@timwig

✍️ journalist for @TelegraphSport 📚 Author of Test Cricket: A History, Times Sports Book of the Year - https://xitter.cf/t.co/tAGfFoWe9Y - and other books

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Joined March 2013
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The 3pm Saturday blackout for UK football matches has endured since the 1960s, and been seen as an essential way to support the whole football pyramid and protect attendances. But the blackout is likely to end when the new TV deals begin in 2029 telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Why football’s 3pm blackout will be consigned to history

Piracy fears and an unquenched thirst for revenue could mean the end of a 60-year tradition and plenty of unintended consequences

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Temba Bavuma's defining innings. He's now averaging 54 as captain, compared to 34 before.
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A growing number of young football talents are coming through independent schools, where football programmes now offer specialist coaching, sports science and professional-level scouting. @timwig explores how private-school football is booming ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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'I do wonder whether you end up with a slightly more middle-class game.' Since 2016, the total number of teams in private schools has risen by over 4 times, with many schools using football as a recruiting tool. The rise of the middle-class footballer telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

The rise of the middle-class footballer

Prospects of child outside club academy system becoming professional now better if they are at leading private school instead of a state one

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Since 2021, Nike’s share price has fallen 76 per cent – knocking more than £150bn off the company’s market value. How it all went wrong for Nike: simultaneously attacked on both sides of the political divide, while rivals overtook them telegraph.co.uk/athletics/20…

‘Go woke, go broke’: The fall of Nike

Sportswear giant lost Kylian Mbappe to rival On and its place on the S&P 100 in a single week

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Ben Jones@benjonescricketOct 13
Josh Hazlewood hasn't got this much swing in a Test since 2018 - the last time he bowled at Kingsmead. He is so often portrayed as the metronome, in some ways fairly - nobody bowls at his pace as accurately. However - he is so, so much more than a line and length merchant.
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Josh Hazlewood's injuries have obscured that, when he's been fit, his Test performances have actually been getting better. Hazlewood's last 94 Test wickets have come at an average of 18.05
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Very exciting and a little bit surreal to have my hands on a hard copy. I’m also pleased to say that signed copies are available at @GoldsboroBooks via this link: goldsborobooks.com/products/…
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This will be really good
Cameron Ponsonby@cameronponsonbySep 20
🏏 V excited about this, pls get involved Brand new YouTube channel called Inside Edge, covering some of cricket's most interesting stories. First video is out now ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=c_6sw8l3…
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Great to hear Stephen Fleming say that England should pay more attention to the World Test Championship. England's disregard for the WTC has long been an example of the worst of English exceptionalism in cricket telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024…

Disrespect of World Test Championship is classic example of English exceptionalism

While Australia and India chase title, England seem to treat competition with disdain and remain myopically preoccupied with the Ashes

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The 3pm Saturday blackout for UK football matches has endured since the 1960s, and been seen as an essential way to support the whole football pyramid and protect attendances. But the blackout is likely to end when the new TV deals begin in 2029 telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Why football’s 3pm blackout will be consigned to history

Piracy fears and an unquenched thirst for revenue could mean the end of a 60-year tradition and plenty of unintended consequences

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Great to hear Stephen Fleming say that England should pay more attention to the World Test Championship. England's disregard for the WTC has long been an example of the worst of English exceptionalism in cricket telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024…

Disrespect of World Test Championship is classic example of English exceptionalism

While Australia and India chase title, England seem to treat competition with disdain and remain myopically preoccupied with the Ashes

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A lovely piece on the excitement around Max Dowman by @SamJDean telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Max Dowman-mania could make League Cup hottest ticket in town

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An interview with Steve Smith. On why he's not sure if he will make the 2027 Ashes, how wobble seam is transforming Test cricket and his fears that spin is being pushed out of the longest format telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Steve Smith interview: I don’t know if I’ll play in the Ashes next summer

England’s most feared rival has never won urn in this country, but says his unfulfilled ambition is to represent Australia at LA Olympics

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Insightful from Greg Baum cricinfo.com/story/greg-baum…

Modern batting's attack-heavy approach may not be working. But that doesn't mean we'll return to...

We complain that runs are scarce and Tests short, but it's clear batters are not going to return to being tenacious and patient at the crease

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Ben Jones@benjonescricketSep 14
🐌 Scoring too slowly 🏏 Rogue Dukes balls 💥 Bazball chaos 🇦🇺 Tonning up in Oz Joe Root is one of the great problem solvers - he'll have to solve the LBW issues to pass Sachin, but this isn't his first rodeo. Free to read on @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/7584244…

Joe Root: Problem solver (Gift Article)

England's greatest Test run scorer has confronted and overcome technical issues before in his career, something he must repeat now with LBWs

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An interview with Steve Smith. On why he's not sure if he will make the 2027 Ashes, how wobble seam is transforming Test cricket and his fears that spin is being pushed out of the longest format telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Steve Smith interview: I don’t know if I’ll play in the Ashes next summer

England’s most feared rival has never won urn in this country, but says his unfulfilled ambition is to represent Australia at LA Olympics

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Emilio Gay fought admirably in his first summer in Test cricket, in brutal conditions. But Jordan Cox's emergence, and the return of Jacob Bethell, means that Gay could be squeezed out. He will rue his two ducks, but falling 3 times from 50-60 even more telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Emilio Gay looks like another England opener broken by brutality of Test cricket

Jordan Cox’s assured performances and returning Jacob Bethell put batsman’s place under serious pressure ahead of the South Africa tour

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Emilio Gay fought admirably in his first summer in Test cricket, in brutal conditions. But Jordan Cox's emergence, and the return of Jacob Bethell, means that Gay could be squeezed out. He will rue his two ducks, but falling 3 times from 50-60 even more telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2026…

Emilio Gay looks like another England opener broken by brutality of Test cricket

Jordan Cox’s assured performances and returning Jacob Bethell put batsman’s place under serious pressure ahead of the South Africa tour

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Incredible ball-striking from Razaullah. He's very raw but Pakistan have found a mighty exciting cricketer: 90mph slingers combined with very dangerous clean hitting
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