Voll Blau

He's the nice brother!

Pint of Robinson's Unicorn at The Hole in t'Wall, Bowness. On holiday up north so obviously I've raided the local Booths for ales from northern breweries you don't get anywhere else, and their excellent selection of Bavarian beauties. Currently on a Lancaster Amber.

No, but we're the only Test nation with plenty of viable alternative venues who choose to do that.

Saw him on Thursday. Looked like he'd already been doing it for a decade. Reckin he'll be capped before he's out of his teenage years.

Just glad more journalists are picking up on it now. George Dobell's been warning about this for a while.

Bloody hell. Seemed like one of the nicest blokes in football and the tributes bear that out.

Fvck Ticketmaster. Need more bands to do a Pearl Jam. Eventually got through but I've enough self-respect not to have paid more than double the amount the punter next to me has. Expect there'll be more dates to come, really pleased for those who've got tickets.

Yep. Regionalise it until the quarters too to help boost attendances.

Cook Trescothick Vaughan (c) Root Thorpe Flintoff Stokes Russell (wk) Swann Broad Anderson

Jarvis is on the latest Cricketer podcast...

Remember the time the quarter-final draw was held off camera due to "technical difficulty in Thailand" and miraculously none of the biggest teams had drawn each other?

He is. Thought he looked alright against us for a 16-year-old kid on pro debut.

Well that's me told for having the insane belief that a boozy party boat to a football match should be kept free of politics. Fvck me.

Fair play to the three blokes to my right in the first half, whose commitment to standing there silently with arms folded and looking miserable even extended to not joining in with "One Craig Shakespeare". What enjoyment these people get out of football I'll never know.

A Langton Top Lock at Eye Kettleby Lakes. Solid companion to a Sunday roast.

First time we've had two current England internationals in the squad since when? Mullally and Habib at a guess? Edit: Broad and Snape both played for England in 2007.

You definitely got value for money in terms of how much of London you got to see too.

Well, yes I can because a) stickering the boat could have landed the organisers with a big fine and b) Trump and Yaxley-Lennon have fvck all to do with Leicester. They were being put on banners and flags on the boat. Keep your politics out of people trying to just have a laugh ffs.

Top quality time but fvck whoever kept trying to put Trump and Tommy Robinson stickers up on the boat. They're not gonna shag you, lads.

That stint away from us seems to have totally mucked up Kimber.

Some day out for Aldridge to be fair.

We're the only county currently operating a paywall so can't see why it wouldn't be free in Somerset's jurisdiction.

For ease...

Great chase and felt we acted like defending champions again. Proper mentality. Having a world-class fourth-wicket pair available every game at the moment helps too!

Come along if you can. Gorgeous day we're in for a thriller.