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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/15/surrey-topping-the-table/
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A look back at the round of championship fixtures that concluded on Monday and a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/12/england-womens-unusual-route-to-victory/
#Cricket #CricketMastodon #InternationalCricket #ENGWvPAKW #photography #birds #buildings #insects
A look back at yesterday's curtain raiser for the home international season and a vast photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/01/a-low-scoring-thriller-in-the-making/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #RHFTrophy #DiamondsvBlaze #photography #birds #insects #bees #beetles #butterflies #bugs A look at goings on in the match between Diamonds and Blaze, and a large photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/22/county-championship-round-three-nearly-done/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #photography #birds #insects #snails
A look at what is going on as round three of the county championship nears its end and a photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/20/county-championship-round-three-so-far/ #cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #photography #birds #insects
A look at goings on in round three of the county championship.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/10/the-county-championship-points-system/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyChampionship #photography #insects #butterflies #shieldbugs
A look at the points system in use in this year's county championship and a bumper photo gallery. Features an impressive #shieldbug and several species of #butterfly - #OrangeTip, #Comma, #Peacock and #Tortoiseshell among them.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/08/county-championship-round-one-highlights/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyChampionship #WarwickshirevWorcestershire #NottinghamshirevEssex #MiddlesexvGlamorgan #photography #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #shieldbugs
A look back at the first round of the 2024 County Championship, taking in twin tons for someone who had never previously scored an FC ton, a great spell of bowling by an England hopeful and a ludicrous runfest at the self-styled 'home of cricket'.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/06/county-championship-day-two/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyChampionship #WarwickshirevWorcestershire #photography #birds #insects #butterflies
A look at events in the county championship, with the main focus on the west midlands derby. Also a bumper photo gallery with a very special feature image.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/05/county-championship-2024-under-way/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyChampionship #Warwickshire #Worcestershire #WestMidlandsDerby #photography #birds #bees
A look at day one of the new County Championship season, with the focus on Warwickshire v Worcestershire.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/01/how-would-i-approach-bidding-at-an-ipl-auction/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #IPL #IPLAuctions #photography #birds #bees #butterflies #buildings #mariners
My ideas about bidding in IPL auctions, with a focus thrown on a particularly absurd display of bidding at the most recent one.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/30/cricket-season-approaches/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #photography #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #ladybirds
A look ahead to the upcoming English cricket season, including a couple of potential new England players (one, James Rew, a near certainty in my view, and the other, Tom Lawes, an outside bet). Also a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/25/test-crickets-stupidest-dismissal/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #DaftDismissals #photography #birds #insects #bees
A look at two of test cricket's daftest dismissals and a very large photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/20/all-time-xis-south-africa-1889-1970/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #AllTimeXIs #SouthAfrica #photography #birds #insects #bees #goldfinches
A look at South Africa's first period as a test nation, and a huge photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/15/county-stalwarts-of-my-lifetime-xi/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyCricket #photography #birds #insects
An XI of county stalwarts who played in my lifetime. I limited myself to one overseas player, and for the home players the emphasis was on those treated scurvily by the England selectors. This post also features a bumper photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/10/all-time-xis-county-legends/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #FirstClassCricket #CountyChampionship #photography #birds #insects
An all time XI of county legends with a new season a mere 25 days away. Also a photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/09/dharamsala-debacle/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #INDvENG #photography #birds #insects #muntjac
A long post from me in which I look back at the match in Dharamsala and the series as a whole, pick my composite XI for the series and present a large photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/06/all-time-xis-not-quite-test-class/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #photography #birds #mammals #muntjac #rat #Cormorants #Oystercatchers #robin #sparrows
An XI all of whose averages seem to put them below test class, but all of whom have been hugely valued members of their sides. Also a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/24/england-going-well-in-ranchi/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #INDvENG #photography #birds #insects #spiders
A look at the first two days action in Ranchi and a large photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/21/a-test-xi-from-my-lifetime/
#Cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #photography #birds #insects #spider #swans #starlings #sparrows #muntjac
A test XI made up of players some or all of whose peak years happened in my lifetime, picked to be balanced and suitable for any and all conditions, Also a substantial photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/05/india-level-the-series/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #testCricket #INDvENG #photography #birds #SpringFlowers
A look back at the last two days in Vizag, some thoughts about the composition of the England XI, and a photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/03/brilliant-bumrah-blitzes-england/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #IndiavEngland #JaspritBumrah #photography #birds
An account of day two at Vizag, dominated, as the day itself was by the brilliance of Bumrah. Also a photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/02/all-time-xis-golden-oldies/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #INDvENG #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #GreenWoodpecker
In honour of James Anderson's efforts in Vizag today I offer up an XI of players who kept their skills and their appetite for the game undimmed into their 40s. I also have a photo gallery which includes a new bird sighting for me - a #GreenWoodpecker.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/01/31/declarations/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #CountyCricket #Declarations #photography #birds #railways #Cambridge #sculptures
A look at declarations in cricket history and a large photo galldery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/01/01/95-days-to-the-start-of-the-county-championship/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyChampionship #Photography #Birds #Ducks #Geese #Moorhens #Sparrows #Starlings #Swans

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2023/12/24/history-in-mumbai/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #INDWvAUSW #photography #birds
A look back at India Women's magnificent and historic victory over Australia, based on my gleanings from cricinfo and elsewhere.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2023/11/13/all-time-xis-odi-special/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #ODIWorldCup2023 #ODICricket #photography
I have created an XI from before ODIs were a thing and an XI of ODI greats to do battle over a five-match ODI series. Please read the full blog post before commenting, as I have covered a lot of ground in it. There is also as is usual for me a photo gallery at the end of the post.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2023/08/28/the-hundred-finals/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TheHundred #Photography #Birds #Egret #Insects #Butterflies A look back at yesterday's finals of The Hundred and a huge photo gallery.

@Psychadelick69

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