David Hopps
@davidkhopps
Freelance cricket writer (old & on the down slope apparently) & Sri Lanka travel guru. Ex ESPNcrinfo & Guardian. Politically-exasperated, conflicted Yorkshireman, largely liberal, centre-left progressive. Great beach hotel at suitelanka.com. Leeds fan.
The next pandemic, put Rupert Lowe in charge then as soon as anybody dies, get the bastard.
Arguably, the only Test captain to resign in a healthy mental state in the past 70 years was Mike Brearley. Cricket captains take on so much, increasingly at a young and vulnerable age. (Compare Harry Kane whose on-field responsibilities seem to amount to little more than putting an armband on)
Really proud of how one of our young stewards at Suite Lanka is developing his video skills. What do you reckon @melindafarrell.bsky.social @jarrodkimber.bsky.social ?
AI has now made a tactical switch and thinks you have some Kipling influences 😀
Lucas Perri is roughly where I'd expect (although any data that has Raya 13th should not be trusted). Maybe Leeds could try standing all 3 keepers in the net at the same time? #lufc
Usual ICC incompetence. One month before the tournament, they have confirmed the authorised travel agents. How do these people keep their jobs?
Porn actress support Reform would be a sharper headline. What a weird world we live in when The Spectator seems curously taken by her.
This fascinating biography into one of English cricket's most unrestrained figures was a worthy winner of the @cricketmediauk.bsky.social Cricket Book of the Year award. Tim Wigmore's Test Cricket: A History (1/2) was runner-up in a very strong year (1/2).
There is no limit to the incompetence of cricket administrators #cricketworldcup
Or is time BBC news stopped clowning around and covered political party conferences properly? And maybe is it time they stopped clowning around and got on BlueSky properly instead of investing all their efforts on the hate-filled X? The clowning is necessary because of second-rate journalism.
Do this lot even know they are still promoting "stories" that have been outdated for days? Total charlatans. They can't even copy other people's stories correctly. What a desperate state so much of "journalism" is in these days. #lufc
Hey. it's still 5 days til we re-open. The Suite Lanka guys are way ahead of schedule with the beach restuarant upgrade. 🫣
This made me laugh. Take away the London rivalry effect and the message is clear.
It’s mind boggling how a company with the resources and reputation of ESPNcricinfo can make such a pig’s ear of how it shows its live scores.
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer. Hard mode: No villains.