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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.

Or his gut.

I watched a bit of tonight's game, listening to KP on commentary it's not hard to see how his team mates ******* hated him. Absolutely unbearable.

As long as it's practical I can see it being pushed back a year, there's another T20 WC in Australia next winter so just follow on from that. Obviously it would involve a fair bit of rescheduling for both teams, but better that than a weakened contest involving a rotated England team who don't really want to be there. No chance of fans travelling at the moment either.

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Yep. I've barely seen any mention of Simpson by their fans but, sure enough, there are more than a few of ours bringing him up in order to slag City off.

I know my Dad saw them at Imperial a few times in the 60s, think he went to a game at Glastonbury as well. By the time I was growing up in the 90s it was just Bath and Weston.

I agree with him. I wouldn't have Bairstow anywhere near the Test team either....

Weston as well.

It might be new teams but everything about the Oval Invincibles reeks of Surrey.

The feature on the BBC live text page that lets you give a thumbs up or thumbs down to each post stopped working during the game earlier. I'm sure it was a genuine technical hitch and absolutely nothing to do with the fact that almost every post was getting heavily downvoted.

If you need another reason not to watch, BBC have Vaughan and Tufnell giving it the "how do you do fellow kids?" routine.