The Eternal Test

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Since 2006, Italy's cricketers have won as many World Cup matches as Italy's footballers.

@bbctms Rest up well, skipper ❤️

Ben Stokes has revealed the surgery was a success ✅ The England captain really got a nasty hit to the face!

8.6 Starc to Crawley, 1 run. Nervously tucked around the corner to get off strike. I haven’t overthought this at all. Stupid wires. End of Over 9: England 37-0 (Crawley 10, Duckett 20). Starc 5-1-15-0.

8.5 Starc to Crawley, no run. Direct hit? No, he's home! A mix-up in the middle. Chaos. Throw missed. …and now the wires are tormenting them and undermining his masculinity, and with every digit pressed of his pin number they beckon him closer to this ultimate head f***.

8.1 Starc to Duckett, DROPPED! Duckett offers a fairly simple chance to Smith at second slip but he spills it! Looks like he lost his footing diving to his right. I lost my footing yesterday tripping over some wires. I hate wires. Got teenagers. Wires everywhere.

@GeoffreyBoycott @David215Gower A 'Geoffrey Gower' hybrid would be some player ❤️

Not true re WI said it to him in Perth 78-79 2nd quote by @David215Gower re my brains his talent did say it but can’t remember when x

Huge respect to Nepal🇳🇵Took on one of the best teams in the world, stayed in the fight till the very last ball and showed what belief and heart can do! 🫡 This is how teams grow and this is how champions rise 👏🏻 The cricketing world is watching! #ENGvsNEP #ICCT20WORLDCUP @CricketNep

I'm 45 and can barely manage 8 off 175 balls #Suryavanshi #U19WorldCup2026 #Cricket26

7.6 Hazlewood to Crawley, no run. Solid block. Rich from Hull has texted in - ‘Looks like THE KESTREL may have shat himself’. Aaah, just looking at the pictures now. Not great. No solids there... End of Over 8: England 30-0 (Crawley 9, Duckett 19). Hazlewood 4-0-16-0.

7.5 Hazlewood to Crawley, no run. The replacement ball seems to be swinging more. Beaten outside off. Who has taught them this learned behaviour since she was a puppy? Not me. That turd in my living room is three years in the making. I won’t apologise for it. #sorrynotsorry

7.2 Hazlewood to Duckett, no run. Tighter line, forcing Duckett to play. Why has she shat herself now? What chain, what series, what succession of past events has ultimately led to this putrid slurry absorbing into my carpet? I’ll tell you. She had cheese half an hour ago.

7.1 Hazlewood to Duckett, FOUR. Batting on a Road. The pitch has flattened out beautifully. Duckett is scoring freely now. Punched through mid-off. So…the dog incident. I fed her normally this morning. We went for a walk. Business outside as usual. Done my bit.

@TheCricketerMag New laws applied to village cricket... x.com/i/status/20189…

⎯ Boundary catches ⎯ Laminated bats ⎯ Ball changes MCC have announced that a series of changes and tweaks will take effect from October 1, 2026 ↘️ thecricketer.com/Topics/interna…

@IS_Netwrk29 New laws applied to village cricket... x.com/i/status/20189…

🚨 NEW RULES ON CRICKET 🚨 - If any batsman deliberately runs short, then as a penalty 5 runs will be awarded, and the fielding side will decide which batsman will be on strike for the next ball. - Miss Fielding will no longer be called an overthrow. - In the laws of cricket, gender neutral terms will now be used instead of masculine or feminine words. - From now on, no captain will be able to declare an innings in the final innings of a match. - The umpire has now been given more authority in deciding when the ball becomes dead. - The keeper's gloves must be behind the stumps at the moment the ball is released. - In Test cricket, even if a wicket falls in the last over of the day, the remaining balls of the over must be completed. #testcricket #cricket @ICC #WorldCup2026 #ISN29