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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why are flies called flies, and not birds?

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

18 wickets down in 74 overs of play as Australia play Bangladesh…what’s the wicket like?

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Liked the look of Jordan Coc - hard to tell though as Pakistan so poor - but Dan Lawrence will be found out - so leg-sided - and struggled against spin. Robinson great as ever (pitch and conditions depending)

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Are there are any other sports - like Test cricket - where the quality is declining, rather than improving? The only one I can think of is the women's hammer / javelin - but that was due to the success of the East Germans doping regime in the 70s, rather than a more recent decline in skill levels.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lights pipe and looks out of window: 'I see the monsoon season has started early.'

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Harry’s return opens up the enticing prospect of a touchline fight between him and his brother as their sons turn out for opposing prep school teams

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s been hot for so long that a men’s group in Clapham is holding refresher classes in how to operate a quarter-zip jumper.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So what. We had bucket hats.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If I was Clicky Ponting I’d be emailing Jason Arday and offering to take him out for a beer…

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New England squad fills me with as much hope as when Jade Dernbach was seen as the future...

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Can’t they just give the tickets away to at least half fill Headingley? Imagine if the weather was crap these grounds would be seriously empty #the100

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Welcome to Lords ! We’ll have all the best Tests and biggest games, thanks. What? The pitch is rubbish? How dare you! This is the Home Of Cricket I’ll have you know! #the100

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I think that’s true - if doing well on tv globally the number of filled seats probably irrelevant

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I’ve watched a lot of it this year and quite enjoyed it but at no stage have I felt a modicum of excitement. Not a single raised heartbeat

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Extraordinary when you look at the names in the two teams.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Calibre of players in The Hundred much improved. Weather perfect. School holidays. Some good games. So why all the empty seats and reduced viewing figures? Guess no-one gives a sxxx about the teams.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Not sure what’s more depressing, that a journalist can, apparently, be ‘bought’ - or that the going fee is just £100 an article. Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press - Guardian

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Lots of empty seats at Southampton - good weather (awful pitch..)

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

For the next 30 days cricket commentators have to try and pretend that the Oval- based team isn’t going to win the competition despite the fact they obviously are #thehundred

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

At least John Healey can give more money to defence now …

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Curran’s such a competitor - just put him in the Test team in place of Stokes. Been saying it for ages. Make him captain if you want. #EngvInd

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Harry's return to England has been what one could only describe as 'sub-optimal'.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

How much longer do we have to indulge the McCullum / Key project? Humiliating Ashes defeat should have been the end of it. The 'reset' and the series v NZ has been an embarrassment. None of the players are progressing, just clinging on in a whirlpool of chaos.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Everything's going swimmingly. Now, how about a six-hitting competition...

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If I was Ben Stokes I’d get pissed at tea-time and have a punch up #EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Ukraine War has now outlasted four British Prime Ministers

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

England finding it much harder to take wickets now the pitch is flat rather than bouncing as inconsistently as an overloaded 2CV negotiating a French farm track #EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

He'll flog Archer into the dirt first I imagine, like he did out in NZ.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Flat pitch, good weather, England's all seam attack bowling into left-handers legs....this could be painful #EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Looks like it could be a loooong day for England's identikit attack #EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Corbyn and McDonnell pull up at traffic lights.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The England team's observance of the 'curfew' has been about as successful as the Iranian 'ceasefire' - although at least the Thames still remains open to freight traffic.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

At least in a management role Zak Crawley should make it to lunch on Day One.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Classic Bazball. Rip up the rules. Survive a humping in Australia and then lose your job after winning at home.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Wonder who'll replace McCullum...

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Time to call time on the Stokes' era. His batting's gone and he's injury prone, so can't bowl through a series. Get Sam Curran in. I guess make Brook captain, assuming he wasn't fighting anyone on the same night...or give Root a second coming.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Andy Bull v good on the Lord’s pitch and comparison between different types of ‘garden’ steaming…#EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jeez £75 for the box Mark Butcher was talking about on Sky...

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Awful surface at Lord’s - as it has been for too long now. All the white ball cricket there is rubbish.

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Labour defending Twitter is a good example of why they are so ineffective in government: utterly unwilling to take decisions which have any controversy attached.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Great bowling conditions and technically weak batsmen, but Lord’s can’t produce a wicket with even bounce on day two? #EngvNZ

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The only way this match is going to five days is if it rains Saturday and Sunday.

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Add in It’s A Knockout style assault course items down the pavilion stairs..

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For added jeopardy and to appeal to modern audiences - cameras in dressing room, reduce time to one minute. And you’re only allowed to start padding up when the wicket ahead of yours has fallen..

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Tom Rawstorne @rawsty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

King Charles helps the homeless

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