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All set for my penultimate TV football commentary of the season, in Bahrain for the hosts v Saudi Arabia. Saudi need a hatful of goals to keep alive their slim hopes of automatic qualification while Bahrain need a win to help secure a spot in the next round. KO is 7pm local time.

Musab Aljuwayr bags his second goal in the #AsianQualifiers with this beauty ✨ #BHRvKSA

Alobud with an immediate impact for Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 ⚽️ #AsianQualifiers | #BHRvKSA

I was there, all those years ago - 30, I think! A wonderful memory… #MOT #ALAW

I was there for this one too! #MOT #ALAW

Just finished this superb book by Stephen Brenkley about a Test cricket series almost 100 years ago. Wonderfully written, outstandingly researched & includes pen-pics of the players dotted throughout the narrative. This is well worth your time…

One of my favourite authors. Boy, did he know how to write a thriller! RIP & thanks for the entertainment - The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies… bbc.com/news/articles/…

I was proud to commentate on this innings for Rapid Cricketline alongside Alan Knott, Clive Lloyd & Ralph Dellor. It was just four months after a disastrous Ashes tour of Australia, my first overseas trip as a journalist covering the England team. A wonderful memory 34 years ago.

All set for my 46th & final TV football commentary of the season - in Jeddah for the #AsianQualifiers WCQ between الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم & Subway Socceroos - Saudi need to win by five goals to pip Aus to a place at next year’s mega-event. I’m on air worldwide at 9.05pm Saudi time…

No panic. No problem. 🇦🇺 Connor Metcalfe keeps his cool in front of goal! #AsianQualifiers | #KSAvAUS

A sensational game of cricket & another illustration of the quality that exists below the ICC Full Members. It makes me lament - again - for the loss of the World Cup Super League…

The One Test Wonders podcast with Andy is a moving chat about misfortune & making the best of life thereafter. Give it a listen. Thanks for the reminder Darren…

And my podcast, One Test Wonders, where Andy talks about this, can be heard here. It’s well worth your time, believe me: buzzsprout.com/1822009/910322…

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A terrific cricketer, a terrific role-model & someone you always knew would give absolutely everything whenever he walked on the field. There were no half-measures with ‘Syd’ - RIP

One of the iconic moments of televised cricket & an illustration of the quality on show in county cricket in the 1970s - Mike Procter (plus Zaheer Abbas & Sadiq Mohammad) versus Barry Richards & Gordon Greenidge (plus Andy Roberts)…

One thing I have really enjoyed about #ENGvIND at Headingley is the way the spectators are applauding the performances of both sets of players. In an era of increasing jingoism & tribalism it’s refreshing to see supporters appreciating good play, no matter who it’s by.

Even by ⁦⁦Andrew Fidel Fernando⁩ (stratospheric) standards this is magnificent & well worth your time. Thanks to ⁦Osman Samiuddin⁩ for giving it oxygen. The need to do that somehow feels appropriate given the nature of the article. espncricinfo.com/story/asitha-f… espncricinfo.com/story/asitha-f…

A wonderful portrait of a wonderful person, one of the greats in every way…

There’s no doubting Cristiano Ronaldo has been an all-time great & his longevity is incredible, but with so much poverty in the world, surely this can’t be right. How much money is enough for the super-rich?