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Alternate Reality C-7

Tuesday 5 April 2016 -- 3:00pm

Last week, we saw a few good straight shots that would usually score 7 runs result in catches, or go through holes in the net resulting in a catch when the ball was rebowled. Gareth, in particular, felt ripped off by these events, and wanted to know what would have happened if all the catches that went against him instead went for 7...

...not just the few from last week, but EVERY catch EVER taken while he was batting. Or, for that matter, EVERY catch ever taken by the opposing team in any match!

This is completely insane, but at least it's completely different to any other blog we've ever had.

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The Longest Season... Again!

Tuesday 22 March 2016 -- 7:00pm

It's the end of yet another season for the Popped Collars, so it must be time for another summary of the just-finished competition.

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The First Post

Tuesday 26 January 2016 -- 12:00am

Dear Popped Collars,

The stats are here, chaps.

But this time they are bigger and better than ever.

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The Final Post

Tuesday 26 January 2016 -- 12:00am

Previously, on PoppedStats:

I left you all with a cliffhanger ending to 2015 when I announced that I intended for the "next post to be the final one ever", but also left a glimmer of hope when I said that it didn't mean what it might seem at first glance.

What is happening? Is this the end for the blog forever?

It is now time for the thrilling resolution of this potentially shocking scenario...
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150th Post : Milestones and Cliffhangers

Tuesday 15 December 2015 -- 3:00pm

As I have mentioned several times in the last few weeks, the blog re-read that I've been doing has been a lead-up to another milestone on the blog. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the 150th post! It is also the final post for 2015 (I'm banking on no games next week, otherwise I'm going to break my commitment of blogs every week for the rest of the year).
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The Blog Re-read: Part 8 (and Career Stats Update)

Tuesday 8 December 2015 -- 3:00pm

And so, we have reached the end. I have now been back and read through all of the old posts and brought you what I think are the highlights. I hope you've all come across some interesting forgotten things. If not, bad luck (and maybe you should stop wasting your time reading the blog).
So here it is, the final part of The Great Blog Re-read....
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The Blog Re-read: Part 7 (and Repetitive Overs)

Tuesday 1 December 2015 -- 3:00pm

Random fact: despite being published to the blog in December, this post (along with most others in the "re-read" series) was written a couple of months in advance. I did this so that I could fulfill the promise I made to the team of "a blog on each game-day for the rest of the year", and so that I'd have more time to work on something different for you.
But enough about that... let's continue with the blog re-cap (and some stats about Gareth's over of singles last week).
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