Spot on. The entire selection process is nuts, not helped that there's no 1st class cricket in summer. Everything crammed into spring & autumn isn't going to improve things.
Years ago I joked that England's big problem is that there are no decent South African batters any more, but it remains true.

The old "bat all the way down" trick, then never do.

In this case, I don't think Bashir is taking any wickets, Australia would tuck into his bowling.

The bowling is pretty toothless, disappointing to wake up and see it was 100-4 earlier, but now over 300 and the lower order looking comfortable.

Or you could say Pickford is due a hattrick this coming weekend.

Familiar enough to not play them 😉

We had a run of about 6 games where everything clicked. Up until March we were an awful watch. But most importantly, the fancied teams all took a year off and were shit. Not because of any his tactical genius.

He spent £5m on two strikers (Mayulu & Armstrong) who should be playing in the local park

A couple of years before my time really.

It's one of the 2 Christmas songs allowed in my house. Pogues & Kirsty being the other, obvs.

I miss seeing The Sherlocks, saw them about half a dozen times before my stroke.

I occasionally used to watch my local non league side Mangotsfield Utd. During a relegation season, on a freezing cold night they went 1-0 down after 30 seconds. I decided I'd leave and have a pint when they went 2 down. The useless fuckers didn't concede again until the second half injury time.

Looking good so far, concerned that Cov could easily do the same to us this afternoon.

Love that album, and have occasionally been known to murder Since Yesterday on karaoke.