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@NickFriend1

Journalist for @TheCricketerMag. Former CMJ Young Journalist of the Year. Ex-Argentina assistant coach.

London, England Katılım Eylül 2011
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I asked a bunch of English spinners, anonymously, about the challenges facing them in county cricket and the realities of their position. What followed was hours of revealing insight that the game could learn from. thecricketer.com/Topics/premium…
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Good to chat with Sam Northeast, on his return home to Kent, about being booed when he first played against them, getting the band back together and the battle for counties to remain relevant in a fast-changing landscape. thecricketer.com/Topics/premium…
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Rob Reed 📅 🏏@NoThirdMan·
@NickFriend1 @glurcher Does the PCA do enough to help players transition out of pro cricket? Should the system encourage players hollistically to have an identity beyond just being a (disposable) cricketer?
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Being released from the county game is tough. The months afterwards - working out who you are and what comes next, losing your identity, accepting your fate - are often tougher. A piece following some of the players currently navigating those challenges: thecricketer.com/Topics/premium…
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Kira Chathli went unsold in the 2025 Hundred draft, then hit the winning runs in the Blast final, got a replacement deal at London Spirit, was the tournament's sixth-highest run-scorer and picked up an £80,000 deal for this year. Now she's Surrey captain: thecricketer.com/Topics/county-…
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@glurcher The piece is about identity, not qualifications.
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Graham Smith@glurcher·
@NickFriend1 Cricket is one sport that works hard to allow players to complete their education, including getting degrees. Players are stupid if they don’t take advantage of that.
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on-the-one 🇬🇾@0ntheone·
It is 'just a game.' It is 'just a job.' But even as a hobbyist it's so consuming. That's why I find it good when pros can say 'it's just cricket'. Maybe it'll be easier for guys like that to move on after their playing days are gone. I hate cricket. I love cricket.
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Being released from the county game is tough. The months afterwards - working out who you are and what comes next, losing your identity, accepting your fate - are often tougher. A piece following some of the players currently navigating those challenges: thecricketer.com/Topics/premium…

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The Cricketer@TheCricketerMag·
"It is a lovely shock to the system, I suppose." Surrey were hurt by a winter spent without the County Championship crown, following their defeat by Nottinghamshire in September, and have the bit between their teeth | @NickFriend1 thecricketer.com/Topics/county-…
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Interview with Lauren Filer, part of Team Brittin in England's ongoing intrasquad series in Pretoria, now in her fourth year as an international cricketer and hoping to become the seam attack's long-term spearhead: thecricketer.com/Topics/england…
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Kent have now clarified that the official terminology for the practicioner is a "non-denominational geopathic surveyor", widely considered to be a strand of pseudoscience, with a full explanatory statement from the club within the piece: thecricketer.com/Topics/county-…
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Kent deployed a faith-healer at Canterbury over the winter "to ward off the evil spirits" on the ground as part of their latest attempts to solve longstanding injury issues, as well as changing strategy around pitches and personnel. thecricketer.com/Topics/county-…
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Matt Roller@mroller98·
Two phone calls, lasting a minute each. Liam Livingstone says that is the sum total of his contact with England's management since his most recent international appearance 12 months ago. Interview @ESPNcricinfo espncricinfo.com/story/liam-liv…
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@JamieMagill5 The whole idea is that you won't be able to do that - has to be like-for-like, injury has to be ratified, injured player then can't play for a week
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