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Nick Friend
@NickFriend1
Journalist for @TheCricketerMag. Former CMJ Young Journalist of the Year. Ex-Argentina assistant coach.
London, England
Joined September 2011
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    I asked a bunch of English spinners, anonymously, about the challenges facing them in county cricket and the realities of their position. What followed was hours of revealing insight that the game could learn from. thecricketer.com/Topics/premium…
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    England become the 43rd country beaten by Mohammad Nabi as an international cricketer. From wins over Bhutan, Maldives, China and Argentina to days like this, he really has seen it all.
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    Very good from Middlesex, this. 2,000 primary school students in at Lord's, watching Shaheen Shah Afridi run in to bowl.
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    Truly, you are a diabolical sport.
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    This stat is genuinely amazing
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    If you take Littler's age out of it, you're still left with an unseeded debutant making a complete mockery of the draw. It's absolutely mental what he's doing on every single level.
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    Apologies if I'm very late on this, but Hasan Ali wearing his celebration on a chain is exactly what I'm here for.
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    Spain v Czech Republic, earlier today. Superb.
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    Claudio Ranieri doesn't know what he's just handed Cricket Twitter.
    When people ask me what I want from the England batting line-up #Ashes
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    A five-run penalty for hitting the helmet being overturned because of a no-shot-offered dead ball is exactly the kind of niche nonsense that I watch this sport for.
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    Had absolutely zero going for it, but nonetheless one of the great all-time HawkEye graphics.
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    Make that 44 countries. Another scalp for a remarkable cricketer.
    England become the 43rd country beaten by Mohammad Nabi as an international cricketer. From wins over Bhutan, Maldives, China and Argentina to days like this, he really has seen it all.
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    Kent 2nd XI vs Sussex 2nd XI has produced one of the great scorecards: