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Nathan Leamon

3 years

Really enjoyed this chat

England's lead analyst Nathan Leamon explains the role of data and...

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@Numb3z

4 months

A reminder that Andrew Strauss played 100 Tests and retired nearly 12 years ago. And James Anderson debuted before him 🤯

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2 years

That innings by Suryakumar Yadav was absolutely extraordinary. One of those that, after the match is over and you’ve had chance to take a breath, you feel privileged to have seen live.

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3 years

Bowler’s name please?

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3 years

For comparison, here is the volume of cricket played by each country since the start of the pandemic

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

❤️❤️❤️

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@Numb3z

3 years

Lovely to hear @DineshKarthik on commentary

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Congratulations @ChennaiIPL well-deserved winners. Huge thanks to everyone at @KKRiders , so proud of you all. It was great fun from start to finish

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

6 years

There will be better-weighed, more impartial words written on this subject. But for what it's worth, here are mine -

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Very excited, after two years of work on this project, to finally hold the finished book in my hand. For those who have been patiently asking about it, now available to order here Many thanks to @benjonescricket and @LittleBrownUK for their hard work

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Today is my 33rd day in isolation since Feb. I’ve seen my family for a little over 3 weeks in the last 6 months. Most players have had it as bad or worse, plus the pressure of playing. Commentators “…many of these players have had a lot of time off recently…” 😡

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3 years

Worth noting that Galle is one of the most toss dependent venues in the world. In 33 Tests played there before this series, only once had a visiting team lost the toss and won the match (Pakistan 2000). #SLvENG

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@DineshKarthik I hear this is good

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Can’t think of many injured batters you’d want to bowl at less than @JasonRoy20

KolkataKnightRiders

@KKRiders

1 year

Chase on, Jason! 🔥🧿 @JasonRoy20 | #KKRvCSK | #AmiKKR | #TATAIPL

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

🤣

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

If Kumar Sangakkara has ever said anything stupid or inelegant then I haven’t heard it. Great mind, great communicator

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Can any one tell me what she bowls?

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Made me smile. And buy a coffee

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Having taken the tough decision to step away from touring with the England white ball team, it’s a huge comfort to have found such a fantastic replacement. The role is in very good hands. Go well, Fred.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Hypnotically brilliant. Could rewatch this all day

England Cricket

@englandcricket

3 years

Every ball from *that* sensational new ball spell this morning from @jimmy9 ! 👑 Day 1 Highlights: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvIND 🇮🇳

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

A player in every England squad plus IPL, from Jan 2021 until Mar 2022 would spend 96% of those 15 months away from home. I dont think it's been grasped what these players are being put through

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@aliktareen 🙏🙏🙏 Huge congratulations to @MultanSultans Fantastic performance 💪👊

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Can’t stop watching this

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@Numb3z

2 years

@ThatsSoVillage Dharamshala. For me the best ground in the world

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Having listened to the commentary from the T20WC Final it’s hard not to feel for commentators of a certain age. It sounds just like me trying to discuss TikTok with my daughters

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

pat venit pat vidit ipsum vicit 🤣

KolkataKnightRiders

@KKRiders

2 years

Pat came. Pat saw. Pat conquered. 🙌 @patcummins30 #KKRHaiTaiyaar #KKRvMI #IPL2022

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

Stuart Broad a great choice as ChaseWatchman

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Is there a more annoying English commentary cliche than “and for any kids watching...”?

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Lovely article showing the IPL’s capacity to change the lives of young cricketers. And the extraordinary depth to India’s talent pool. Suyash is a gun

How amateur Suyash Sharma signed up for KKR's magical mystery spin tour

Having kept at it in Delhi club cricket after losing his coach to Covid-19, the talented teenager's world changed one day in December 2022 with the tap of an auctioneer's hammer

www.espncricinfo.com

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

11 months

These AI generated videos are getting more and more lifelike

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Some of his mis-hits fell short of the second tier

Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@ajarrodkimber @om You don’t move on from Dre

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

I’ll say this for the commentary team, their hindsight is pretty much perfect

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Shouldn’t need saying but...

Jofra Archer

@JofraArcher

3 years

Do not racially abuse those players tonight !

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

5 years

No, Mr Bond! I expect you to eventually lose patience and stray onto my pads!

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Daren Sammy just used the word ‘improvision’, which I like and intend to adopt going forward

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

That match seemed to be decided by people who don’t know what a waist is

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

One likely side effect of Pant’s early aggression has been to kill the reverse. Eng had it tailing nicely around the 25th over. A few trips into the stand later and it’s gone gun-barrel straight since

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Wow

KolkataKnightRiders

@KKRiders

3 years

One to remember 💜💛 #MIvKKR #KKR #AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #আমিKKR #IPL2021 #CricketTwitter

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

11 months

A question being asked a lot is why haven’t more slower balls been bowled in the Ashes when batsmen are attacking? There are various reasons - an old Dukes ball moves more than an old white Kooka, the wide rules in Tests give bowlers much bigger targets to aim at etc. (1/2)

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@theoldbatsman I’ve looked at this before. If the player bats in the top 4 then the 50, 50, ... guy is more beneficial. He is taking up a greater percentage of the more dangerous overs in the innings. This increases the expected scores of the batsmen who follow him compared to 100, 0, guy.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

@willis_macp He did win a World Cup on his last tour

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

7 months

We’ve somehow arrived at possibly the worst way to adjudicate low catches Fielder convinced he’s caught it Batsman watches the catch from 15m away happy to walk Umpires who had a perfect live view not allowed to give an opinion One very blurred inconclusive replay. So not out

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@melindafarrell There’s probably only a 25% chance that will happen 🙃 There is a 50% chance the other team will win the first SF and a 50% chance the other team will win the second SF.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

The countries in dark blue are the ones who have an unarmed police force. Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland and the UK (NI excepted). The coolest club in the world to belong to. We don’t have much to be proud of at the moment, but this is something

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Sunrise over the castle this morning. One of the joys of having a dog

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

#TheHundred has had an impact in at least one area 🤣. ‘Hitting Against The Spin’ has been the #1 bestseller in Cricket Books for the last 2 months. But we just got knocked off our perch by a Children’s activity book. @benjonescricket

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

6 years

Ever wondered what the 3rd Umpire’s Controls look like? P Sara Oval, Colombo.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

5 months

@messymunka I’ll be there

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

What’s the worst sight in cricket? I’ll go first - A dry set of covers sitting on an empty field during the middle of a days play #ENGvsIND

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

6 years

Spent a lot of the day in the car with TMS. It’s impressive how many of Geoff Boycott’s anecdotes have Geoff Boycott as the hero.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Our book ‘Hitting against The Spin’ is serialised in The Times today and tomorrow. Copies can be ordered here

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@ThatsSoVillage Queenstown right up there too

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Amazing thread. Amazing year

Geoff Lemon Sport

@GeoffLemonSport

3 years

Joe Root started the day on 1277 Test runs in 2021, which was 41st on the list for the most runs in a calendar year. Since then he has gone past:

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Thanks, Jos 🙏🙏🙏

Jos Buttler

@josbuttler

3 years

Really enjoyed reading Hitting Against The Spin! 📚 Great work as always @Numb3z 👏

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

I remember flying home from the 2010/11 Ashes and meeting up with friends who were somehow more jet-lagged than I was despite not having left England

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@benjonescricket It was only an unbelievable piece of fielding that stopped that over from going for 39

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

11 months

Watching the first ball of the match at 1.10pm Perfectly normal behaviour

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

11 months

A welcome distraction between meetings… First day of an Ashes series is always a bit special. Exciting first session - good luck to @benstokes38 and the team for this afternoon 🏏

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Test cricket shoots itself in the foot again

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

5 years

@SteveBakerHW You’ve gone full-on “better to rule in hell than serve in heaven” then?

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@benjonescricket These matches generally finish in a tie don’t they

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Congratulations and best of luck to a great coach and a great man, @AbdulRehmanCC

Grassroots Cricket

@grassrootscric

1 year

Abdul Rehman has been named the national side's Head Coach for the series against Afghanistan! Umar Gul will serve as the bowling coach, while Mohammad Yousuf will be the batting coach. #Cricket

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

If you like data and cricket, then this by @hganjoo153 is well worth your time

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Not a batsman’s game in the CC at the moment is it

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

Can we please stop demanding certainty from scientists and politicians. There can be none. There isn’t enough information about what we are going through. We can ask the right questions We can hold them to account. But, if we demand certainty, we are demanding they lie to us /1

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

I love tennis. Love playing it, love watching it. Can’t remember any time the press conference was a highlight of the match. Could talk you through the top twenty matches I’ve seen from memory. Can barely remember a single thing anyone said in a press conference #RolandGarros

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

First frosty morning since getting back home, beautiful

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

6 years

Same bowler. Same over.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Can’t tell you how much I am here for Tom Banton and Jonny Bairstow facing spin in the PP at Cardiff

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@flighted_leggie Very different pitches in the UAE

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@flighted_leggie Wobble means the seam is almost still but not quite, so the ball’s movement is variable and unpredictable. It dips, then rises, goes left then right. When the ball swings the rotation of the ball holds the seam steady and it keeps moving predictably in the same direction

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

7 months

My youngest: It doesn’t look like there’s many people watching. Is it because the seats are blue so you can’t see which ones are full? Me: There’s 130,000 people there. The seats are actually orange 😂 Youngest: 😳😳😳 #INDvPAK

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

10 months

What an abject human being

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

10 months

Talking about freedom, sat in Margaret Thatcher’s old Rover. Earlier I spoke to @Telegraph about how important cars are for families to live their lives. It’s something anti-motorist Labour just don’t seem to get. And it’s why I’m reviewing anti-car schemes across the country.

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Nathan Leamon

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11 months

I wrote this piece with the help of Dr Pete Alway exploring why fast bowlers are prone to stress fractures Even strongest spines in sport fail to stand up to fast bowling

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Great competition, great final. Congratulations MI

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

@BoothCricket It’s less about the format and more about the tournament. Every team has exactly the same amount of money to spend, and off-field resources are not equal but comparable. Therefore teams are well-matched in quality. I think the table would look the same in any format

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

I’ve loved watching International Rugby for decades, but it’s becoming a really hard game to enjoy. Important games invariably turn into boring arm-wrestles that are decided by one poor bloke holding a whistle

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@theoldbatsman @benjonescricket When Ian Bell passed a hundred caps, he got messages from all the other hundred-capped players, many suitably lengthy. From memory (v fallible so apologies) David Gower said ‘They say it’s not How, it’s How Many. They’re wrong, it’s how’

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

@near_solitude @fwildecricket You’re absolutely right. What use is a probability model if it merely tells you what the probabilities are?

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

7 months

As Alastair Cook retires from professional cricket, here is the piece I wrote when he retired from Tests. Of the articles I’ve written this is my personal favourite

Behind the runs: England performance analyst Nathan Leamon pays tribute to Alastair Cook

Nathan Leamon has charted and followed Cook's career, and known him at close quarters in the toughest moments. Here he pays tribute.

wisden.com

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Don’t think we would have played much on the reserve day. Weather gods were with us yesterday

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

That was great. Take a bow both teams. Brilliant finish

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

Excellent from Athers Don’t be fooled by private-school debate – family, not education, is the biggest influence for England’s cricketers

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

My boss told me on Thursday that I have to work Saturday AND Sunday this weekend. Two days warning 🤷‍♂️

England Cricket

@englandcricket

2 years

"We're playing in a World Cup final. Accept that and be really excited by that!" ❤️ #T20WorldCup

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Nathan Leamon

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

“He knows it’s a poor pen”. I mean...it hit the stand. Even I know that’s not a great effort

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@iRashidLatif68 Thank you 🙏

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

If this seam position is shaping then the atmospherics must be very good. Ball’s gonna hoop when they get it right

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

Lovely

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

“There is nothing you can do about Harry Brook right now”

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

5 years

@Eoin16 Looking at the pitch, I’d say that’s a good toss to win.

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

5 years

Sunday Times Books of the Year

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

@benjonescricket Once again, Ben you’ve demonstrated that there is no joke so obvious that people on here won’t miss it and reply in earnest

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

2 years

@benjonescricket @fwildecricket Sounds like I managed to keep the panic out of my voice though

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

@aliktareen @lahoreqalandars Tangled up in green fading into blue

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

😍

Will Macpherson

@willis_macp

1 year

Jofra Archer bowling in England whites, to Zak Crawley

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

1 year

Looks like the 2021 vintage Gaikwad is back. 😍

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 months

This Will Jacks innings is somehow its own highlights package

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

4 years

Incredible atmosphere in Multan today

Wisden

@WisdenCricket

4 years

The crowds in the PSL are 👌

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

3 years

On a used and turning pitch, these boundaries would be on the large side for a men’s game. They haven’t helped this match as a spectacle. But well played #BirminghamPhoenix Well deserved win

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Nathan Leamon

@Numb3z

6 years

If you suddenly find yourself with a Test match shaped hole in your life, then I have the answer

Little, Brown UK

@LittleBrownUK

6 years

Out now in hardback and ebook, @Numb3z 's #TheTest , an 'ambitious and gripping' love letter to Test Cricket

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