My dear old things, it's STW TMS!

Shall be listening to todays play sat in a beer garden at my local

Which pub @houns?
Not a bad start here.
I’ll be listening whilst sat on the M25…

Currently the Robin then will stroll up to the Swan

Nice. Not been that part of town for years, need a stroll up there.

Beer (HPA) tastes better in Robin but the Swan has a nice garden (just got here and sat under the apple tree and by lavender)

Chuckles at Jimmy Anderson’s “Flatwicketitis” 😂

As there was nothing much on telly tonight until QI, I watched today’s highlights, which included one of the most extraordinary dismissals of the visiting team’s batsman I’ve ever seen – the poor bloke’s face was a picture of stunned disbelief.

There’s always a strange way to get out you’ve not yet imagined!!

highlight of the summer Ask the Umpire 😀

blimey well bowled mr leach, first headingly first innings spin fivefor since 1958. It’ll be turning sideways on day 5!

Unplayable from Boult.

Indeed!!

I can smell a collapse here…

Class bowling

WTF

It’ll be turning sideways on day 5!

The game will be lucky to get past Day Two at this rate.

Jeezus.

England bowl a yard too short shocker (or in Overtons case 6 yards, though to be fair it was under orders)

The game will be lucky to get past Day Two at this rate.

cash strapped YCC won’t be happy…. it was designed as a 5 day pitch 😀

RIP

Who would have thought at lunch that we might be asked to follow on before tea?

Who would have thought at lunch that we might be asked to follow on before tea?

And game over just after…

I’m going to try looking at this positively. If JB can somehow hog the strike and hang in there whilst playing a few shots then we might at least pass the 100 mark unscathed. We may still be all out soon after, or it might be the start of a rebuild.

Chef is such an impressive chap, he’s always constructive with his critiques.

You lot turned it off?
Lead now under 100, with JB century and the big lad on debut looking for a century too (already has record score for debutant)

Record seventh wicket partnership

What kind of test cricket is this? Rollercoaster doesn’t come close! What a 7th wicket partnership – where did that come from?

evening dinner in the garden listening to brutal bairstow….. has anyone scored this many runs from such desperate situations ?

absolutely amazing…..

Great day’s cricket, loved it

blimey it’s all kicking off 446 from Broad off Boult!

Interesting test this is. There’s a real chance it’ll be almost level at exactly half way through the match.
That’d set up things beautifully.

Overtons knock seems to have “annoyed” Broad “Oi! I’m the bowler who can bat in this side” 😉

LOL tms with shipping forecast overlay 🙂

Leach on fire! He’s scoring about a million time faster than his ashes knock with Stokes.

Well, you wouldn’t have predicted a 1st innings lead, would you?

oops

Listening to Mo Ali talk about Brendan McCullum telling batters to go out and express themselves, I wonder if he’s re-considering/regretting his test retirement?

Joe Root 😁😁😁🤣🤣

WTAF?

This is a test match! What’s Boycott got to say about it?

Listening to Mo Ali talk about Brendan McCullum telling batters to go out and express themselves, I wonder if he’s re-considering/regretting his test retirement?

I’m sure he said in the last test he’d be open to a call. Given that at some point Stokes will get injured he may even end up as skipper at some point.

Unrelated, Zak Crawley really needs to go back to county cricket for a while, I’m just not sure he’s the man for the job.
Ollie Pope however look much happier.

WTAF! Root reverse sweeping the medium pacer for 6…. wg turning in his grave 😀

It says it all about “new” England, that when set 299 to win, I just assume they will get there easily. A year ago if set 99 to win I’d have thought it unlikely.

It’s the same players, but they are so different. God knows what Chris Silverwood is thinking.