Chuffed to have been shortlisted at @SportSJA Awards alongside some of the best in the business. Massive thanks to my editors for their constant support - from backing ideas to championing reporting. Forever grateful for the opportunities and for everyone who has lifted me along this journey. I hope this reaches you like a warm hug :) Here’s to another year of weaving meaningful stories.
✍️ Here’s the shortlist for the Feature Writer Short-Form category at the #SJA2025 British Sports Journalism Awards… Adam Bate – Sky Sports Chris Collyer – The Rugby Paper Rob Maul – The Sun Seb Stafford-Bloor – The Athletic Siddharth Thakur – Freelance #sportsmedia #sportsjournalism
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Josh Tongue ruled out of the white-ball tour of Australia due to a left big toe injury. Tongue will return home to undergo further assessment. #AUSvENG
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Siddharth Thakur retweeted
Fine evening @SCLoversSociety - thanks for having me
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Joe Root interview👇🏽 The making of England’s greatest player, in his own words. 🔗 dailymail.com/sport/cricket/…
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Our very own @fvosid is shortlisted - proud moment
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The gap between the best and worst of this season’s newest £100m Premier League recruits is already starting to show. How are the latest members of the £100m club faring? @MailSport takes a look👇 dailymail.com/sport/football…
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When I interviewed Sachin in a car, Sourav in the dressing room, Azhar under a tree and Warne with the match happening in front of us. Those were best times to be a cricket journalist. I was fortunate indeed to enjoy such enviable access.. @sportstarweb sportstar.thehindu.com/crick…
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Kevin Howells launches our Autumn Programme at @LeesHallGC 🏏 We take the One Day Cup, County Championship Divisions 1 and 2, and The Hundred (of course!) one by one. Got a question for Kevin? Let us know👇
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Life of Salman Ali Agha after defending Rizwan & Co. at Headingley👇🏽 • Dropped for 2nd Test
• Spectacular catch as sub at Lord’s
• Sent home before Edgbaston Test
• Brilliant 1st-class triple century
• Sacked as T20I captain, dropped from squad
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Named men’s Player of the Year at The @PCA, Craig Overton is ready to make the England selectors’ job as hard as possible. Replug of my interview with the Somerset all-rounder for @TheCricketerMag👇🏽 thecricketer.com/Topics/t20-…
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Joe Root named England’s ODI player of the summer as Harry Brook’s men end home season with 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka at Oval #ENGvSL
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Darren Gough exclusive for @MailSport👇🏽 •Verdict on England’s Test summer •Robinson look like Ambrose •No problem with Brook being Brook •Ashes ticket-price controversy •Yorkshire’s hunt for next big Tyke dailymail.com/sport/cricket/…
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Daily Mail Sport takes a look at the Premier League's best XI – and there are a few surprise names👇🏽 mol.im/a/16148381
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Siddharth Thakur retweeted
My thoughts with my colleagues at BBC Sport - having also worked on those bulletins as part of the TV team, the best trained, and some of the most talented people in the industry work there. Brilliant storytellers who know how to do things the right way.
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Archie Vaughan takes a stunner! Yorkshire (45/5) only lead Somerset by 56 as captain Bairstow departs for 1 #CountyChampionship
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Bairstow’s fighting 79 at Headingley vs Somerset. Brook’s sublime T20I hundred against Sri Lanka. Proper Yorkshire day.
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Herbert Sutcliffe is joint-fastest (12) to 1,000 Test runs. Opened for Yorkshire for 14 years. Against Essex (Farnes & Nichols) at Scarborough, went from 100 to 194 in 40 mins. After Sutcliffe’s onslaught, Farnes was in tears - “I’ll never make a fast bowler.” Gary Sobers broke Len Hutton's Test record with 365* vs Pakistan. Third youngest to Test triple ton. Crossed 400 runs in Test series 8 times. England's first professional captain never captained Yorkshire.
I never was the best batsman out of @YorkshireCCC there was Herbert Sutcliffe and Len Hutton.
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Kevin Pietersen appointed “Specialist Mentor” by England👇🏽 Pietersen is set to join England in the build-up to next year’s World Cup in southern Africa. He will be involved in Sri Lanka series and this winter’s white ball tours to Australia and South Africa, before linking up with the teams again for the home series against Pakistan and New Zealand next summer, as well as the World Cup. #EnglandCricket
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From 121-5 to 125 all out - Yorkshire women lose to Somerset by 5 runs at Headingley In men’s game, Yorkshire (24-2/185) lead Surrey (83) by 126 runs at Oval Meanwhile, Ireland 153-6 against England in Derby decider – at Derby, England
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