John Nield
@johnnield2.bsky.social
Shed builder. Retired former teacher. Stocktonian. Cricket obsessive
Another summer, another sporting (mis)adventure: Next month I'll be competing in a Kyrgyz belt wrestling ('Alysh') tournament at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. I have never done anything even remotely like this before. 📚 Not unrelatedly, I will hopefully have another book out next year!
I love* how Cricinfo's One Day Cup table is making no effort to include Friday's win for Yorkshire over Durham *hate
Anyone else checked out Saltburn's Play Cricket today, or is it just me?
Could've been a 2. Or a 3, or a 4 .... Wordle 1,863 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@garynaylor85.bsky.social on @nessundormapodcast.bsky.social , you occasionally mention a cricket podcast you do with Rob Smyth. Could you please tell us what it's called?
50 off 76 for Joe Root, chasing 234. Doing his best Trott impersonation #theCricket
For those just stirring, this is my reaction 4 hours ago
John Nield@johnnield2.bsky.social · 3w agoNot a word Wordle 1,852 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Could've been a 2, was a 5! Wordle 1,851 5/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Well, I made THAT harder than it should've been Wordle 1,850 6/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Happy Anniversary to the day I made my debut for @ukrainecricket.bsky.social and top scored vs Poland. An absolute sporting highlight
There's been a lot of cricket news today, but Kemar Roach getting 300 test wickets is some achievement.
Glanced at my feed and thought Mel Brooks had just come in to bat for England. And he's already on 100!
Genuinely heartbroken at Stokes going. What a waste this summer has been. Just a very unserious set-up
Not been following the Test Match but I see today is "why is everything happening so slowly" day, according to cricket fans
My last day in my 50s were spent, unsurprisingly, playing cricket. At Durham School this time, and a good time was had by all.
Wordle in 3, Connections in 4, Strands with no hints. Today really is my day.
My last day in my 50s were spent, unsurprisingly, playing cricket. At Durham School this time, and a good time was had by all.
Off to play cricket in Newcastle today. It may not hit 30 here, but I have played in 30+ degree heat here in the North East several times, last year and 2022. I'm not sure that's a good sign.
Well. That was close! First sixer for a while. Wordle 1,831 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
The Euro Cup 2026 is coming in just three weeks!
Some personal cricket news. Two catches on Friday put me top of the wicketkeepers for my main midweek team, The Forty Club Yorkshire and North East. I'm very proud
England equivalent to 99-1 at lunch in day 2, the same as at Perth. Expect NZ to romp home later with Devon Conway morphing into Travis Head. #theCricket
An annual reminder that I had a free ticket for this but stayed home to revise for my A Levels. I ended up watching it all day on TV, and failed my exams anyway. www.espncricinfo.com/on-this-day/...
The greatest one-day knock of all
Viv puts England to the sword
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Today is the 14th anniversary of our move into our current house. It was 30° that day too. #20sPlenty