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Mike Turner

@lunchtakenearly

Cricket scorer, statistician and 'calculating cardinal' (The Guardian). Cheltenham Civil Service CC, @gloscricket.bsky.social men, @somersetccc.bsky.social women. Also board games, trains: all the cool things.

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This is where us scorers earn our big bucks (sic).

06.03.2026 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bugger

01.03.2026 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always pleasing to see evidence of my work contributing to ACS's publications

01.03.2026 11:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every now and then a trend/meme pops up that I have no clue what it's about, and my reaction is "I think I'll just let this one pass"

28.02.2026 10:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We seem to hear a lot in general from senior Labour MPs who don't sound like Labour MPs, so it's good to hear this. As ever I have zero interest in the internal politics of the Labour party

28.02.2026 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My club.

22.02.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

Last year, @acscricket.bsky.social adopted a definitive list of women's first-class matches.

Thanks to Cricket Archive, we have now supplemented the existing women's international records on our website with an extensive range of women's first-class, List A and T20 records.

#WomensCricket

14.02.2026 17:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

When England play Scotland, it comes naturally to support the team with closer Gloucestershire connections

14.02.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trying to remember how far ahead of the start of the last women's world cup the fixtures were confirmed

07.02.2026 19:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beyond my wildest childhood fantasies!

05.02.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A couple of months back I was wanting something different to read so thought I couldn't go far wrong trying one of your recommendations. Thanks for this suggestion, I loved it! Such smart writing, never quite knew where it was going next

31.01.2026 08:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this, although George Grace is usually referred to by his middle name Fred

30.01.2026 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I rather like this older stuff of theirs!

23.01.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you, that certainly helps. Interesting, definitely not a dive or a run, so the only thing that counts is if the bat was grounded or not

21.01.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm trying to piece together what CricketHer are referring to: this is the first I've read of it. That law has always seemed to work well up to now, so a counter example is always going to be illuminating. Sounds like Lee's bat bounced up but she was only placing it down?

21.01.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are there any available pictures of Lee's dismissal?

21.01.2026 19:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't subscribe to The Cricketer so don't know what this says, but it can only be a good thing!

14.01.2026 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions.

It is browsable by all

Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice

www.nhs.uk/conditions/

12.01.2026 22:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 415 ๐Ÿ” 243 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Club and county priorities can differ (I'm thinking particularly of youth cricket). This creates an "us and them" vibe, but understandably both parties are just trying to survive.

11.01.2026 10:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By "members of private clubs", is Emma referring to county cricket, or something different?

10.01.2026 12:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm more of a county fan, but the job of ECB is to work wholeheartedly for both.

07.01.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder, looking at this, if there might be a rethink - in either direction - about what matches are considered women's List A

06.01.2026 07:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're probably right, but the Glos attack that day wasn't the worst. CE Phillips, CR Phillips, Dolman, Hill are still with the county. Robbins is with Somerset. Only Lucy Gladdy has moved on, and she had an economy that day of 6.71, and took Kelly's wicket

28.12.2025 08:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I started listening to it after your previous recommendation. Thank you! This season has been particularly stunningly good.

16.12.2025 20:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone interested in cricket stats should see women's cricket as a great area to get into, as it's still in the exciting, pioneering stage men's cricket went through a century or so ago - compiling and defining the foundational stats - combined with all the tools of the digital age.

15.12.2025 21:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice to stumble across fellow Brookmyre fans.

12.12.2025 23:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds a real shame, and not what I expected at all

10.12.2025 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That is an article I'd very much like to read

10.12.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At first glance thought it was someone with head in hands, which feels about right

05.12.2025 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm glad you recognise Cheltenham College as a bona fide 1st team venue.

05.12.2025 17:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0