At more than a run a ball. From 128/8. And he’s 45.

Could we crowdfund some actual physical Top Trumps cards, or do the Top Trumps people (whose website has the slightly worrying combination of the tagline “whatever you’re into, so are we” immediately above a button labelled ‘Adults’) own all the rights to that sort of thing?

I’m fairly sure there are podcasts/etc who have made their own Top Trumps cards as part of their fundraising activity.

Only if no-one tries to use it on those days.

Could we compromise on the game transitioning to the functioning schedule on full moon days?

How about we compromise on it remaining on the site, but still broken?

Superb point, DC.

KC – I know you don’t do formal requests, but, informally, many people in your kingdom would appreciate a slight rescheduling of the on-line cricket top trumps game, from the non-functioning schedule to the functioning schedule.

The World T20 does seem to be the most pencilled-in of the engagements. Given there’s no certainty about what country it’ll be taking place in, you’d think the dates would be negotiable.

…but surely the easier and potentially more lucrative way to square this circle is to push the World T20 back a week, not bring the English summer forward. The location of the World T20 is still in doubt, so surely its scheduling is only minimally disrupted by a change of date…

…unless that would jeopardise the “written in stone/no disease could possibly affect” dates and locations for our precious Ashes series in Oz. Unthinkable.