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former cricketer turned commentator. after dinner speaker and MC. husband, dad of 3 cygnets. contact [email protected] for bookings
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Joined June 2009
I have no problem at all with a pitch offering this much spin (hardly a surprise naturally). We prepare green pitches to suit our bowlers at home when deemed necessary so it’s fair game. We should be taking notes on how to excel from @ImRo45 @RishabhPant17 and @ashwinravi99.
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You can never write off the greatest finisher, MS Dhoni! Heartbreaking for @mipaltan but amazing for @ChennaiIPL 🏏.
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I have no sister but if I did I’d want her to marry Ben Stokes.
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That’s the best game I’ve ever seen and the last hour was the worst and most nervous I’ve ever felt. WHAT A WIN!!!!! @englandcricket officially World Cup champions, I feel like crying/singing/dancing/hugging/screaming all at once!!!! 🏆🏆🏆😁😁😁❤️.
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And so the @bbcstrictly adventure comes to an end. I embraced it with all I had and loved every minute. Your messages of love and support are beautiful and I thank you all. I’m the lucky one, I got to spend ten weeks with the truly incredible @OtiMabuse. 🌟❤️🕺🏼💃🔥.
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Such sad news about Rod Marsh and truly shocking about Warney. Both great blokes and legends of the game. I’ve been in shock all day ☹️RIP x.
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A dream partnership for someone in as daft a mood as I am today 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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@BBCNews What happens if the stolen things turn up in the country we stole them from in the first place?🧐.
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Congratulations to @BCCI for the emphatic test win and especially @ashwinravi99 for showing that there is always a way to thrive on spinning pitches with the bat, and for handling the expectation with the ball. @englandcricket can bounce back next week. Great series so far 😁🏏.
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No game is safe with @rahultewatia02 at the crease!! Incredible ending to a pulsating @IPL fixture. I even drowned out the vuvuzelas by the end. Amazing from @rashidkhan_19 entering beast mode too 👏@gujarat_titans.
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Mushy is, without doubt, an absolute hero to me. Look how happy and shiny he makes me!😁
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Imagine the back garden cricket bickering between siblings about who gets to pretend to be Ben Stokes from now on. 😁🏏👍@benstokes38.
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That video shows a dickhead trying to bottle @benstokes38 and getting his just desserts in my opinion. .
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Please don’t believe any of the tiresome headlines about me having a ‘swipe’ at @ImAshleyRoberts or @bbcstrictly. I love everything about the show and everyone on it, my glorious adventure came to a natural happy ending and I have no bitterness in any way shape or form. 🕺🏼💃😁👍.
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Had an amazing moment today as my 12yr old son took his first senior wicket, caught by me 😃. Couldn’t be prouder of Wilf 🏏🦢
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If you think what happened yesterday was within the spirit of cricket then you are uninvited to my birthday party and I’m stopping your pocket money.
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My daughter drew a great thermometer in the sun yesterday 👍🤣
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Fantastic team performance from @englandcricket and truly ludicrous brilliance from @root66 and @jimmy9 😃👌😁.
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A stunning win for England in Hyderabad. Magnificent from Ollie Pope and extraordinarily magical for Tommy Hartley. I’m thrilled to bits for the boys @englandcricket.
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Best game of an already ridiculously entertaining @IPL tonight. Great win for the @rajasthanroyals heartbreak for @KKRiders MoM has to be Yuzi for his bowling on such a good batting track but @josbuttler was immense. I’m out of breath!.
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Brooklyn Nine-nine. how have I never seen this before???? 🤣🤣🤣.
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Those who never met Bob Willis were the unfortunate ones. A grouch on screen but it was all an act, he was a truly funny and lovely man, and a bloody brilliant bowler to boot. RIP to one of the greats 🏏.
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A cracking @bbcstrictly tonight. Can’t wait to be back for the final and to see who is still in the mix. I thought @Joe_Sugg flew the flag for the boy’s brilliantly and will hopefully make it through.
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This is an amazing figure which reflects how amazing Ruth Strauss was. Well done to all involved especially my captain Straussy ❤️.
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I can’t put into words how numb and shocked I am that Dean Jones isn’t sat next to me today making me laugh with his endless anecdotes and Aussie banter. He was a boyhood hero of mine, an icon of the game and a good friend. RIP Deano 😞@ProfDeano.
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. if @benstokes38 we're your son you'd pat him on the head after seeing that video. End the nonsense and let's concentrate on the ashes.
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I hear Jason Donovan is going to make a guest appearance on Neighbours? If this is the case then it is indeed time for this video to meet the world…@jimmy9 😂
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I’m so proud of Cookie today. The ovation said it all. Living legend.
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I honestly hope that Fakhar goes on to be the greatest player in living memory. His name deserves greatness! @englandcricket.
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I couldn’t love Christchurch anymore than I do right now. this is lunchtime on day 1 of the Test. Kids playing on the outfield, mums and dads checking out the pitch. Gorgeous
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As a parent this makes me feel sick. Imagine if that poor kid on the ground was your son? These little shits are a fucking disgrace to society. I hope their parents hand them in to the police and are as ashamed as I am appalled. 😡😡😡😡utterly disgusting wankers.
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I can’t remember feeling more excited about the day ahead since I got my blue bmx for Christmas when I was four. To be at @HomeOfCricket watching the most exciting @ECB_cricket team ever tussle with the Black Caps for the World Cup will be incredible! #CWC19 good luck lads! 😁🏏.
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Thank goodness for George! The sooner we accept our strange national detestation of spinning pitches from day one, the sooner we can work out how to win on them!.
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Sorry will try that again. I think it’s great that my mate @jimmy9 has revealed his love of Phillip schofield to the world
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Personally, and do bear in mind that as a bowler I thought everything was out, I think that was a stinking decision.
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The lords pitch against india just after i’d finished was greener than a toddlers bogey. It backfired horribly as we bowled first, got pumped and India won but it was still an emerald strip made to order. I think I’m still considered a maverick so they haven’t asked me back 😮🤣.
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That @JasonRoy20 innings, regardless of the farcical end, was pure bliss ❤️. Perhaps batsman will stop just trying to get away with being plumb when they see what can happen as a result 🙄.
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Magnificent once again from @josbuttler and the @rajasthanroyals a mouthwatering final to come and round off the best @IPL 😁.
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@Hopenlesmyth Hey Ollie, you are ace and will always win at life because your own superhero is an amazing Dad. Happy birthday, save me some cake!.
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I realise this will upset many but I hope the next election in six months has a party who says that brexit is a disaster. They'd get my vote.
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Also HUGE congratulations to @BCCI beating @cricketcomau in their own backyard. A stunning comeback after the capitulation at Adelaide and a triumph in the face of the various adversities of the last few weeks😁👏🏏.
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Ridiculous match. @BLACKCAPS should be proud of yourselves. Had absolutely zero luck and performed incredibly under pressure.
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Huge congratulations to @rahultewatia02 for getting the nod for India. I hope he plays against @englandcricket in the T20’s. The world needs superheroes right now 😁.
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So relieved to have survived the @bbcstrictly dance off. Admittedly it wasn’t my best week, I have consigned it to the dustbin and am determined to bounce back stronger. Thank you for your votes, it means so much to @OtiMabuse and me to have your amazing support 🕺🏼😍.
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So the cat is out of the bag at last, can’t wait to see my kids in the morning now they know! Can’t wait to get started 😁.
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I’ve never met him, don’t support Man Utd, and am not in England right now. I’m getting an outsiders view on the UK. And quite simply @MarcusRashford is a bloody hero. Anyone who challenges, questions or mocks his work is a disgrace. Let’s all follow his example somehow ❤️🍭🤞🥰.
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If you want to stay in Europe, save and boost the marvellous NHS, think that private schools are a good thing, think that getting in bed with Trump is lunacy, are disgusted by anti semitism and want to see an immediate focus on saving our planet how do you vote tomorrow?.
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I've always loved @benstokes38 but watching him bat today took it to another level. He's the best cricketer on the planet right now.
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So here we are, IPL final day. Will @Eoin16 lift the trophy just one month before he lifts the @iccworldt20 ? 😁can’t wait for the game. Good luck to both @KKRiders and @ChennaiIPL , may the best team win! 😁.
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A heartfelt thank you to every one of you lovely people who wished me a happy birthday. I’m abroad, alone and pretty homesick so you all really made my day. 😁🥰.
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England pull off a miracle to win at Headingley thanks to @benstokes38 and then @NUFC win away at Tottenham. You all know Stokesy supports Newcastle don’t you? 😁🏏⚽️🍀.
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Never underestimate the scale of what @Eoin16 achieved for England. Turned us from one day dunces into world champions, an enormous turnaround masterminded by our greatest ever one day player/skipper. He’s also an absolute hero of a bloke. Legend. 🔥🏏😁.
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Who decided to go with the ‘hang on to the arms of your chairs like you’re on a plane in severe turbulence’ look? 😐
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A huge relief to make it through to the famous Blackpool week on @bbcstrictly thank you so much to everyone who voted for @OtiMabuse and myself. Out dance was such fun to do but it was tough being in the dance off. We gave it our absolute 100% and thankfully made it ❤️🕺🏼💃.
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Has @benstokes38 been made king of the world yet? Or at least been given official superhero status with a secret base and everything?.
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If you’re not disgusted by the massacre in Christchurch then I am disgusted at you. What the f*** is wrong with some people? 😡😡😡😡😡.
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Every game of first class cricket I played in, I barely slept the night before day one. Nervous,excited, energetic but most of all bricking myself that we’d lose the toss and have to bowl first. Go well County Cricketers. Hope it doesn’t snow 🏏😁❤️.
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I saw Mary Poppins returns this morning and am not ashamed to say that I absolutely bloody LOVED it!!!! Especially the dancing. I hereby put my name forward to play Jack the lamp lighter when it hits the west end. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞👍👍👍❤️❤️.
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Kim Jong un, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. The four horsemen of the apocalypse? I'm watching mad max tonight.
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Sometimes you need a swear word to give a statement some oomph. that was a fucking brilliant 80 minutes of rugby from @EnglandRugby ! Can’t wait for next weekend now!🏉😃.
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Thank you once again to everyone who voted for @OtiMabuse and myself to get through to Halloween week on @bbcstrictly. Doing the tango was the most fun I’ve had yet so far on the show. I’m working so hard to improve every week and justify your support #thankyou ❤️.
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I’m so happy for @jbairstow21 scoring a ton today. I hope he’s given a long run at number 3 because I think he has the potential to be an all time great one day @englandcricket.
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Got to live out a dream tonight dancing “The last waltz” in memory of my grandparents Les and Lillian. Can’t begin to explain how much they meant to me as a small boy ❤️ @OtiMabuse @bbcstrictly.
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This is brilliant news for SunRisers, but not such brilliant news for all the other teams of the #VIVOIPL good luck @JasonRoy20 smash it! 🏏😁.
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Brilliant stuff from the England bowlers today so far, celebrated with the most magnificent beer snake by the OT crowd!
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I’m on an absolute cloud after tonight’s @bbcstrictly. Our dance couldn’t have gone better, was so amazing to be Spider-Man for the night and make my beautiful partner @OtiMabuse so happy. Thank you to everyone who voted for us, you are all my heroes!.
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I used this bat at Lords in 2010 against the West Indies and made 63* #putyourbatsout
http://t.co/AKcNQRH2Y6.
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Thank You so much to all of you who voted for @OtiMabuse and myself this week @bbcstrictly it was my favourite week so far and meant so much on a personal level. It’s an emotional rollercoaster but I’m having the best of times 🕺🏼😊.
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Another top performance from @englandcricket especially @Eoin16 and @josbuttler , but an especially big high 5 to @liaml4893 for bowling a magnificent over with a wet ball at the death. Huge praise from me for that 👊.
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It’s so sad to hear about Caroline Flack. She was a warm funny and beautiful person who has been hounded recently. When will this culture of privacy invasion and online judging and hatred change? 😞RIP Caroline ❤️.
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I am exceedingly proud of my best mate in cricket for getting his 500th test scalp. He is my hero, for many reasons.
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Know it's old but I will never fail to look at this picture and cry with laughter. It's perfect in every sense 😂😂😂😂
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Mental illness, injury and compassionate leave are not obnoxious. Your tweet is obnoxious.
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Names and numbers on cricket shirts will not ruin test cricket. It’s been around for a decade in the county game and makes no difference to the players. Might as well try it I reckon, can do absolutely no harm 👍.
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