Tim Garrett

@icelandcricket It's the middle order I feel sorry for. When I skipper a t20 it's hard to get everyone into the game, don't understand how it's achievable in 60 balls. However maybe the isklanders are just built different and are better team players than my lads. I assume so anyway

The Sixty Ball Shootout is our first tournament of the 2026 outdoor season, and it is only 15 days away. The fast-paced T10 event is all played in the space of a week, with a league stage and then final between the top two teams.

@WG_RumblePants Not @PacificCricket it doesn't. Go through till the end of October, and frankly it's a bit disappointing how many clubs shut up shop this early - distinct lack of fortitude

The season closes like a book well-thumbed; the last ball bowled, fields now surrender to autumn’s hush. The crack of willow yields to the rustle of leaves, and where applause lingered, only the wind keeps score. Cricket sleeps, yet in silence, spring is sown. 🍂🏏

@marksmehta Have...have they tried to paint a st George's cross on a black parking sign? Really,

As well as being wrong about Argentina - the problem is the dollar-debt trap, it owes its debts in US$ - this reply is classic. The poster, possibly an anonymous bot account, is telling us that nations with supposedly democratic governments are subjugated by global financial markets, and that's a perfectly normal and acceptable state of affairs. Elected governments must balance their books by imposing austerity, reducing aggregate demand, jacking up interest rates and risking recession to appear 'credible' to 'markets'. In simple terms, this means that governments must privatise everything possible by selling off assets and withdrawing public investment to leave room for mostly foreign private investors who sit on vast hoards of reserve capital and demand combined profits and revenue growth of around 40%. £billions are siphoned out of our country every year. Any necessary tasks unlikely to produce that level of return struggle for strictly limited government funding - this is the 'fiscal credibility' the investors demand and why whole regions of the UK and US are virtually derelict. The complete absence of democracy in the crucial field of finance, investment and economic management is system normal. Some on the right go further - they insist that 'markets' are fairer, more efficient and more democratic than elected governments. Ironically, funding the campaigns of corrupt politicians beholden to 'markets' makes that claim more credible. Look. This simply can't go on. Our subservience to the global creditor-rentier class must end. A single nation can't defeat global money-market power. We need an economically literate left-wing alliance to focus on promoting this message across Western nations and beyond. x.com/BCdrainoty/sta…

@jneill Flood them with subject access requests

Fuck off.

@AlfieHouseEcho Downs and Downes going to be confusing on the commentary

Damion Downs expected in at Staplewood on Tuesday to finalise his move from FC Koln for a likely Wednesday announcement. Details now being put in place to make the 20 year old striker, a Germany-born USA international, Southampton's second signing of the summer. #SaintsFC

@WG_RumblePants That question will always take me back to this gem... thepoke.com/2018/10/31/des…

We’ve all been there… A non-crickety friend or family member asks us “who’s winning the cricket?” Sometimes the answer is blindingly obvious and easy to give and sometimes things are more nuanced and an answer can only be given in shades of grey. This is one of the easy times

@arghmed Spot on mate

Funnily the circumstances which require me to sacrifice any aspirations I might have for a country I wish to live in and can feel proud of nevertheless furnish a lot of people within the labour movement with cushy jobs and CV points that enhance future post-parliamentary careers.

Excellent as usual from @NesrineMalik "Vote for us or the puppy gets it" is not a card you can play indefinitely. I deeply, deeply resent being blackmailed for my vote, and I imagine those who have less vestigial loyalty to Labour are even less impressed.

@icelandcricket You're going to have to develop a gas mask that'll fit under a helmet grill when the bouncers come on. Or do the ash clouds restrict the light so much umpires will only sanction spin?

How do you get ready to bat in Iceland on an eruption day?

@WG_RumblePants Presumably that's shaken, not stirred. But if it was stirred, could it be a spinning delivery, or is that an entirely different beast?

Enjoy your Saturday evening everyone. Chin chin.

@frankturner @warchild Shame I won't be able to get one, particularly as I had to ditch my "I am the real Frank Turner" t shirt last week. Apparently 20 odd years of solid use was just a bit too much for it

...ahead of my #BritsWeek Show 2999 for @warchild later that night. Unsigned versions will also be available for sale at Show 3000. Check my website for a full list of past shows so you can find out which number was your first. frank-turner.com/basic-archive/

I’ve done a special Show 3000 tee where, on the back, you can fill in the number of the first show you ever came along to. I’m signing 200 of them & they’ll be available at a one-off pop-up store at @93FeetEast (the site of my very first solo show) on Friday at 4pm until 6pm...

@WG_RumblePants Broken wrist, torn hamstring and one knuckle no longer visible after various injuries. Hard sport, only just 9ver a month till I get to injure myself all over again. Can't wait!

#VillageCricket I bet there are a few people out there with village or club cricket war wounds.

@I_amMukhtar Nice to see Mark François looking a bit healthier eh?

This is wild and very dangerous. I remember officers shot an innocent Brazilian man after the 7th July bombings. it is also illegal to have an airsoft gun in public without a reasonable excuse.

Dartmoor Prison - which is EMPTY - will pay Charles £37,500,000 to the end of its lease 👇 The royal family charge state primary schools RENT. You could not find a more corrupt, greedy, dysfunctional and shady family even in the Albanian mafia. The monarchy stains this nation.

@PeoplesCricket I do both, but the wife only lets me play every other weekend sadly. Found the playground to be a reasonably rich recruiting ground if @PacificCricket come up short

There will be dozens of parents at your primary school who like cricket but don't fit it into busy lives. If you're one of them, we'd love to hear from you. Primary Parent Cricket strengthens the school community and creates a route back into cricket. No skill req #CricketTwitter

@Mendelpol Tacks aren't flat Jack. They're renowned for their pointiness.

@LiamCromar @WG_RumblePants Not a brilliant one for seeing the ground, there's better angles than this. But that's the best I've got on my phone I'm afraid

@iamtherealtim @WG_RumblePants Thanks! Do you have a photo?

Musing—there are lots of beautiful UK cricket grounds, but which is the most attractive council pitch? (One for @WG_RumblePants, perhaps)

@WG_RumblePants @LiamCromar Springfield Park in London would be up there for my money. Had been meaning to recommend it for your beautiful grounds series

@LiamCromar It’s a good question. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer though.

@WG_RumblePants My first club. Fond memories of being a colt there in the 90s, lovely place

Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Farley CC in Wiltshire

@Durrymusic Got to suffer for your art I guess. Ah well, maybe you'll catch a buzz off it. Stay a little back from the edge of the stage maybe...

@iamtherealtim Correct, and I’ll be sucking the disinfectant off of it all night lol

Ope looked at my mic for the first time 😬🤮