Northern Red

Inept captain, inept attack.

That would have been sensational.

Different one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Grant_(English_footballer)

Remarkable how similar the two innings have gone.

Joint 3rd highest score by an England No.11

Fair play Ian Rush is punching.

Here's Andi...

Amazing what happens when you get batsmen who are willing to dig in.

Cracking strike to be fair to the posing simian.

A wicket that's doing a bit and they don't want to know. Neither the brains or bollocks to just sit in and graft.

Not just that, but the lengths they went to to ensure that he wouldn't be heard during the Ashes, taking the host broadcaster's commentary for the Tests he wasn't involved in but then creating their own team from scratch for the ones where he was.

Overton back in for Fisher is the only change.

Edwards not in the Colchester squad tonight, had been touch and go on whether he'd be fit after the Rovers game.

I've been at the game this afternoon, it's not far from me and was free entry. Good, solid performance from us, Conway and Benarous the standouts which was perhaps to be expected given their first team experience. Conway in particular looked very bright, led the line well, ran the channels and linked up with Bell and Benarous. Took his goals well and possibly should have had a couple more. First time I've seen a few of this group and it was noticeable that they all seemed very comfortable and confident in possession, always trying to play on what wasn't the best surface. Tinnion and (I think) Alex Ball were sat a few rows back in the stand and were constantly encouraging and cajoling, and at half time they went down and held a debrief on the touchline with the coaches who'd been in the technical area for a couple of minutes before they all went in and spoke to the players. One of the coaches went up to speak to Tinnion before they made the subs in the second half so it seems he has quite a large say in what goes on. I did like the no.3 Taylor-Clarke, sat at the base of the midfield and broke up play, passed it well and got forward on occasion. Tired a bit towards the end but overall very good. The defence were largely untroubled which meant that the 2 full backs were able to do a lot of attacking. Keeper didn't have much to do but I liked his distribution, he was also very vocal with those in front, trying to get them into shape and make runs for when he was clearing the ball.

4-0, hat trick for Conway, neat finish from a short corner.

3-0, Benarous following up after efforts from Bell and Wood were blocked.

2-0, Conway again after good work from Benarous

1-0, Conway pen after Benarous was fouled.

Broken the record for the most balls faced by a West Indian in a Test match. More even than Lara when he got 400 or 375.

If we could just get Brathwaite...

Bristol City St George's Cross flag on prominent display on the fine leg boundary today.

Sean O'Driscoll

Excellent news, fully deserved. And we all know he loves a goal against the Welsh.

A "has been" who's a full 11 months older than the man you think should be managing us?

Yep, this one included.