New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/15/surrey-topping-the-table/
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A look back at the round of championship fixtures that concluded on Monday and a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/12/england-womens-unusual-route-to-victory/
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A look back at yesterday's curtain raiser for the home international season and a vast photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/05/01/a-low-scoring-thriller-in-the-making/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #RHFTrophy #DiamondsvBlaze #photography #birds #insects #bees #beetles #butterflies #bugs A look at goings on in the match between Diamonds and Blaze, and a large photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/22/county-championship-round-three-nearly-done/
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A look at what is going on as round three of the county championship nears its end and a photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/20/county-championship-round-three-so-far/ #cricket #CricketMastodon #CountyCricket #CountyChampionship #photography #birds #insects
A look at goings on in round three of the county championship.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/14/county-championship-2024-round-two/
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A look at goings on in round two of the county championship with the focus mainly on #SurreyvSomerset, a section on the #kookaburra experiment and a bumper photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/10/the-county-championship-points-system/
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A look at the points system in use in this year's county championship and a bumper photo gallery. Features an impressive #shieldbug and several species of #butterfly - #OrangeTip, #Comma, #Peacock and #Tortoiseshell among them.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/08/county-championship-round-one-highlights/
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A look back at the first round of the 2024 County Championship, taking in twin tons for someone who had never previously scored an FC ton, a great spell of bowling by an England hopeful and a ludicrous runfest at the self-styled 'home of cricket'.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/06/county-championship-day-two/
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A look at events in the county championship, with the main focus on the west midlands derby. Also a bumper photo gallery with a very special feature image.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/05/county-championship-2024-under-way/
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A look at day one of the new County Championship season, with the focus on Warwickshire v Worcestershire.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/04/01/how-would-i-approach-bidding-at-an-ipl-auction/
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My ideas about bidding in IPL auctions, with a focus thrown on a particularly absurd display of bidding at the most recent one.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/30/cricket-season-approaches/
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A look ahead to the upcoming English cricket season, including a couple of potential new England players (one, James Rew, a near certainty in my view, and the other, Tom Lawes, an outside bet). Also a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/25/test-crickets-stupidest-dismissal/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #DaftDismissals #photography #birds #insects #bees
A look at two of test cricket's daftest dismissals and a very large photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/20/all-time-xis-south-africa-1889-1970/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #AllTimeXIs #SouthAfrica #photography #birds #insects #bees #goldfinches
A look at South Africa's first period as a test nation, and a huge photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/15/county-stalwarts-of-my-lifetime-xi/
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An XI of county stalwarts who played in my lifetime. I limited myself to one overseas player, and for the home players the emphasis was on those treated scurvily by the England selectors. This post also features a bumper photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/13/all-time-xis-past-and-present-combined/
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An all time XI selected as follows: six players from way back when, five who played in the 21st century, and no two players from the same period are adjacent in the batting order. Also a huge photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/10/all-time-xis-county-legends/
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An all time XI of county legends with a new season a mere 25 days away. Also a photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/09/dharamsala-debacle/
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A long post from me in which I look back at the match in Dharamsala and the series as a whole, pick my composite XI for the series and present a large photo gallery.

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/06/all-time-xis-not-quite-test-class/
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An XI all of whose averages seem to put them below test class, but all of whom have been hugely valued members of their sides. Also a huge photo gallery.

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/02/28/batting-order-alphabetical-order/
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An XI which bats in alphabetical order, with WG Grace and Jack Hobbs opening the batting, Wilfred Rhodes at number 11 and a galaxy of talent, including one rising star of the current game in between.