Cricket

lets's have four 50 over innings...

If there's one upside to not having a toss yesterday, it's that we get 98 overs scheduled for each day now. Not that it'll happen, mind.

four 100 over innings?

grandpa Gayle still smashing it and deferring his retirement again

Aussies win toss and choose to bowl.
Has the pitch dried enough to prevent Eng being 32-3 at lunch?

i doubt it, still loads of water/dampness on the road when i commuting near lords this morning

I'll raise you 40-4...

Oh for fuck's sake.

It's comical how out of his depth Jason Roy is at test level.

the first ball he faced was more scandalous than the wicket ball

Ed Smith needs to wake the fuck up and realise he's just an opener

Just awful, he just doesn't know how to leave the ball. If you look at the next two he faced they were a good half a wicket wide of his off stump. It's so basic.

Fuck my life

This is looking grim.

Dear oh dear.

Rooooooout

As a more than welcome change to the last test Chris Gaffaney has been excellent.

Eng being 32-3 at lunch?

Better than expected in the end. Considering conditions pretty even result

Had to stop listening around 11.30 for a meeting.
A 50-partnership from two new guys is promising.
Hopefully drying/drier pitch suggest more runs in the afternoon session.

I mean, I'd probably take 105-3. Ah.

Lords, innit? England are almost always rubbish there.

That was some catch - I used to be put under the lid with monotonous regularity and I still have no idea how they know which way the ball has gone sometimes

steve waugh reckons bancroft is the best short leg fielders he has ever seen

We are so bad