Cricket

Fair enough. I am obviously damaged from sitting through 90s/2000s ODIs! (probably not helped by the woeful Ashes either) Forever the pessimist...

Ha, I hear you - I think after the horror of the ashes I'm likely also grasping onto the white ball team for reassurance. Vince and Billings both looked good in this series, yet neither get anywhere near the first team when everyone's fit/available... I do doubt if we'll ever see it, but this would be an incredible line-up:

Roy
Buttler
Malan
Morgan
Bairstow
Ali
Livingstone
Stokes
Rashid
Archer
Wood

Much to Mr Burns' disgust, I also forgot Woakes from my analysis of missing players...

Can't beat a bit of Woakesy

Hope Silverwood and Giles get the boot this time

Well, here's to a new era

Hmmm the head is still pretty rotten. Until Harrison goes it will just be more of the same.

He's the next piece of the puzzle

And here comes Justin Langer with the steel chair

U19 final not going well so far…

Collingwood!

…. fingers crossed , fingers crossed , fingers crossed …. hope he does well in the Caribbean and they sign him on long term …. anything to make sure ‘kin Langer comes no where near us !

I'm interested who picks the squad, wonder if Ed Smith is busy...

No Broad or Anderson. Sad days.

Back for the Summer fixtures in England?
Strauss/Collingwood have got to find some younger bowlers,
why not vs the WIndies?

And at least some batsmen have been swapped out, just for you... #progress

Starting top 3 from the ashes all gone. Bit surprised they left Malan out, he’s normally pretty good against pace.

Guess it is Crawley and Lees to open

Must be something to do with Michael Vaughan's current low profile.

Are we all happy with Foakes?

Yes, best keeper in the country doing the job that is rightfully his.

Morbid interest in batting collapses?
Check out NZ v SA.

That's a very odd looking Protea team. Decimated by covid, eg no Keegan pieterson

The New Zealand bowling attack is pretty ruthless.

Blimey, Shane warns dead at 52!

rod marsh yesterday, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwVR28XbZx8