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Shortage of negative remarks during this test.........

He did get out to a top, low catch. That said he should have left the delivery.

Cook was left out of the one day side because it was felt he lacked the instincts to play aggressive shots. He took umbrage at that decision. No doubt that he's a top opening batsman tho but unfortunately he's the only one currently that can open. Trying to find someone to open with him is a real issue for England. From memory - Compton, Trott, Ballance and Jennings have all struggled in one way or another. There maybe others that I've forgotten as well. Any team will struggle if they find themselves 2 or 3 down before lunch.

Just said on Sky Sports that England have lost 7 of their last 10 test matches.......... I didn't realise it was that grim.

Add to that a deterioration of the wicket and you have a SA levelling the series. If England can scrape a draw I'll be amazed,

That could apply to the City of last season................

I have split views on this post..... I agree with the first comment but not with the last one. In the Rabada case - his ban is quite right in my view. The "send off " he gave was an abusive one and he has a history of similar antics in other first class cricket. The ICC can't be seen to be inactive and had to act and send out a clear message to uphold the "spirit of the game".

Great idea but unfortunately the ICC are notoriously reluctant to change anything............. The Sky pundits were discussing the slow over rate and various ideas about how to improve it and then Nasser asked why the rate had often become so slow when in the past it wasn't an issue. Good question.......

I still can't find it! Very odd......

Thanks Tom. Dunno why it's not on the BBC Cricket site tho.

I can't find Somerset on the BBC cricket section. Where can I find it?

Good news for those who don't have Sky. I can't imagine the BBC will be able to equal let alone overtake the top quality Sky coverage.

In the ghetto - Elvis

As I can't find the jokes I'll post one here and the mods can merge it. "daddy, why do people hang horses?" "no-one hangs horses darling. Where did you hear that?" "mummy was on the phone and she said that her new boss is hung like a horse"

If I knew how to start a poll, I would. With only two local County Cricket clubs it looks as if otib is split between the mighty Somerset and the average Gloucestershire........

The nature of that result will be thoroughly investigated for sure......

I spent many years in Somerset and both my children were born in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton so I'm delighted that it looks like Gloucester are going to lose.............

I'm not a boxing fan at all but having seen AJ in various interviews since his win I have been impressed with his demeanour and the way he presents himself. Bright and articulate and very humble. Not what you see from many boxers, I was pleasantly surprised.

Wolves have been on a decent run of form and they'll be very aware of City's precarious plight and try to take full advantage of an unhappy and volatile crowd. If they score early...........

Henson was indeed the catalyst. Even at 35 he's still very classy. Bristol 12 Bath reserves 11 A win is a win......

The point of the question was why to black guys with a darker pigmentation have tattoos when they can't be seen clearly? i thought the idea of tattoos was look artistic but if you can't see them very clearly..........

Have SSN on in the background and boxing came on promoting the Khan/Pac fight followed by a black guy called the "bronze bomber". I looked at this guy and saw that his body was badly bruised already but then I realised that the "bruises" were in fact tattoos. My question is - why do black guys have tattoos?

That's a "whoosh" for me Griff.

Why the zzz zzz zzz then?

GoN and Hegeler complimented each other at Fleetwood protecting the back three. No surprise that LJ has selected them together again today.