Peter Cullivan

@mariejane2020 Yes

I didn’t know they were gone

@ColinSpenc4257 Absolutely yes! Food of the gods….

PORK PIE. YES OR NO.

@JosePuliampatta @Sanjaygupts1996 @pushkar_g_singh Thank you, I was unaware of that.

@Sanjaygupts1996 @Cullivanpeter @pushkar_g_singh As part of the Commonwealth Forces Team, which toured many countries

My all-time best all-rounder, Keith Miller, till Gary Sobers replaced him. Beyond all your quantitative measures. Writer, not only on cricket. Commentator. WW-II bomber pilot. A man who could stand up to Bradman's orders. etc. The list will be much longer....

@DannyDrinksWine My favourite actor. Such extraordinary presence, that unique voice and an unrivalled ability to play suave menace. That said, his Norman Maine in the 1954 A Star Is Born is arguably his finest hour - should have won an Oscar.

"I'm a character actor: the public never knows what it's getting by way of a Mason performance from one film to the next. I therefore represent a thoroughly insecure investment." --- James Mason Remembering the great English actor, James Mason, on his 117th birthday!

@nick_newsum Like the champion opener he is, he’ll be settling in for bed and breakfast!

What a night in prospect, wish I was coming. Great idea for Fathers Day

@pushkar_g_singh @JosePuliampatta Spot on!

@Cullivanpeter @JosePuliampatta A legendary all round aircraft for a legendary allrounder.

@allandray08 @northumbriana Very wise!

@northumbriana The PM, Lord Palmerston, was invited to the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Line in January 1863 but, remembering William Huskisson at the opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway in 1830, he sent the Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Gladstone instead;

The London Underground is so old that its first passengers could take the tube to go and watch public hangings.

@d_ktalkballs A very fine bat indeed for Radley, Cambridge, Sussex and England.

OTD 1935: One of England's classical, most aggressive dashers was born. Ted Dexter was England's elegant, fearless 60s cavalier: • 4500+Test runs at 48, • A (still intact) record 481 runs in 1962/3 for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 captain in 🇦🇺 • Ave 54 as captain • WB innovator at Sussex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@pushkar_g_singh @JosePuliampatta Not sure if he flew jets but he did fly Mosquitos for the RAAF. He did play cricket in the UK (on at least one occasion not too long after crash landing his aircraft!) but not I think in India.

@Cullivanpeter @JosePuliampatta Knew how to fly a fighter jet or two. Did he play cricket in India during WW2?

@queenofaerobics Yes and it’s bloody good.

Just watching this. Has anyone ever seen it?

@JosePuliampatta My pleasure. He originally wanted to be a jockey but a growth spurt put paid to that dream. He originally made his reputation as a batsman for the Victorian XI. That said he retained a love of racing his whole life.

@Cullivanpeter Thanks for the great additional info, Peter👍🙏

@weymarplanet @WG_RumblePants Clifford Roach

Let's do something crazy Post the name of a cricket player. Only rule: Don't repeat a name already mentioned. 😂 I will start: Kane Williamson 😍

@BumbleCricket @JamieMagill5 Closey’s autobiography definitely worth a punt as are Douglas Jardine Spartan Cricketer and Bradman and the 1930 Australians.

3 for £20 at Southport and Birkdale CC

@VAAChandran Sorry wrong scorecard earlier - it’s this one! Extraordinary game.

Since the flavour of the season seems to be, 'Only 1% of people can identify the player', I thought I'd chime in as well. Please identify the players, the two teams, the venue & the year. Source: The book, 'Pageant of Cricket' by David Frith (1987). #CricketTwitter

A rueful looking Thommo, playing for Middlesex against the 1981 Australians, leaves the crease with a pat on the back from his old mate DKL who has just caught him off the bowling of Rodney Hogg - when the Aussies batted Thommo wasn't able to return the favour

Taylor second best for me behind Ian Chappell. Australian cricket at a very low ebb after the 0-4 shellacking in SA in 1970 and a poor series vs Ray Illingworth’s England in 1970/71, the last Test of which saw Chappell take the helm. He restored the team’spride and spirit most notably during the 1-2 loss to a very strong World XI in 1971/72 and the shared series in England in 1972. Often forgotten that he had Lille and Thomson for only 2 series - home and away vs England in 1974/75 and 1975. He was always looking to win, right from the toss with an aggressive mindset. Tactically very astute in reading the game, a backer of hunches and generally a few moves ahead of his opposing captain, a master at building pressure in the field and the best skipper I have seen bar none at defending low totals. A superb leader and reader of men, a tough nut to crack at no 3 and a phenomenal 1st slip.

In terms of purely tactical nous, Mark Taylor is the best AUS captain I have seen. Taylor also came from a time when the captain had enough power in terms of taking decisions. In modern times, Steve Smith has some flair for captaincy. AUS captains.

@GenTXer2 An absolute beauty.

My Top 10 Albums Of The 60s #7 The Zombies: Odessey And Oracle (1968) Ranked #243 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

@CraigNelsy @vkc1000 Great testament to fitness trainer Dennis Waight’s physical training programme!

@vkc1000 I wish he had played for my Aussie Rule team. Mikey has a fantastic kicking action. And he was fast and skillfull. He would have been a champ in a Richmond Tigers Jersey lol

What is the story behind this pic? Anyone knows? Why Holding got so angry?

@Marcus60s70s80s @Fancricket12 His fellow Australian Bill Alley who was a Somerset stalwart for many years.

@Fancricket12 It’s an umpire in the UK, so I guess it was 1979 (WC summer) or 1981

Our Rodney Hogg sir; related to perhaps his debut Test series v England. This was the time when AUS ended up losing their key players to Packer. Before playing for AUS, he was a milkman.