To Reduce the Scoring Potential of Tail-End Batters: When the 6th wicket of an innings has fallen, take out from both packs all cards marked with letters O and V. Shuffle only the cards marked A and L and continue with these only until the end or closure of the innings. When using the above method the number of overs should be limited to 65 per innings in the case of Knock-Out cricket and 130 overs in a single innings match and 260 overs for a two innings match. #cricket #tailenders #OvalCricket

@nwchapman I enjoy it immensely: also #Tailenders, which can be a bit Blokey but I am a fan. I don’t listen to much beyond #TMS but they are pretty good at having commentators from the opposition nations

Anyway, this evening’s culture. Podcasts started with #Tailenders, a loosely #Cricket based podcast, which I find immensely enjoyable. Think we need to grow the cricket community here in the Fediverse, it is one thing I do value on Birdsite. Also #ThingsFallApart, a special by Jon Ronson from the Hay Festival on BBC Sounds. It was a great series about the often surprising origins of the Culture Wars and this was a nice chat to accompany it - and reveal another series is coming.

Let’s share some cultural inputs, and hope others chip in and discuss them
Morning amble soundtrack: Mr Beast by Mogwai - seeing them in the new year, so strange and brutal and beautiful
Daytime vinyl: Pornography by #TheCure - greeting an old friend after many years
Pod: #Tailenders, #BadWomen and #ISIHAC
Book: Folklore of #Discworld - stories and stuff
Telly: #TheEnglish (brilliant) #Avenue5 (better) #SmileysPeople (sublime)

Other culture, while I remember.
Morning amble soundtrack: The Invisible Way by Low. Just beautiful and sad and beautiful again #GNUMimi
Day music: Bright Magic by Public Service Broadcasting, just want to go to Berlin now
Podcasts: #Tailenders, just love it; I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on #BabySeaClowns. Also Disaster Trolls. Shocking
Telly: #DeadToMe, #ThePeripheral #ThePatient - good, getting better, only just started #Culture

Today’s cultural intake
Morning amble soundtrack #Juju by Siouxie and the Banshees, still a dazzling piece of wonder
Mainly TMS for the morning, then Everything was Forever by #SeaPower
Podcast #Tailenders celebrating 5 years, and #TheWitchFarm which was really creepy
Telly #GhostsUS (funny) #KarenPirie (intriguing) and #GangsOfLondon (absolutely brutal, stunningly so)