Jonathan Norman
@FulhamJon
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talkSPORT Cricket Editor & Presenter of Following On cricket podcast. Can often be found watching Fulham or Surrey with a pained expression on my face.
London, England
Joined October 2010
Steve Harmison, Freddie Flintoff, Mathew Hoggard and Simon Jones.
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This by Alastair Cook is something that hasn’t been made of enough imho. Two years of bubble life has taken its toll on the English team.
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Tests, T20, ODIs.
Rank the best 3 sports in the world. .
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Going into strict lockdown here in New Zealand. Four weeks of isolation for everyone. Strong and decisive leadership from Jacinda Ardern. Stay safe everyone.
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It's getting more and more difficult to put forward an argument to my Kiwi wife why we live here rather than in New Zealand. #reclaimthestreets.
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Cricket needs more voices not less. My dream is that one day @ECB_cricket will invite both @talkSPORT and @bbctms into the English Test grounds to commentate. Cricket and it’s fans would benefit hugely from that.
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Such sad news about Nigel Pearson. He was a beautiful bloke with an unmistakable voice and passion for sport. He will forever be part of the talkSPORT story. Rest easy mate and thoughts with your family.
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It’s a mark of how shit England are that people have finally stopped moaning about cricket in the 90’s.
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It’s time to call off the hounds and leave Warner, Smith and Bancroft alone. Or at least turn the dogs in the direction of more deserving souls in cricket. Far bigger criminals out there. And not just in whites.
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I like angry Scyld. Headingley snub for 2027 Ashes shows no feel for cricket and its core supporters
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Matches like this make me wonder why cricket isn’t the most popular sport in the world. #INDvNZ.
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Going through some old stuff at my folks I came across a picture I drew aged four that seems to predict Alan Donald getting runout a full 20 years before it happened.
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Dear @talkSPORT bosses,. Can you get someone else to report on the Pakistan Test at Lord’s on the 26th May please? I’ve got a family thing I really can’t get out of. Regards,. Fulham Jon.
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I'm a little bit English when it comes to self-promotion but man am I proud of this. Big shout out to everyone connected to @cricket_ts - on and off the air. Let's hope we get to do it again. #sja2020.
WINNERS! 🏆. Congrats to our @Cricket_TS team 👏.
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Just heard a passenger on my train ask another man to blow his nose because the sound of him sniffing was ‘quite unpleasant’. Hero!.
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Brendan McCullum fifteen minutes away from being named the new All Blacks coach.
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That's the kind of catch that makes me want to smell every flower on the way home, pat every child I pass on the head and tip my hat in a jaunty manner to every shopkeeper. It's good to be alive. #stokes.
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One of the most underrated cricket venues in world cricket. Updates all day on @talksport #ENGvWI
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Your daily reminder that this is just a game for these people.
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The problem with basing an opinion on the Stokes video is that you don't know what happened before or after. No context or rationalisation.
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Possibly the most under rated show in the history of radio.
🎉 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮! 🎂. Paul and Andy are today celebrating their 20th birthday presenting on talkSPORT!. Got a question for the guys? 🤔. Tweet us below and they’ll answer the best questions on Twitter after the show today!
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It would be nice to think @ECB_cricket would arrange an annual tri-series with @Irelandcricket and @CricketScotland instead.
The proposed 'Super Series' between 🇦🇺🏴🇮🇳 and a fourth team could become an annual affair.
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Hey @cricketworldcup I can't access my account and nobody wants to answer your ticket phone line. It would be nice if my family can attend the match they bought tickets for nine months ago. The tickets haven't been posted. I believe the ball is in your court. Help please.
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First one to arrive last one to leave. What a two months it’s been. Thanks for all the support in Sri Lanka and back home. Hope we did you all proud. Off to NZ now for some quality family time before doing it all over again.
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That is comfortably one of the worst moments I've ever experienced watching cricket. #ashes.
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Tell them your surname is Djokovic.
My hotel in Sydney is trying to evict me after hearing I have tested positive for Covid. I am almost five days into my seven day isolation, but they would like me to pack up, use their lift & lobby. get a cab and tout around for a new hotel. Any advice on where I stand?.
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Wilson, Mahmood and other Surrey players now on field. Burns putting two thumbs in the air as stretchered onto third ambulance.
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The walk to Edgbaston is easily the most intimidating in world cricket.
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The worst thing about spending Christmas Down Under is that the Boxing Day Tests start on Boxing Day.
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I was only alongside him for the last 2.3% of @scyldberry illustrious career but I did manage to take the most Scyld Berry photo of all time. Alone, on a train platform in Kandy, 1st class ticket in top pocket, surrounded by locals the great man takes in a little light reading.
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Can you remember the good old days when you could walk into a hotel room and turn on the TV without a degree in applied mathematics?.
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Being worried about the safety of friends and colleagues is not how you should feel after a football match. #ENGRUS.
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Said it before and I’m going to continue saying it. This is a national disgrace. Three million houses unsellable. THREE MILLION!. And for transparency no I’m not one of those affected.
Most read on the BBC website today. Massive thank you to Emma for sharing her story with me. 🙏 Her home is one of an estimated 3.2 million flats that has been left unsellable since the Grenfell tragedy and the growing building safety crisis.
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Eleven hours on and I’m still not hungry.
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A huge challenge has begun and it’s an honour that two whole chapters of the world’s greatest sports story will be told on @talkSPORT @talkSPORT2 by a new group of story tellers whose love and knowledge of the game will be at the forefront of our coverage.
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Your reminder that England have won the Ashes in Australia more recently than they’ve won a Test series in the Caribbean……but don’t let that put you off.
🚨 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 🚨. talkSPORT will broadcast exclusive radio coverage of England’s West Indies tour!. ✅ Five T20 matches.✅ Three Test matches.✅ Award winning coverage. It all begins on January 22nd. Full details here ↓.
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If you include @nassercricket @robkey612 & @WardyShorts we got one over for every team member today. An incredible effort from everyone involved and a day I will never forget. Thanks for listening. @talkSPORT @talkSPORT2 @Cricket_TS
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The Guardian view on the cladding scandal: don’t punish the innocent
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I’m not sure what to say after all that. Apart from I’m proud of my small @Cricket_TS team, I’m so happy I have Test cricket in my life and I cannot wait to go home and see my wife and kids. Until next time. #NZvENG #knackeredbuthappy.
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Spent a few hours at the Oval today with the person who first took me to the ground. Every year since my dad & I meet to watch our team & catch up on life. We agreed today was one of the best days ever. Congrats to everyone at @surreycricket & thanks for a lifetime of memories.
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Scintillating conversation from @SamEllard at the start of our 7 hour drive to Wellington. #roadtrip
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My dad wouldn’t let me include anyone in my England team that had gone on a rebel tour to South Africa.
Pal just found Owzthat in his loft … c’mon , own up …. Who played ? I used to love it !!
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"I only have to see a batsman play for 5 mins to know whether he can play. Jennings can't play. Ballance can't play." KP on @talkSPORTDrive.
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It's going to take me a week and a bottle of red to process all that has happened today. Cricket. Bloody hell. #ENGvNZ.
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Where it all began (and ended). @jimmy9 @StuartBroad8 and @Harmy611 back in Wellington together for the first time in 15 years. Interview to be played out during lunch on day one at the Basin Reserve and then available on @FollowingOnPod. #NZvENG
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Well done Roy Hodgson. You took England to Brazil in the same year Redknapp took QPR to the Championship. #ENG.
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Big shout out to the @Cricket_TS Crew for their #SJA2020 nomination. Feel very fortunate to have travelled the world with this little lot covering the sport we love. Long may it continue. #wearetalksport
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I’ve seen more attacking play tonight than I saw in two years under Parker. And I missed the first half. #ffc.
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I didn’t know an elephant in the room had started writing for @ESPNcricinfo.
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Joe Root in the moment of triumph collecting a souvenir stump for Darryl Mitchell is class. #ENGvNZ.
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The worst decision in recent football history was the hiring of Magath. Fulham bigwigs will trump that if they don't back @Jokanovic #ffc.
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On what planet should Hampshire play host to an Ashes Test at the expense of Trent Bridge? Hampshire sold about 4,000 tickets on day three when India played there in 2014. Ridiculous.
Hampshire set for coveted Ashes Test - via ESPNCricinfo app
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The reaction to today’s news should put to an end once and for all the debate about whether cricket still retains a place in the heart and minds of most UK sports fans.
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Ah, so this is why my 12 year old nephew and 20 class mates ended up spending 17 hours at Dover overnight. It’s okay though. They were given one small bottle of water and a Kitkat by the authorities to see them through. Shambles.
"As we asked them to do, they are required to stamp the passport. And on a coach that needs to be replicated 50 or 60 times.". @SimonCalder explains why there are delays at the Port of Dover and why they could have been predicted. Latest: 📺 Sky 501
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How Ray Wilkins isn't trending in the UK at the moment is beyond me. Hilarious stuff on @talkSPORT with @talkSPORTDrive right now. #blokes.
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If you’re into cricket content that leads to comments like this then head to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel.
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Here is a photo of a cricket match being played in front of a healthy looking crowd. You’re welcome.
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Note to self. While in the Lord's toilets don't do an impression of Alan Brazil interviewing Theresa May. Her husband might walk in.
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Join @Cricket_TS from 12.30pm tonight on @talkSPORT2 for advert free ball-by-ball coverage of day three of the 1st Test between New Zealand and England at the Bay Oval. #NZvENG #firstdates
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Wow. What a press conference from David Warner. Expected the tears and apologies but not the simmering resentment and refusal to back team mates. Feels like he's the scapegoat. This could get even uglier. #sandpapergate.
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Graeme Swann just called Ponting, "Ricky Poontang" live on BT. That is in the top ten greatest TV moments in cricket right there. #ausvsa.
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Any England cricket fans in need of cheering up should be reminded Australia are touring India at the start of 2017. #IndvEng.
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I’ve created a monster!.
🏏 “Tim Paine’s the luckiest guy in sport!”. 🤯 “How this guy is Australia captain is utterly incredible! He’s bang average!”. 🤦♂️ “He was sledging a bowler who has four more Test match 100s than him!”. @SamEllard blasts Aussie captain Tim Paine for his behaviour against India.
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Delighted to announce an exciting new-ball pairing taking to the airwaves on @talkSPORT2 every Monday night. Myself and @DGoughie bring you "Goughie’s Ashes Cricket Week” from 8pm. Join us! #ashes.
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London Rude Boys.London Remainers.London Don Rajas.London Prices.London Originals. Who do I invoice?.
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NZ showing AUS & ENG it's possible to win cricket games without turning into arrogant sledging-monsters. Doing it with a smile. #CWC2015.
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I'm so so angry with Gulbadin Naib right now. Not a sentence I thought I'd ever write.
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It’s been coming a while but this is huge from @legsidelizzy. Five consider quitting England or county contracts for IPL deals.
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