If Alastair Cook can score 15048 runs without being out in his final test, he will retire with a batting average of over 100...
The Authors CC
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The Authors CC
@AuthorsCC
Wandering cricket team of writers, formed in 1891. Fixtures against Actors, Publishers & many others. #THBY2021
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- We are revamping our website. How many pictures of the Health Secretary being hit for four would you like to see?
- Quite tempted to start a religion whose main purpose is to worship Kane Williamson.Kane Williamson getting told he’s the player of the tournament cracks me up! “ME?!”
00:00 - In the pub afterwards @holland_tom talks us through his fourth consecutive innings of 0 at @WandSCC. The beer is called Golden Duck, incidentally.
- ‘If you build it, he will come.’ Businessman Tanweer Ahmed builds a cricket complex near Houston. A real-life Field of Dreams. thetimes.co.uk/article/cricke…
- Cricket captain: ‘So what do you do?Do you bat or bowl?’ Newcomer: ‘I’ve been allocated to your team by the ECB for marketing purposes.’
- If you’re gonna score a ton, do it at a ground with an electronic scoreboard and a PA announcer.
- As Sandpaper-gate rages on the other side of the world, @peterfrankopan & @SebastianFaulks have a word with the Authors’ new Head of Integrity.
- Authors win solstice match vs @AveburyCC by 71 runs. Great performances from many but @RathbonesGroup moment goes to @holland_tom for his four wickets, as he takes rare break from podcasting to join us.
- He may have registered his fifth consecutive duck at @WandSCC but @holland_tom is showing great bouncebackability. Talking airily that he should bat 8 from now on.
- 'A group of Englishmen in varying states of fitness lost a game of cricket today'. This was how the Mumbai Mirror announced the Authors' first tour abroad, ten years ago.
