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Jon Hotten
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Jon Hotten
@theoldbatsman
Writer. Scored a few runs here and there. Could do better.
Hampshire
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jun 10
    The paperback edition of Vinciness is available only from the link below. Just ยฃ10 plus p+p
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    Vinciness โ€“ paperback edition
    From 4vuhcf-5g.myshopify.com
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jan 11, 2021
    "So I said to him, at least my teammates like me..."
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Feb 23, 2024
    I've heard Root and Foakes have been planning this for months for the next time they got to bat together. It's a full scale insurrection. They are pushing on to Stalingrad where Stokes and McCullum will make their final stand.
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Oct 31, 2021
    India will get loads of stick, some of it deserved, but these players have been flogged by endless playing/travel. At some stage that has to have an impact...
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jan 3, 2020
    Gather round kids, and let me tell you about the long-ago days when the big problem in English batting was that Ian Bell ony got a hundred when someone else did, too.
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jun 22, 2023
    Sensational flex thetimes.co.uk/article/bd0899โ€ฆ
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jan 2, 2020
    Copped a short one on the thumb from the bowling of Alexander-Arnold.
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    James Pearce
    @JamesPearceLFC
    Jan 2, 2020
    Keita injured in the warm-up, Milner starts #LFC
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jul 19, 2019
    When that bloke from the firsts decides to play on sunday
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    Middlesex Cricket
    @Middlesex_CCC
    Jul 19, 2019
    ๐Ÿ”ฅ A debut to remember for @ABdeVilliers17 ๐Ÿ”ฅ A breathtaking 8๏ธโƒฃ8๏ธโƒฃ from 4๏ธโƒฃ3๏ธโƒฃ balls last night ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ™Œ Here are the highlights...
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Nov 16, 2021
    Azeem Rafiq could have hung people out to dry, instead he has offered a hand. That is quite something after everything he has been through.
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jul 27, 2019
    Poor of Root to publicly criticise the pitch. Groundsman in his first year, just had to prepare a WC final wicket (which produced one of the best ever ODIs) and an Ashes Test in two weeks. Keep it for your report. Needless pressure on someone new to the job. Rant over...
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jun 25, 2018
    Football's at that stage where it's just discovering that loads of front-foot LBWs are actually out...
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jul 12, 2024
    Does Shoaib still have to pay his match fee?
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jul 14, 2019
    2005 and now this - the cricket gods are telling us they want it on Channel 4.
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    Jon Hotten
    @theoldbatsman
    Jul 1, 2024
    Sweet lord above...
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