket I watched growing up – we're not supposed to be losing that generation yet. Desperately sad news 🏏
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Robin Smith was a giant of the cricket I watched growing up – we're not supposed to be losing that generation yet. Desperately sad news 🏏
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Oh no. So sad.
Interviewed him many times at Hants press days.
Hell of player. Can still see his cut shots off the pace bowlers. So strong.
Interviewed him many times at Hants press days.
Hell of player. Can still see his cut shots off the pace bowlers. So strong.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oh no. So sad.
Interviewed him many times at Hants press days.
Hell of player. Can still see his cut shots off the pace bowlers. So strong.
Interviewed him many times at Hants press days.
Hell of player. Can still see his cut shots off the pace bowlers. So strong.
Woke up. Checked score. Thought two things at the same time, ‘Good work by the bowlers. Probably too much for the batters’. It would be great to see a WI side where one can have faith in the batters—or that allowed for sequential thinking. #NZvWI 🏏🏝️
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Woke up. Checked score. Thought two things at the same time, ‘Good work by the bowlers. Probably too much for the batters’. It would be great to see a WI side where one can have faith in the batters—or that allowed for sequential thinking. #NZvWI 🏏🏝️
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Good night from Dolly, who provisionally approves the new comforter.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Good night from Dolly, who provisionally approves the new comforter.
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The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
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Today I got a funny and affirming email about my book from a scholar I admire a lot. It felt GREAT.
Resolution to keep sending enthused emails to people whose books I read and appreciate!
Resolution to keep sending enthused emails to people whose books I read and appreciate!
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Today I got a funny and affirming email about my book from a scholar I admire a lot. It felt GREAT.
Resolution to keep sending enthused emails to people whose books I read and appreciate!
Resolution to keep sending enthused emails to people whose books I read and appreciate!
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He deserves to play until he's done. Anderson style....
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
He deserves to play until he's done. Anderson style....
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December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Nods in agreement, grabs book and climbs into bed.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Nods in agreement, grabs book and climbs into bed.
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New Zealand vs West Indies will be the first three-match Test series not involving any of England, Australia or India since South Africa hosted Pakistan in 2018-19 😮
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Zealand vs West Indies will be the first three-match Test series not involving any of England, Australia or India since South Africa hosted Pakistan in 2018-19 😮
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Big occasions during our first year in Tier 1 🤩
A new era for our oldest rivalry across List A and T20 action, including a double header at Emirates Old Trafford.
The standalone Women's #RosesT20 head to York next summer 🎇
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A new era for our oldest rivalry across List A and T20 action, including a double header at Emirates Old Trafford.
The standalone Women's #RosesT20 head to York next summer 🎇
Sign up for Priority Access 👉 yorkshireccc.com/news/sign-up...
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Big occasions during our first year in Tier 1 🤩
A new era for our oldest rivalry across List A and T20 action, including a double header at Emirates Old Trafford.
The standalone Women's #RosesT20 head to York next summer 🎇
Sign up for Priority Access 👉 yorkshireccc.com/news/sign-up...
A new era for our oldest rivalry across List A and T20 action, including a double header at Emirates Old Trafford.
The standalone Women's #RosesT20 head to York next summer 🎇
Sign up for Priority Access 👉 yorkshireccc.com/news/sign-up...
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Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he was writing for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
www.thefp.com/p/david-mame...
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
www.thefp.com/p/david-mame...
David Mamet: Tom Stoppard and Me
Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard was a Holocaust survivor and an immigrant, but he wrote the most English and Anglophile of works, writes David Mamet for The Free Press.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Spielberg asked Tom to write the screenplay for Jaws, and Tom said he was writing for the BBC. Spielberg said, 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
www.thefp.com/p/david-mame...
"No," Tom said, "BBC Radio."
www.thefp.com/p/david-mame...
Of course I am bragging, but I am also not sure what to make of this comment sent by someone I invited to comment on the draft and who did so, more than once: ‘your intro is even better on second reading’. Maybe it’s the way I shamelessly work in a discussion of Cricket West Indies? #cricket 🏏🏝️⚓️
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Of course I am bragging, but I am also not sure what to make of this comment sent by someone I invited to comment on the draft and who did so, more than once: ‘your intro is even better on second reading’. Maybe it’s the way I shamelessly work in a discussion of Cricket West Indies? #cricket 🏏🏝️⚓️
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Day 1: 'natural gaiety in the highways. Children play a skipping game in a Poplar street.'
Today's December the 1st, so here begins an Advent Calendar of London a century ago, as seen in the book 'Wonderful London', 1925, the photogravures by Donald Macleish.
#AdventLondon100 #Day01
Today's December the 1st, so here begins an Advent Calendar of London a century ago, as seen in the book 'Wonderful London', 1925, the photogravures by Donald Macleish.
#AdventLondon100 #Day01
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Day 1: 'natural gaiety in the highways. Children play a skipping game in a Poplar street.'
Today's December the 1st, so here begins an Advent Calendar of London a century ago, as seen in the book 'Wonderful London', 1925, the photogravures by Donald Macleish.
#AdventLondon100 #Day01
Today's December the 1st, so here begins an Advent Calendar of London a century ago, as seen in the book 'Wonderful London', 1925, the photogravures by Donald Macleish.
#AdventLondon100 #Day01
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📩 Any clubs that have not received an email or are having issues with registration should contact [email protected]
#DevonCricket
#DevonCricket
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📩 Any clubs that have not received an email or are having issues with registration should contact [email protected]
#DevonCricket
#DevonCricket
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Somerset are not having a great off season
Loosing a coach, Captain and Overseas star, is far from ideal.
To lose one may be regarded as unlucky
To lose two may be regarded as unfortunate
To lose three looks like carelessness
Loosing a coach, Captain and Overseas star, is far from ideal.
To lose one may be regarded as unlucky
To lose two may be regarded as unfortunate
To lose three looks like carelessness
Hampshire Signing Amanda Jade Wellington for next season!!
Taking Wello from Somerset, where she’s essentially been for the last 2 years is a big steal from Hampshire.
Somerset are loosing players quite regularly atm, which isn’t looking good for them
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Taking Wello from Somerset, where she’s essentially been for the last 2 years is a big steal from Hampshire.
Somerset are loosing players quite regularly atm, which isn’t looking good for them
📷Hampshire Cricket
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Somerset are not having a great off season
Loosing a coach, Captain and Overseas star, is far from ideal.
To lose one may be regarded as unlucky
To lose two may be regarded as unfortunate
To lose three looks like carelessness
Loosing a coach, Captain and Overseas star, is far from ideal.
To lose one may be regarded as unlucky
To lose two may be regarded as unfortunate
To lose three looks like carelessness