Cricket

Wow. Essex going to cop one for the pitch or just rubbish batting?

One of the wickets was hilarious, Steven Croft in their first innings.

Great day for us with Hampshire getting skittled and no bonus batting points.

Ropey pitch as per The Guardian:

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There's something kind of funny about Shaun Keaveny apparently doing commentary today for Day 2 of Surrey/Yorkshire on their Youtube stream...

lol @ Essex

CHAMPIONS!

Not champions (Sussex)

Congratulations to Surrey

Harry Brook is bloody good

Annihilated…

Babar and Rizwan were superb. Shame about Hales dropping that catch though...

Shame about Hales dropping that catch though...

So much so they dropped him. Bit harsh. Salt's missed stumping was bad too.

Duckett's sweeping skills are utterly ridiculous

If we had even a quarter of the depth in the test squad that we have in T20 we'd be incredible.

Gotta love Mark Wood.
Pity his ankle has the resilience of a digestive biscuit.

Yup a fine return for the smiley man

Contravesial win by India women at todays odi

haha, mankaded! Never seen the issue myself, seems a fairly abritrary complaint.

mankaded

I was at Lords.
Heading for a thrilling finish.
Was pretty anticlimactic, even the Indian supports were disappointed

Never seen it before either

I suppose it undercuts the drama cricket is capable of and it would be a deflating end...

I suppose the system of a first warning and then a dismissal is the best way.

it undercuts the drama

Yup
1 wicket vs 16 runs

Well, Jos is back

So's our scatter-gun bowling. Aussies walking this.

Glorious. Aussie commentators giving it the big 'un about Mitch Marsh taking the strike against Adil Rashid. Bowls him first ball.

Sam Curran in good fettle today. 10 for 3.