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Hector Cappelletti 🏏

@hectorcappelletti.bsky.social
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I like writing about cricket. Flâneur and blogger with 6 demerit points. Part of the problem apparently. Blogging at yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com

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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They used to have an equivalent with Gaelic Football and Aussie Rules but there were violence / discipline issues!
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New blogging: some centuries manage to stick in the mind regardless of who scores them. This piece on Kiran Carlson's brilliant ton down at the Bowl earlier this season. yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Season’s Reflections: Mind’s Eye
Very occasionally, an innings lodges itself in the mind. Ordinarily, such occurrences are due to particular parameters such as weight of runs, personal allegiances or bias or a particular match sit…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New blogging: some centuries manage to stick in the mind regardless of who scores them. This piece on Kiran Carlson's brilliant ton down at the Bowl earlier this season. yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Season’s Reflections: Mind’s Eye
Very occasionally, an innings lodges itself in the mind. Ordinarily, such occurrences are due to particular parameters such as weight of runs, personal allegiances or bias or a particular match sit…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICYMI: For many county pros the season is mapped out for them before it has begun. For others, it is ever changing and involves multiple teams. This piece on Hampshire's Felix Organ, quite possibly the hardest working cricketer: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Season’s Reflections: The Hardest Working Cricketer
From the start of the County Championship on the 3rd April to its conclusion on 27th September there are one hundred and seventy-eight days. For many a professional county cricketer the season will…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New blogging: For many county pros the season is mapped out for them even before it has begun. For others, it is ever changing and involving multiple teams. This piece on Hampshire's Felix Organ, quite possibly the hardest working cricketer: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Season’s Reflections: The Hardest Working Cricketer
From the start of the County Championship on the 3rd April to its conclusion on 27th September there are one hundred and seventy-eight days. For many a professional county cricketer the season will…
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The Grumbler @thegrumbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The monetisation and commodification of sport is starting to turn it into one big Ponzi scheme. Join young, get passionate, get fleeced. Get older, get bored of the nonsense, look elsewhere One of the joys of the Champ is walking around freely and engaging in the way you want, unforced in any way
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New blogging: For many county pros the season is mapped out for them even before it has begun. For others, it is ever changing and involving multiple teams. This piece on Hampshire's Felix Organ, quite possibly the hardest working cricketer: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Season’s Reflections: The Hardest Working Cricketer
From the start of the County Championship on the 3rd April to its conclusion on 27th September there are one hundred and seventy-eight days. For many a professional county cricketer the season will…
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Steve Pye @1980ssportsblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New blog out looking back at 10 things I miss from cricket in the 20th century: that1980ssportsblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/cric... #cricket #CountyChampionship
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Cricket in the 20th century: 10 things I miss
Looking back at ten things that I miss from cricket during the 20th century
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Every time I hear the word 'eliminator' re the Women's Metro Bank Cup match I get ZZ Top vibes.😎 #IYKYK
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cricketerik.bsky.social @cricketerik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Listen people. The end of this Champo season is incredible. If there was ever a time to go full evangelical to our friends who don't care about county cricket or cricket in general, this is it. This is what us sad online cricket nerds have trained for.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One last plug for this piece on how rain can be particularly cruel for the club game. yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/t...
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The Roughest Cut
For cricket and cricketers in this country there is an almost unique symbiosis between playing the game and the influence of rain. Unlike other countries, the only guarantee regarding bad weather i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One last plug for this piece on how rain can be particularly cruel for the club game. yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/t...
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The Roughest Cut
For cricket and cricketers in this country there is an almost unique symbiosis between playing the game and the influence of rain. Unlike other countries, the only guarantee regarding bad weather i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well, this is a new one! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
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Cricket: Ballyspallen forced to concede match over broken printer
A team has been forced to concede a match in Northern Ireland because of a broken printer.
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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Farington Cricket Ground: What’s it like to watch a match at Lancashire’s second home? (a match report) www.kingcricket.co.uk/farington-cr...
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Evening. As this weekend showed, rain often plays its part in cricket. Sometimes it can be particularly cruel. A blog piece on a couple of weekends from the start of the season when rain provided the roughest of cuts here on the south coast: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/t...
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The Roughest Cut
For cricket and cricketers in this country there is an almost unique symbiosis between playing the game and the influence of rain. Unlike other countries, the only guarantee regarding bad weather i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That sound you can hear is the ECB's mental gymnastics contemplating how they can possibly avoid sending the pitch inspectors to the Oval.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I will not be watching any more Hants men's cricket this season. That signing is a shocker.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Evening. As this weekend showed, rain often plays its part in cricket. Sometimes it can be particularly cruel. A blog piece on a couple of weekends from the start of the season when rain provided the roughest of cuts here on the south coast: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/t...
yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com
The Roughest Cut
For cricket and cricketers in this country there is an almost unique symbiosis between playing the game and the influence of rain. Unlike other countries, the only guarantee regarding bad weather i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I raised this on Twitter yesterday and got short shrift for having such an opinion.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Evening. Last Saturday I popped up to Littlewick Green in Berkshire to watch a game and scratch an itch. This piece on Midsomer Murders, cricket and the village: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/g...
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Gongoozling
An itch needed to be scratched. Ever since first watching the Midsomer Murders episode entitled Dead Man’s Eleven one has yearned to watch a match at the location which provided so many beautiful i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Evening. Last Saturday I popped up to Littlewick Green in Berkshire to watch a game and scratch an itch. This piece on Midsomer Murders, cricket and the village: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/g...
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Gongoozling
An itch needed to be scratched. Ever since first watching the Midsomer Murders episode entitled Dead Man’s Eleven one has yearned to watch a match at the location which provided so many beautiful i…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One last plug for this piece on some of the joys of red ball cricket upon it's return this week. yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/a...
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Another Ode to Multi-Day / Red Ball Cricket
There is an adage that cricket supporters watch the sport during the summer and read about it during the winter. A modern development on such a theme would be to watch the sport during the summer a…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Evening. It's the return of the County Championship and test match cricket in England this week! So here's some blogging on some of red ball cricket's great nuances: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/a...
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Another Ode to Multi-Day / Red Ball Cricket
There is an adage that cricket supporters watch the sport during the summer and read about it during the winter. A modern development on such a theme would be to watch the sport during the summer a…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Evening. It's the return of the County Championship and test match cricket in England this week! So here's some blogging on some of red ball cricket's great nuances: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/a...
yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com
Another Ode to Multi-Day / Red Ball Cricket
There is an adage that cricket supporters watch the sport during the summer and read about it during the winter. A modern development on such a theme would be to watch the sport during the summer a…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Some pics from the annual match on Bramble Bank in the Solent earlier this morning courtesy of my brother!
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yep 👇 But McCullum and his 4D chess followers knew better apparently.
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Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A stunning picture of cricket on Hambledon's Broadhalfpenny Down during the 2022 heatwave (Marc Aspland)
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great read this. 👇 Very much echo these sentiments regarding the club game. I find myself spending more time each year watching club cricket than pro cricket.
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Osprey @cricketosprey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As the ETPL aims to grow cricket in Europe without a European broadcaster, the Glasgow Cosmic tries to be a serious organisation while one of it's owners wants people to call him 'Captain' while he compares himself to Christopher Columbus. cricketosprey.substack.com/p/the-etpl-e...
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The ETPL Enters Its Final Countdown While The Glasgow Cosmic Struggles Towards Launch
As the ETPL aims to grow cricket in Europe without a European broadcaster, the Glasgow Cosmic tries to be a serious organisation while one of it's owners compares himself to Christopher Columbus.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hampshire Hogs! Love it. Generally get up to Warnford at least 2 or 3 times a summer.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One last plug for this piece on the National Counties Championship and how it is a great alternative to the lack of red ball cricket at this time of the summer: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/alternative-part-two/
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Alternative Part Two
The north Barcelona district of Sant Andreu would seem an odd place to begin a blog post about cricket. But there is resonance with the sport and the area of one of Europe’s most visited destinatio…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
ICYMI: a blog piece from last week's round of National Counties Championship matches and how it is a viable alternative for the lack of red ball cricket at this time of year: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/a...
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Alternative Part Two
The north Barcelona district of Sant Andreu would seem an odd place to begin a blog post about cricket. But there is resonance with the sport and the area of one of Europe’s most visited destinatio…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Tom Harrison and / or Colin Graves are available.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
4k at Arundel earlier in the week too.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New blogging: I ventured down to Wimborne this week to watch the National Counties Championship match between Dorset and Cheshire. At a time when many long for red ball cricket the NC's Champo really does provide a great alternative: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/a...
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Alternative Part Two
The north Barcelona district of Sant Andreu would seem an odd place to begin a blog post about cricket. But there is resonance with the sport and the area of one of Europe’s most visited destinatio…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New blogging: last winter I joined the Cricket Society. . So last Saturday I popped up to Warnford in east Hampshire to watch the Society XI play: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/p...
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Part of the Whole
Some people are joiners. Provide an opportunity to become part of a club, an organisation, a society or an equivalent and there is a stirring of the internal waters to become part of something that…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🤔 can't put my finger on why.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Evening cricket requires specialist tactics!
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New blogging: last winter I joined the Cricket Society. . So last Saturday I popped up to Warnford in east Hampshire to watch the Society XI play: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/p...
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Part of the Whole
Some people are joiners. Provide an opportunity to become part of a club, an organisation, a society or an equivalent and there is a stirring of the internal waters to become part of something that…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A frankly ridiculous scenario.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Can't beat a bit of Siddy!
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
One last plug for this blog piece from last Saturday when i went to watch Chawton play, a club with just one team that are making great shakes in the Hampshire League: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/c...
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Club Cricket Quirks: One Team Clubs
Single team clubs fascinate this blogger. Quite why is not easy to explain. Perhaps it is the precarious, somewhat vulnerable nature of a club existing with potentially a small pool of players. Per…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Evening. Some new blogging. Last Saturday i went to watch Chawton play, a club with just one team that are making great shakes in the Hampshire League: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/c...
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Club Cricket Quirks: One Team Clubs
Single team clubs fascinate this blogger. Quite why is not easy to explain. Perhaps it is the precarious, somewhat vulnerable nature of a club existing with potentially a small pool of players. Per…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
👏
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Evening. Some new blogging. Last Saturday i went to watch Chawton play, a club with just one team that are making great shakes in the Hampshire League: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/c...
yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com
Club Cricket Quirks: One Team Clubs
Single team clubs fascinate this blogger. Quite why is not easy to explain. Perhaps it is the precarious, somewhat vulnerable nature of a club existing with potentially a small pool of players. Per…
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Chain #CricketSongs
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Franchise cricket isn't about growing the game wherever they plant their teams. It's about making a quick buck. Little more than a travelling circus with the same old names / lags getting another pay day.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Maybe the IPL is not as good as the clever people tell us it is.
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Philip Chapman @pgpchappers.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The England stash with navy trousers looks grim.
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Hector Cappelletti 🏏 @hectorcappelletti.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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