Alex

It’s entertaining though

Hasn’t got the balls to hang around against the short stuff on this wicket. Neither would I have so I’m not about to call him a coward but it’s not exactly news re: Moeen as he’s always had a weakness there. Also this fast bouncy wicket is what they’ve supposedly been wanting all summer. We get it and - what do you know? Aussie type wickets suit the Aussie quicks. And there’s another one on the stroke of lunch. You can talk about missed opportunities- especially with catches but it’s not like that’s not a skill in itself and not an integral part of the game.

What’s Bairstow bringing to the side at this point? There’s not a fucking chance he’ll be dropped if fit either

Great start again

Reeyatch 👍🏻

Yeah Scotland didn’t need to win. The Netherlands needed to score their runs quickly enough to overhaul the Scots’ net run rate and succeeded.

What a difference having a bit of pace bowling at the tail can make

@PaddockLadThe Scots just missed out on WC qualification after they lost to the Netherlands earlier

Yorkshire 👆

Double pivot?

I’m glad they’re playing loads of gold rather than fielding practice like. It’s working fucking wonders so far. Tooj was telling me that Foakes isn’t in the golfing clique either. Which I’m sure is purely coincidental

Footwork makes a massive difference as that and good anticipation means the best keepers get into those good positions. Then the catches themselves look more straightforward

Len Shackleton because he hated the mags, marra

Charlie Hurley won their player of the century iirc. Phillips was a good centre forward who had one incredible season. But he wasn’t as good as loads of his English peers. Ian Wright, Shearer, Sheringham, Cole, Ferdinand. You’d be luck to get half that fee for him even if he was at his peak now. Just look at how much them lot overrate their current squad though

Can’t believe he’s dropped another one

Hopefully they play both him and Tongue in one of the remaining matches

Wood looking sharp

It seems totally normal for this country that sone retired bloke who hoyed some confetti on some grass is public enemy no. 1. And also in need of a change in the law. Despite being arrested and no doubt subsequently prosecuted under current legislation. In other, completely unrelated, News we’ve just had the hottest ever day and June on record

I love how they simply refuse to acknowledge that the airport is actually within the city of Newcastle

They were always likely to need to rotate the bowlers with the tests being so close together. But Robinson can definitely count himself lucky not to be one of those missing out.

He’s a Nazi.

Probably. Iirc his wife and kids have EU / German citizenship. I could see him rocking up in America too

Not that he’d ever admit it but I bet he wishes he was still a UKIP MEP