Kid in the Riot

Awful news. I last spoke to Jeff at Gruff Rhys' gig at Bath Komedia last November. He was typically all-knowledgeable, telling me about all the bands the drummer that night and been in and how good he was. Get well soon, Jeff.

Completely confused; napping is neither weird, nor a hobby.

Yep, get Mitchell/Blundell out today and it's on.

Gotta love the aggression and positivity. Cracking Test this, all three results still very possible. 1-0 down NZ are going to need to be aggressive with the bat, which should give England opportunities.

I would. Way better than anything else I've seen for a couple of years. Best session i can remember for a long time. From where we've come from, going into a third and final Test against NZ 1-0 up is improvement. As I said, still very early days though, and we have to make sure we see out this Test first...

Still very early days, but we may be seeing the green shoots of recovery under McCullum. He has given the batting line-up a bit of much needed confidence. And we seem to be seeing an even better version of Joe Root.

Guessing Taunton and Canterbury are quite similar pitches/conditions. Still, Wtf

All LIV players have just been kicked off the PGA Tour, though most had resigned their membership anyway... I've mostly lost interest in golf post-Tiger years to be honest.

Great first episode, the whole pizza box recycling thing cracked me up. Hopefully the rest of the series continues in a similar vein

Richard Gould is credited with doing an excellent job building up Surrey CCC's membership, so would make sense.

He picked him and played him, what makes you think he doesn't rate him?

Never offside, quite clearly came off a German player. I was thinking, for the amount England fans moan, when was the last time we actually lost against Germany over there? Our record has been excellent since 2001. I've seen us win in Berlin twice, for starters.

Can't claim to be an expert but that looks like a lot of padding and wrapping.

They should temporarily scrap VAT on fuel until the issue is resolved. That said, from a climate emergency perspective, it's not a bad thing that people are thinking harder about making unnecessary trips, using public transport and driving slower to reduce fuel consumption.

Not surprised to hear that. Following England in that same tournament, I witnessed loads of trouble. And right on queue... England: Seven fans arrested in Munich - three for making a Nazi salute - BBC Sport

£12k pw. Ipswich did not pay well in this division, don't forget. Adam Webster was only on £4.5k per week when we signed him.

Good afternoon Nice morning. Can we bat?

Let's be honest, there's absolutely no way this England side are chasing anything north of 200.

Any 3 will be nervous with our batting line up, you are likely walking onto the field within the first 10 overs, so need the skills and temperament of an opener. Pope has neither. Bizarre selection.

Why on earth are they playing him at 3? Would genuinely love to know the rationale for that decision. Agree though, he always looks wobbly when he comes in.

It also tells me that we lost 5 wickets from our upper/middle order for 2 scoring runs. That is utterly pathetic, no matter what excuses you can come up with.

And 6 of those 8 runs were byes!!

Maybe. Though NZ are very short of match practice. Has it been brilliant bowling from them today? I'm listening, and it doesn't sound like it. Once again the mental fortitude of England is non-existent. Got themselves into a good position and then another calamitous collapse. Getting pretty boring. Just when you think England hit a new low, there's another one around the corner.

Incorrect. Pearson recommended her.