mark overton 🇬🇧

Looking for help. What is the most read newspaper in the Taunton area if i was looking to write to the editor? Many thanks.

@DutchBKate Because T20 pays the bills, they need to sell out. "Somerset losing 1 * T20 home match has cost 80K to the bottom line' No money no champo!

Counties are still today, of all days advertising the T20 Blast when the County Championship starts tomorrow. I just don't get it. Why don't they do just a little bit of marketing for the FC games?

@somersetpodcast Given Bants is at the IPL and Eng Men have fixtures in June, I suspect another 90 of 36 is on the cards. Good luck Lamners and Bants in the IPL Eng matches.

Ridiculous that he can't even get in the team now...

@Samitpatel21 Sorry cant DM u

Anyone needing an overseas player for this summer please can you dm me. I have a couple of players from India that would like to come and play.

@Chunkyd435 @alextudorcoach @JamieOverton @craigoverton12 😀

@alextudorcoach you got the wrong brother when talking about Jamie Overton saying that he just got married no it’s his Craig that’s just got married @JamieOverton @craigoverton12

@derekpringle As long as the run ups weren't covered. Underwood and co become kings, I suspect not the rapids.

Imagine facing Malcolm Marshall or Sylvester Clarke on a sticky dog….. ball might lose pace after pitching but it would still be quick to that point……bruises would abound

@simonhancock_uk @DanKingdom96 Out of the 10 names I reckon ur missing a few seamers. At least three. Im pleased Mr Kerr and Hurry select teams.

@DanKingdom96 If he turns into a good T20 batter where does he fit in? We'll have Smeed, Banton, TKC, Lammonby, Abell, Rew, Rew, Sams, Gregory, Goldsworthy

A 4-wicket win off the last ball of the match for Sharjah Warriorz in the ILT20 today James Rew was there at the end, finishing with 42* (29) Scorecard: espncricinfo.com/series/interna…

Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away. You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck. Then you drop. Some are decapitated. Some aren't. All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them. A son. A daughter. A brother. A sister. A mother. A father. I know 2 men who hung themselves. One was found by his Mom. One was found by his brother. Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on. A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something. So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"? A segway for a moment. I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group. After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is.. "Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue". Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling. "Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom. After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle". Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard". And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying. Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag. If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention. They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up". They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them. If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine. Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out. So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are. You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked. For those who struggle, you're not alone.

@HarryHaydon6 @LibDems Sadly I suspect how some are currently using the ECHR is not what Churchill envisaged.

@LibDems Wonder how Australia, NZ, Canada etc. manage without the wonders of the ECHR ? Go back to Ed’s playground. It’s where you belong.

Kemi Badenoch has chosen the side of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage with her plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.

@SomersetCCC Well done littlun, just awesome

First Class wicket number 500 📈 #WeAreSomerset #ESSvSOM

@Chunkyd435 @SomersetCCC @mredwards29 Look at the Facebook site Wayne! Even more moaners.

@SomersetCCC @mredwards29 Oh look doom and gloomers we won by 90 runs well done boys blackbird 🐦‍⬛

GONE!!! THREE IN THE OVER!!! TOM LAMMONBY!!!!! Simpson is LBW for a duck and Sussex are 60/4! #SUSvSOM #WeAreSomerset

@AG_Smithy @LancsCCMG I wish u well, and feel for all Crystal Palace supporters, management and players after today's decision.

@overs1967 @LancsCCMG All noted Mark thanks for info., fingers crossed it’s great game with so many aspects and good young players.

Talking with some Somerset members that this is their second game in three days and both were sold out Friday had a beer and cider festival Sunday family day Both a huge success. Such a pity they only have 4 home games in August. Terrible mistake not to play more cricket in peak summer.

@AG_Smithy @LancsCCMG U would like to think so, however the future fan base is from those playing at clubs who eventually go watch FC Cricket. This has been proved with numerous surveys that the amount of club cricket is reducing year on year. Club cricket is the key to long-term success.

@LancsCCMG Totally agree this schedule of how and when games played is key to the future of county cricket and its future fan base.

@SomersetCCC @onedaycup What's the official ground capacity with the trade nation stand.

Massive thanks to an amazing crowd of over 6,500 who came for our Family Fun Day today! 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦🏏 This match has again broken our @OneDayCup sales record since before Covid-19. 50 over cricket is alive and well in Somerset! 🎉🎉🎉 #WeAreSomerset #SOMvLAN

@DanKingdom96 @shep23 I assume you were on hols the last 48 hrs or you have an employer who is very sympathetic to cricket

@overs1967 @shep23 Yes. Why do you ask?

We've been in Div 1 longer than anyone, we often challenge for the CC title, we've reached 4 finals days in a row and were runners-up in last year's ODC with a depleted squad We aren't blessed with mega pace depth So how is it that 3 key seamers have rejected contracts? 1/30

@shep23 @DanKingdom96 @DanKingdom96 I admire your passion, do you have a day job?

@DanKingdom96 Mate just buy Twitter premium...

@GeorgeDobell1 It looks a mess

Decent performance from Jamie Overton this:

@henrywinter Class

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@ANDYCURTIS43 @joalhe1997 1 The young lady may have put her hand up and volunteered. 2 The press may not have asked for the seniors 3 I suspect the seniors will get lots of media enquiries in the next day or so. I think she was very brave no matter.

@joalhe1997 Idiotic choice of inexperienced interviewee after such a poor day. Strange how Coach Jon Lewis didn’t offer to front up. Heather Knight needs better support than this.

Really really poor from the press team to make the most junior member face the interviews and is now being grilled on social media for naively saying "forget about it" than "look for the next chances". The team's been diabolically managed

@willis_macp 😆

Magnificent bowling in the second half of India's innings from Overton, taking three for 23 on the way to victory. They have balance issues if they continue to expose his batting in this way, but he's been part of excellent bowling displays in the last two games.

@willis_macp Aged well

Jamie Overton walking out in the 14th over, to face wrist-spin, which doesn't suit him. Previous two games he was in in the 12th. England's batting order just isn't deep enough for their attacking approach.