Northern Red

Good to see the forum's resident rays of sunshine have logged in early.

If he managed to get a sell-on for a player we only had on loan then I take back everything bad I ever said about him!

Clearly Leach isn't going to play, so just let him go back to Somerset and play some cricket.

Yep. I also don't think Nige would publicly mention that he's asked to leave if there's not a very good chance of it happening.

That's exactly why. I doubt there'd be much, if any, interest in England but he'll have clubs abroad who'd be keen.

He's probably one of the easiest to sell so this would make sense for all parties.

India need 209. They're probably favourites but they'll have to bat well.

We never are, even when we get battered.

Why?

For 70-odd minutes the performance was miles better than anything last season. Dropped off badly in the last 20 though.

That's why we needed the second goal.

Be honest, a bit of wee came out when that goal went in, didn't it?

Or simply that we can't accommodate everyone in the 18.

At least if they go on a bad run, you won't see him for dust!

Whatever happens at City this season, however bad it might get, we should be eternally grateful that that charlatan and his mates aren't here anymore.

And that's why it would never happen. If you ran it that way next year then based on the last couple of seasons there's a serious possibility that Middlesex wouldn't make the cut for starters. The discussion itself was quite interesting, lots of different ideas on scheduling and number of matches but all of them had drawbacks. The consensus was that the T20 Blast is too long but that trying to reduce the number of games in it would be a problem for the counties who rely on it for the bulk of their income and the shortfall would have to be found from somewhere.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58101797 Archer out for the rest of the year with a stress fracture of the elbow, will miss the T20 World Cup and Ashes.

Possibly weather related? Forecast isn't good for the next 3 days.

Bumble: "I wonder what the bowlers think of the batting efforts" I fear that if their precise feelings were broadcast, the program would be taken off air.

Spineless, clueless shambles. At least another hit and giggle white ball tournament will solve all the problems though.

Yep. They'll bring him in in about 2 Tests time when he's gone a month without any cricket.

If we lose this series then go and get thumped in Australia then Root is done as captain, he'll probably jump before he's pushed.

They absolutely shit their pants about the balance of the side whenever Stokes is missing. Not playing a spinner at the height of summer is mind-boggling.

The low scores are because of the pitches.