Sharmila Meadows. Journalist-Writer on cricket, faith & politics. Ex Westminster Senior Policy Adviser & Ministerial Private Secretary. #Jesus disciple ✝️ 🎗
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For many of us, Field of Dreams makes a persuasive case for #cricket as an agent of hope. It also has much to teach us about recovery. My piece @ChurchTimes 👇
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@flintoff11 @kylehogg22 @cofelancs #bbccricket @BBCSport @VernonCaruscc #CricketTwitter
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As a journalist, I love to invite readers to look at issues differently, maybe challenge what they think. That's why I chose to review the #Ashes through Australian eyes for @CricketSociety Spring Journal 👇🏽
@peterhardy51 #CricketTwitter #Cricket
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Exciting opening prospect for the #T20WorldCup. Go well @englandcricket but absolutely want to see my favourite player, the wonderful @58Chamari show her class for @OfficialSLC
@MuraliPod @adaderana @DominicMachado1 #ENGvSL #skycricket
England and Sri Lanka are here for the #T20WorldCup opener 📍
Watch the tournament LIVE, broadcast details here 📺 icc-cricket.com/tournaments/…
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One of my all-time favourites: elegant, effective batsman & model leader, whose decency made @BLACKCAPS highly likeable. If it's not just about stats, but how you play the game, #KaneWilliamson put more fabulous into our Fab 4.
#ENGvNZ #bbccricket #crickettwitter #cricket
Jun 12
Kane Williamson signs off from international cricket with 19,346 runs to his name 🌟
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Next stop: @FIFAWorldCup 🏆
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The Oval's flat track signals a very different 2nd Test - now more so. I hope #JoeRoot salvages leadership credentials, & in the spirit of rewarding county form, Baker gets a chance with Robinson & Tongue. Very valid calls for Dan Lawrence too.
@willis_macp #ENGvNZ #bbccricket
Jun 10
Joe Root answers England SOS with shock return to captaincy as Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are left out of the Oval Test. Jofra Archer and Jordan Cox called in, but Sonny Baker and James Rew also a chance to debut telegraph.co.uk/gift/c9ed4f6…
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Went to the Oval in the hope of seeing the gifted @OPope32 bat & Baker bowl. Baker is exciting, but Lawrence stole the show with an entertaining, varied & very sharp-eyed 62 ball ton, backing a 1st innings 218. Worth the watch.
#SURvHAM #countycricket
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Jun 9
Always ready if needed, @englandcricket & @RCBTweets! 👀😂
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As the England #TestCricket summer lands with a welcome win but off-field controversy, read my report on our #Ashes tour - through Australian eyes @CricketSociety Spring Journal 👇🏽
@peterhardy51 @CricketAus @englandcricket #ENGvNZ #BenStokes #cricket @cricketsocxi
Jun 8
The Cricket Society Spring Journal 2026 dropped on doormatstoo: Imran Khan's journey from cricketing icon to Prisoner No. 804, articles on Garry Sobers, Arlott & Swanton, the Ashes, cricket in the UAE, grassroots cricket, 23 book reviews & much more. Https://cricketsociety.org.u…
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Uplifting final @rolandgarros yesterday, with high quality, relatable tennis & good to see Zverev get a grand slam. Was fully expecting his dachshund to steal the show at the victory ceremony: seems he was fashionably late 🙂
#RolandGarros #Zverev #bbctennis #dachshund
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.@kmarty01 is a great addition to @bbctms for #ENGvNZ - & timely with Sarah Taylor's appointment. Enjoyed her analysis of Jamie Smith's progress as #wicketkeeper under Taylor's tutelage. For all of us who like watching the glovework 👌
@KeeperCourt @jackrussellart #bbccricket
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So good to see @englandcricket play real #TestCricket again: patient, leaving bad balls, calm stroke play. And selection changes working. Whatever the pitch, Tongue, Robinson, Atkinson are just a smarter pace attack.
#ENGvNZ #bbccricket @peterhardy51 @CricketSociety
Jun 5
You cannot take your eyes off this Test match. 👀 🍿
Can England wrap up the win on day three?
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Always exciting waking to the 1st day of the #TestCricket summer. This time we can watch how a new look @englandcricket go against @BLACKCAPS - oft unpredictable, but with a stellar cast (Williamson, Ravindra, Phillips). Lots to observe.
#ENGvNZ #bbccricket @CricketSociety
Jun 1
It’s Test Match week!
@englandcricket v @BLACKCAPS starts on Thursday with Test Match Special on air from 1025 @HomeOfCricket.
Plus live text commentary & clips @BBCSport website & app & full highlights in Today at the Test @BBCiPlayer.
Excited?
#bbccricket #ENGvNZ
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What are you most looking forward to #crickettwitter? I'm keen to see the revised bowling line-up, especially Robinson & Tongue together. Unsure about Gay. Of course hoping the jewels perform (Root, Brook, Bethell)
@peterhardy51 #ENGvNZ #bbccricket
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Love this #IPL analysis from @jimmy9 - how it needs "a wicket that's not like the M1". Now that's a pull quote !
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Jun 3
“The game has gone too far towards the batters”
Is the IPL broken for bowlers?
Jimmy Anderson reckons so.
#tailenders #bbccricket
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Je viens d'écouter
@Le_Figaro les podcasts sur la vie d'Albert Camus - mon écrivain français préferé (un talent immense). Vraiment supers et pas mal touchants.
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@ifru_london #Camus #France @UKinFrance
@FranceintheUK @PedderSophie
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Funny what you discover when perusing your portfolio: turns out my online piece 👇🏽 was the most read @WomanAliveUK in 2024. 21 months on, I stand by my conclusion that Badenoch won't carry votes 🗳
womanalive.co.uk/opinion/who…
@liccltd @EAUKnews @PremierRadio @UCBMedia #politics
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The many positive ripples from Sarah Taylor's appointment to @englandcricket Men include valuing the oft undervalued skillset of #wicketkeepers. It also speaks to women generally. My piece @WomanAliveUK 🔽
@jackrussellart @Womeninsport_uk @TakeHerLead @KeeperCourt @gilly381
Sarah Taylor's appointment @englandcricket encourages all women & speaks beyond #cricket to the times we enter challenging & unfamiliar spaces in a man's world. My piece @WomanAliveUK
womanalive.co.uk/opinion/in-…
#bbccricket @CricketSociety @EAUKnews @readwhiteglove @peterhardy51
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May 27
Crystal Palace, Champions of Europe ❤️💙
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Two years ago, I was struck by a move of God in Edinburgh, & followed up with this piece. It's a reminder at #Pentecost of the power of #prayer & the #HolySpirit
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@ddaverichards4 @TheJamesJGlass @peteedinburgh2 @EAScotland @thykingdom_come @JohnJBostock
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May 24
🕯️DAY 11: The Spirit of Power
“When we come together in one accord, God turns up.”
For the final day of #ThyKingdomCome, Bishop @_mikeroyal, General Secretary of @ChurchesEngland, shares a hope filled Pentecost message on the call to carry the Good News into the world.
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