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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 22/06/2026

Stuart Broad has been nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent on Australian television.

Nominations for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most popular new Talent , including Stuart Broad

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 09/02/2026

Someone fancies himself for the ICC Peace Prize

Truth Social post by Donald Trump of Team USA T20 World Cup team with Jay Shah: "I wish the best of luck TEAM USA!... America is rooting for you!"

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 20/12/2025

The official terminology for games such as these is "Not Our Night". Sixers by 47. #BBL15

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 20/12/2025

Thunder needs 199. Josh Philippe with a blistering 96 for the Sixers in front of a full house at the Engie. #BBL15

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 01/02/2025

just spotted a typo I did 25 years ago that has never been corrected

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 20/01/2025

Australia retains the tri-genre Women's Ashes.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 20/01/2025

England will need 199 to win after the break. Beth Mooney 75 for Australia 7/198 in an innings bolstered by some substandard England fielding. #AusvEng

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 17/01/2025

#BBL14 ladder after tonight's washout at the SCG. Top three places settled. With three matches to play any other team can come fourth.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 17/01/2025

Imagine wanting to watch the #PakvWI Test series in Australia... #sigh

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 13/01/2025

We're in the final four! Magnificent defensive by Sydney Thunder tonight. Their 158 didn't feel like enough. The Scorchers' 97 certainly wasn't. Thunder by 61. #cricket #BBL14

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 13/01/2025

Back at Engie Stadium tonight. Perth Scorchers have won the toss and have put the Sydney Thunder into bat. #BBL14

Engie Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, during the bat flip before the BBL game between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 07/01/2025

I can think of a few players not mentioned below that Dan Christian has joined in the BBL Over-40s club including Matthew Hayden, Stuart MacGill and Mike Hussey, while Brad Hogg was oldest, playing his last game shortly before his 47th birthday. (screenshot via AAP article)

He will join an elite group of players to feature in the BBL in their 40s, including Brad Hodge, Peter Siddle, Fawad Ahmed and the late Shane Warne - the oldest player in league history at 43.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 26/12/2024

Virat Kohli's shoulder charge on Sam Konstas was classified a Level 1 Offence. But was it a Level 2? This is where the difference in penalties becomes stark: #AusvInd #BGT

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 21/12/2024

Dramatic eight-ball over by Chris Green in his BBL centennial ends with the Sixers winning with a single on the final ball of the game.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 21/12/2024

And, of course, it's 2024 and we still celebrate the spewing of smoke into the sky like it's perfectly ok.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 27/11/2024

If anyone told me a month ago that I would have a thousand followers on Bluesky by the end of November I would have told them to get their brain de-wormed. But here we are and thank you to everyone for following me here. It's good to see some familiar faces again... 1/2

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 24/11/2024

So this is what happened at the final of the West Indies' biggest regional mens List A tournament today: (source www.windiescricket.com/news/double-...)

According to the playing conditions applicable to the Tournament, if no play was possible at all—or in the event of a tie, no result, or game abandonment—both teams would be declared co-winners of the tournament.

However, around 5:45 PM, the officiating team determined that the game could proceed at the latest possible start time of 6:17 PM. They informed the players of this and that the toss would be conducted at 6:00 PM.

Despite assurances from the umpires and match referee that the conditions were safe for play, both captains failed to be present for the toss, allowing time to elapse past the latest starting point. As a result, both teams failed to take the field, effectively refusing to play. This resulted in a double forfeit, with no champion being declared.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 31/10/2024

Thunder takes revenge after Monday night's defeat at the Ninja, winners over the Hurricanes at the NSO by 33. #WBBL

Players and umpires on the field at North Sydney Oval following the conclusion of the last over of the evening. Sydney Thunder defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 33 runs.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 31/10/2024

How appropriate that the Thunder are playing the Hurricanes on Halloween. No hurricanes tonight but an earlier thunderstorm is easing however there is still lightning about so play will not start on time. #cricket #WBBL #WBBL10

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 29/10/2024

Will this be normal practice this year in BBL10 and WBBL14 for the Bat Flip to be conducted before the spectators are allowed in to the ground? #CricketThreads #cricket (This is for Thursday night's Thunder-Hurricanes game)

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 22/09/2024

Fun fact: Warwick Armstrong was a player for South Melbourne the last time they met Fitzroy in a Grand Final in 1899. (Having relocated to become the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions respectively, they meet again next Saturday.) #CricketThreads 1899 Grand Final match stats: afltables.com/afl/st...

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 23/02/2024

I knew that somewhere in my pre-Twitter blogging days I had made a passing reference to #TaylorSwift    and here it is, from my live blog of the 2009 IPL Auction:

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 10/02/2024

Sunset at North Sydney Oval. That's Kim Garth bowling to Sune Luus. #AusvSA #cricket

Cricket scene at North Sydney Oval with the sun setting behind clouds in the background.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 07/12/2023

The five most-read articles on English-language Wikipedia so far in 2023 (source: Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation....) #cricket #wikipedia

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 02/12/2023

Why does England have less points than Australia on the #WTC2025 ladder despite the same win-loss record? Because of their atrocious over rate at Lord's. (table source www.espncricinfo.com...) #cricket

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 02/12/2023

Bangladesh open their account in the 2023-25 World Test Championship with a perfect record after today's win over New Zealand. #WTC2025 #cricket #BanvNZ

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 23/11/2023

Possibly the most interesting cricket tournament happening at the moment is the Africa qualifiers for the 2024 mens T20 world cup. Two out of seven teams will qualify. Zimbabwe lost their first game and are no guarantee to be one of them. Current ladder:

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 21/11/2023

Among other #ICC Board decisions: Equal pay for female and male match officials. Also there will be at least one neutral umpire stand in all ICC Womens Championship fixtures. #cricket #WomensCricket #ICC

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 22/10/2023

8/179 would be a winning score on any day other than the day Grace Harris went monstrous. Perth Scorchers going down to Brisbane Heat by 50 runs. #WBBL09 #cricket

Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat WBBL players shaking hands on North Sydney Oval after the conclusion of their match.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 09/10/2023

Remarkable #MarshCup game at @northsydneyoval today. New South Wales defending a modest total of 217 had Queensland on the ropes until Gurinder Sandhu and Kane Richardson put on a tenth wicket stand of 73 to win by one wicket with 76 balls to spare. #cricket #NSWvQld

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 09/10/2023

#MarshCup Queensland chasing 218 for victory after NSW failed to bat out their fifty overs. Glorious weather at North Sydney Oval this afternoon. Ben McDermott and Usman Khawaja opening the run chase. #NSWvQld #cricket

North Sydney Oval. Queensland batters Usman Khawaja and Ben McDermott at the crease. Ben Dwarshius bowling for New South Wales.

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Rick Eyre on cricket @rickeyrecricket.com · 02/10/2023

It has been very disappointing that none of three major Australian sporting bodies - #AFL, #NRL, #CricketAustralia - reiterated their support for the First Nations #VoiceToParliament at their major sports events over the weekend. Here is the statement of support issued by CA in May: #WriteYes

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