Daisy and I have been bemoaning Dom Bess interviews ever since the lad started playing for England. To be fair, he is very young and has earned his right to be interviewed on several occasions, but the inanities and platitudes that come streaming from his mouth have to be heard to be believed.

Still, we wouldn’t have wished this on him – https://youtu.be/viHWb9NNrq8

It’s hard not to laugh, especially when he bravely/mindlessly tries to carry on regardless. Still, Dom Bess doesn’t strike us as head boy material. (Did you see what I did there?)

As a proud moment, it is second only to to my tale of spotting Dickie Bird appearing in the much lamented Cricket Badger newsletter.

…debutant Kyle Mayers just scored an unbeaten double-hundred in the fourth innings to help the West Indies win an unlikely test away to Bangladesh.

Late developer getting a test debut at 28. According to his Cricinfo bio, there were significant doubts about his ability to bat against spin.

Kyle Mayers.

Skimming your reply, I thought you were saying:

“…I’ve got three small children. Mission ‘man up’ starts now. A fourth [child] in 12 hours is definitely a good idea…”

Then I read your comment properly.

It took me almost two whole days to realise the annoying siren that blares out now and again is not a passing police car, but the ‘no ball’ alarm.

Afternoon nap? I’ve got three small children.

Mission ‘man up’ starts now. A fourth strong coffee in 12 hours is definitely a good idea.

Get thee an afternoon nap, lad. After that, man up!

Not sure really, but his was a selection we approved of, simply because he’d been making an arseload of runs in county cricket and seemed to be doing something right.