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Get the impression with Lauren James that she could be the women's version of a Messi/Ronaldo hybrid but she simply can't be arsed. Jogging about but clearly got all the talent in the world.

You could all literally just not read his tweets if he annoys you by the way.

Re. Over rates. This video is well worth a watch. They have it right IMO. Over rates should be the duty of the umpire. They need to do a lot more to get the game going and the amount of completely unnecessary breaks are taking away from paying customers. I agree with Broad in that player shouldn't care about them but Shubman Gill being treated for a back injury on the pitch while he's a fielder, drinks breaks either side of designated drinks breaks, glove changes, ball changes etc. Umpires should be much firmer on ensuring the game moves along. It feels like umpires have less and less authority. I agree that over rates should never come before the quality of play but there is a lot that could be done to speed the game up.

Life under Aiyawatt.

Maybe something like this at Old Trafford. 1. Crawley 2. Duckett 3. Pope 4. Root 5. Brook 6. Smith 7. Stokes 8. Dawson 9. Atkinson 10. Carse 11. Archer

I don't think we will go into it with the exact same players but I can't see many changes. I think we'll get a striker in and anything beyond that will depend on sales (we'll get a keeper in if Hermansen goes etc).

Did it work last time? I would argue that it absolutely didn't and that is why we've had to cut short the BC Game "multi-year" deal to find someone else. I could understand the club naively going with a dodgy betting company that were making promises they couldn't keep once but to go straight in again is baffling and shows that the club's only focus is ensuring as much gambling money enters the coffers. Difficult to say we don't get away with anything considering we've successfully avoided any real PSR issues despite consistently overspending.

I personally wouldn't want to say hello to someone who wears LCFC vests.

I am actually astounded. I genuinely thought that there was no way the club would do it again.

hahah ****ing hell the Windies are shite.

So what do you do now for Old Trafford? Do they rest Archer? Bashir surely comes out. Woakes probably due a rest. Crawley has to be dropped. Atkinson, Tongue, Cook, Bethell all waiting. I think they'll make a couple of those changes.

He should have been sacked on Monday 21st April. The day after relegation was confirmed.

Absolutely. I'd love to have a fast bowler with that sort of aggression. I think Carse could be that sort of player for us.

Feel bad for India but that is funny that it's happened to Siraj.

That must hurt like ****. 90mph straight on the collar bone.

Got to be a wake up call for Stokes and McCullum to drop Bashir considering Siraj (Test average of 4) is happy to stay on strike to face him on a day 5 pitch.

Going for a piss 9 minutes before the tea break?

Thank the ****ing lord.

I do think serious questions need to be asked of Dukes after this series. The ball just does absolutely nothing during the middle overs.

You get the impression that Bumrah doesn't really realise the situation the game is in. He's so laid back.

I think England would be happy to see Jadeja start swinging. There's plenty of inconsistent bounce and plenty of rough to aim for. I don't think he'll go after Bashir just yet.

First time in ages that we've made Jadeja play the final ball.

Just had to find out how many overs England had bowled.

Annoying aspect of Sky's coverage is when a result is close they stop showing half the score board.

How does Jadeja have a highly limited ability? He's got 326 test wickets at 24, bats at a similar average to Stokes and is probably a top 5 fielder.