Good job it wasn’t a creme caramel or we’d all know exactly who was involved.

Oh. Now THAT was highly ridiculous.

It works really well for me. I’m only awake for the first session, and generally those have been going quite well.

Normally I’m awake for all the misery of an Ashes tour, this time I’m getting to sleep through large chunks of it.

Yeah, one crushing moment of deflation a day is plenty thanks

I am used to getting my Away Ashes gut punches all in one go when I wake up, but this Test has been more a case of waking up to a gut-punch but then being subjected to a number of regular jabs throughout the morning.

What it must be doing to the touring party’s mental clocks, I can only imagine

Me too – Sam – Edgbaston days 1 & 2. Charley the Gent, Nigel Father Barry & Harsha Goble will also be there. Our regular spot at the front of the Raglan IIRC. Hope to see you if you’ll be there on one of those days.

Australia were so good at leaving the ball, they scored slowly but earned the right to get to 400+.

Flat pitch. Sun out. Aussies’ best two bowlers missing.

In the immortal words of Alan Sugar, ‘You haven’t got a bloody clue.’

Selection fuckups, ridiculous planning, and a complete lack of awareness as to what work it takes in the first class system to construct a decent Test side.

Pity. Australia were there for the taking, but England have royally fucked this up.

Are you threatening me? Oh my god, I think you are. You’re saying, “Make us a crossword or we’ll release the photos.” Well go right ahead, see if I care. That’s just me and a famous cricketer discussing cricket. Nothing more. The cheesecake just slipped.