Cricket

Yeah Friday 7-9pm, took a few days for my shoulders to forgive me. The hire out the nets the rest of the week but this is proper coaching.

For anyone in need of a cricketing fix, this was quite fun to watch with all the players on show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BACRrkyyhM0

Can't see this being enough for Engerlund

Feels good to not be in Australia

A wild Stokes appears

He's a bit good, eh?

Would love to replay the ashes with him in.

Still don't think it'd have changed the outcome when you have S.P.D Smith at the crease and their bowling attack, but he makes any of our sides look so much better.

Also the Aussie/Saffer test series starts tomorrow, should be an absolute belter

^ agreed - still Aussie win. Though England might have sneaked one of the tests where they had a sniff of being in front.

What a game of cricket just there! Bloody love Chris Woakes

Bairstow's not bad either

Well they managed to fuck that up good and proper. No brains in the middle order, that's for sure.

I'm sure Trevor will say "but it's how we play" too or "we didn't execute our plans". Maybe if plan a doesn't work and the situation changes, there should be a plan b then?

To be fair I think the plan was right i.e sending Buttler up the order with the amount of overs remaining. And to be fair Taylor played an absolute blinder.

Agreed on Buttler. But once two or three wickets had gone to needless big shots when the batsmen weren't 'in', you'd have thought they would have decided that playing more needless big shots wouldn't be the way to carry on?

And Taylor was fantastic.

All set up well for tonight! Pitch looks like a belter.

Bairstow, man. What a player.

JB looked imperious today - did he hit his own wicket?

Yes. He’ll be back at 7 for the Tests, ridiculously.

Yup - silly bollocks.

Bairstow at 6/7 has always been fine as far as I'm concerned, has a solid average to boot

I was at the game; great weather and great win. Good night out with some of the travelling supporters too. Sunburnt lips though.

Erm... so England are 298-14???

Just spotted the World Cup qualifier scorecard... Bloody hell, are Windies in danger of not qualifying? World Cup without them is pretty unthinkable.

Edit: no, they still look like they will. But losing to Scotland...

If WI win, it will be a good comeback from 2-2.

Haven't followed closely, but if Scotland win, does that put Ireland out?