It's just not cricket

[djewesbury]

Oh well. I'll console myself with having missed England's only win of 2014 with another glass of Taylor 1992. Or shall I go for the Smith Woodhouse 1997?

[PhilW]

Oh well. I'll console myself with having missed England's only win of 2014 with another glass of Taylor 1992. Or shall I go for the Smith Woodhouse 1997?

Given the prices/selection on their website at the moment (assuming I know where you are) I would go for the T92 again since you liked it so much, or perhaps the F85 as best VFM? And yes, you missed a cracking ending to the match, I'm afraid (I only joined it with five overs to go).

[PopulusTremula]

Oh well. I'll console myself with having missed England's only win of 2014 with another glass of Taylor 1992. Or shall I go for the Smith Woodhouse 1997?

Another afternoon in El Vino? No Fonseca 1985? The London Wall branch used to have a few left.



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[mpij]

[flash_uk]

Yes really quite atrocious that performance. I mean, The Netherlands...love those people, but world class cricketers they are not.

[mpij]

Not sure if I have been watcing Sky Sports 2 or the Comedy Channel.

[DRT]

Do the ECB really expect people to believe that it is the job of the captain to appoint or sack head members of the coaching team?

If they want to boost Cook's credibility as a decision maker, surely it would be better to give him some training on how to motivate and organise his team on the pitch and make tactical decisions that win test matches rather than putting him in front of TV cameras and asking him to spout nonsense about something that must clearly have been decided by powers greater than his.

Oh dear. Not a good start for the new team.

[LGTrotter]

Oh no, is it terrible? Does he say 'going forward' or some such tosh. I think I won't look in case it reduces me to foaming and weeping. I was hoping Collingwood might get a role somewhere, and the ditching of that plank Gooch can't be an entirely bad thing, going forward?

[DRT]

Oh no, is it terrible?

Yes, it is terrible. But the hour at which I am responding to this might shed light on my ability to be objective.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Oh no, is it terrible? Does he say 'going forward' or some such tosh. I think I won't look in case it reduces me to foaming and weeping. I was hoping Collingwood might get a role somewhere, and the ditching of that plank Gooch can't be an entirely bad thing, going forward?

Have they appointed Boycott as a batting coach? That's what the England team need to fix their batting problems. And Ray Illingworth as bowling coach perhaps? And Tufnell as lead Press Manager.

Who else can we fit into the back room team?

[LGTrotter]

Text arrived today offering the 2015 Ashes tickets. I have no idea who might be batting, bowling or keeping. But I still fancy Collingwood in the coaching set up. Is he in yet?

[Alex Bridgeman]

Text arrived today offering the 2015 Ashes tickets. I have no idea who might be batting, bowling or keeping. But I still fancy Collingwood in the coaching set up. Is he in yet?

Tickets for which test? That seems rather early.

[LGTrotter]

A mate gets offered them presumably because he is on some list somewhere. I think he was talking about Cardiff but he fancied going to Edgbaston, lord knows why. Cardiff is quite handy for me but I have never been there for cricket. I thought it was premature too.

[mpij]

I have a radical solution to the England teams problems. Offer the top job to Shane Warne.

[LGTrotter]

Who is Gurney? Any thoughts on Jordan? Why did I have a faint frisson of excitement at the mention of Duckworth Lewis?

[DRT]

Flintoff for England?

[djewesbury]

Flintoff for England?

No. His problems begin and end with his pie hole.

[flash_uk]

Flintoff for England?

No. His problems begin and end with his pie hole.

Priceless. I'll bet he's never had BP at 221/131 though.

[djewesbury]

Flintoff for England?

No. His problems begin and end with his pie hole.

Priceless. I'll bet he's never had BP at 221/131 though.

I think he'd explode. Covering everyone with pie.

[LGTrotter]

Flintoff for England?

When I saw this I thought 'here goes Derek, making daft suggestions about the cricket', but no, after a glittering career on channel 5 he really is making a comeback. A sort of sickening lurch in my stomach that accompanied this news tells all about my views on this.

[djewesbury]

Do you call Lancashire T20 a 'comeback'?

[DRT]

Do you call Lancashire T20 a 'comeback'?

Dunno. Do you call what happened at Chester-le-Street a game of cricket?

[djewesbury]

Do you call Lancashire T20 a 'comeback'?

Dunno. Do you call what happened at Chester-le-Street a game of cricket?

No. We can agree about that!

[DRT]

It would be good if Sri Lanka won tomorrow (today) so that we have a decider to look forward to at Lord's.

[djewesbury]

Well, it would be good if England had any chance of winning a decider...