Alex

I meant Woakes

Crazy Burns not playing in this test. Gone past 1,000 runs for the 5th summer in a row, averaging 60-odd this season and he could've played at 3 in a dead rubber just to get him a bit used to test cricket. I actually think Hales was discarded too soon as I think he could do a job at 3. He's got a bit of a suspect technique outside off stump but who hasn't out of those who've been tried. Roy might be a decent shout. Moeen Ali is never a test number 3. Especially with the Ashes coming up. It's frustrating because a line up with Root at 4, Buttler / Stokes at 5/6, Bairstow at 7, Moeen at 8 then Rashid or Hales at 9 is about as good as it gets so far as a middle order is concerned.

The daft thing is they'll probably still take Jennings this winter as he's a decent player of spin but it's just delaying the inevitable iyam. Plus there's only 7 tests before the Ashes to bed in 3 new batsmen at the top of the order (on the assumption Jennings will have to be discarded at some point). I do think anyone would've struggled against that India bowling attack in English conditions though.

Absolutely. He carried his luck a bit in the first innings but batting with the pressure lifted seems to have made all the difference. Worth noting as well that his 50 in the first innings was the first by an opener in this series.

It was Mark Taylor. He declared overnight when he was on 334, which equalled Bradman's record. But it wasn't the world record score for a test innings, it was (at that time) the record for an Australian. It was the world record when Bradman scored it but Wally Hammond beat it not long afterwards before Len Hutton's famous 364, which Garfield Sobers eventually went past about 20 years later. Lara beat that with his 375 before Matthew Hayden beat it. Lara then set the current record with 400 not out against England (same opposition and ground as the previous record).

Nobody is

Fucking get in there.

I disagree on the basis that another different umpire (who is a bit of a bellend and thinks he's a celebrity) overstepping the mark with Nick Kyrgios doesn't make this sexist in the slightest. She's a wonderful tennis player but she's behaved like a spoilt brat. She's also one of those boring bastards who seems to think she's the only person who's ever had a kid.

The fucking clip of him, man. The shit shirt almost goes unnoticed because he's wearing what appears to be a pair of denim wind socks

Sounded like he spat the dummy out when there was speculation about giving Buttler the gloves. To be honest I like the balance of the side with him batting at 7 and keeping wicket. It should be that with Buttler at 5 or vice-versa if Buttler's the wicketkeeper. And he's out for another duck

Used to get in loads around the time it had dropped the 'Royal' prefix but before it was Mr Lynch. Purely because you could pretty much always get a game of pool because it used to 4 tables in that room on the side. It was fucking shit like with terrible beer on draft. Used to have a Karoake night on a Friday and there'd be about 10 people in including the bar staff. One time this spotty young kid did Stairway to Heaven with his lass. He was absolutely fucking terrible at singing and his lass just mimed along but the best part was seeing them stood there not knowing what to do for the first minute or so before there's any words

I hope you're proud of yourself, Gloom

Don't put the fucking kibosh on it, man!

I remember a while back and I was talking about it with somebody and I had practically erased Kinnear's tenure from my memory like it had never happened. It was like a jolt when I remembered it really had

Would've been interesting like

Surprising how many are still open

Proper fucking Jonah you like.

You probably won't know this but dear old Christmas Tree turned up like a bad smell just after Keegan left. In his early quest for attention he suggested that Dennis Wise should be the new manager.

That and install Wise as manager

What Elvis was trying to push out, basically

Even if you thought that you wouldn't let the world know. Unless you were a thick mackem cunt