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No Tyrone this season then you'd think. Probably what we all expected but still really sad he's going to miss everything.

Another knockout game, another monumental Warwickshire disaster.

Are you saying you would if you weren't married? If you deemed it inappropriate then yeah. The sex of the perpetrator makes no difference to the situation, not sure how that is relevant.

Do you usually kiss your colleagues on the lips whilst without consent? You’d be out the door if you did it at work. It’s no different for this person. Not to mention he did it whilst the world was watching.

His outburst today shows that was basically just an effort at some PR. He's been suspended & will likely be sacked anyway. And rightly so.

He hasn't apologised at all. He's been saying it's fine today and it doesn't matter.

I work in ophthalmology, and so on behalf of everyone else that does, I can say you got what you deserved The amount of times we've all heard that gag...

He went for 42 off 20 for no wickets a couple games back...

It's the same as Malinga. Straight arm but side-arm action. I'm all for it, more weird actions the better!

I'd echo this. The price hikes on absolutely everything really leave a sour taste. My usual routine would be to have a pint before the game, maybe one at half time and then definitely a few in the Holte Suite. I don't think I can justify £30+ on five pints, especially when I can find a pub where it's about £2 less per pint. All the chat about making the ground a better place for before & after just doesn't work with the prices that they are. The club is getting my season ticket money and nothing else any more, they're just taking the piss.

Have you tried clearing for UoM?

I'm on row 16 and I'm on the last row of normal seating now. The back 20 rows are all rail seating so there's 36.

They had the digger on site before the fire. There is a drone shot on the morning after the fire with the digger in the car park & the entrances were blocked in by a mound of soil. So they’ve booked in the digger, blocked the entrances, started the fire and knocked it all down before the investigation can begin. Jail time needed.

Did the relentlessness of the Ashes make it better though? I mean the players might not agree but every test apart from one was a classic. I do entirely agree that shunting the Ashes out the way for the Hundred is farcical anyway.

Free-to-air cricket is the key to it all to be honest. Fair play to the people behind the Hundred managing this, but there's no reason why the Blast couldn't achieve this. 50 over cricket is essentially second XI cricket these days, unfortunately it is the least relevant of the formats now but so be it.

Agree about the women's game, however they're just re-jigging teams that are already there (the ones that play in the Charlotte Edwards cup) so it's actually pointless. In terms of the "best parts of the Hundred", I'm actually not sure what the best parts are? A bit of extra gaudy branding and giving away free tickets to boost the crowds? I think the cricket has to be sectioned into mini-seasons, the formats are so different that it impacts the players. They used to mix it all a few years back and it got a bit messy. The Blast should definitely be played at the height of summer, and probably concurrently with the 50 over stuff. T20 on the weekends (Friday to Sunday), 50 over during the week.

Looks like this is the last iteration of the Hundred. What a terrible shame. Now it’s just a waiting game to see how they manage to butcher the Blast.

Lol, nah. I'll just take advantage of their perceived courtesy, drive down the empty lane and merge at the correct point.

You merge at the merging point. That is the most efficient way. People who block the other lane are causing more traffic.

A great win and the turnaround spearheaded by two brummies! So happy for Woakes and of course Broad. Feels like a long time since we lost those first two tests, the players must be absolutely sick that we've not won the entire series. Now to wait another six months until the next test... no idea who the bowlers will be. No Broad, Woakes won't travel, I think Anderson is likely finished too, no Moeen. Think the batting line up is a lot more solid, still not convinced by Crawley or Duckett but their aggressiveness suits us.

After doing a bit of digging Paudie Clifford is a Villa fan. Who cares about David anyway!

Disappointing. Had his chance in the last minute but hooked it.

I said I thought it's strange that he's retired before Jimmy, not that it's strange that he retired. I totally understand the reasoning. I think this will be Jimmy's last test anyway, six months until the next tour where he'll be closer to 42 than 41.

Very strange seeing Broad walk away before Jimmy, easy to forget he’s 37. What a player, gonna have a tough time replacing him.

Australia bowling just 80 overs today and their spinner has gone through 21 of them. Pathetic