Ted Maul

Hasn't been the same since his injury by all accounts, but he's the type of player that so many have been crying out for that can 'unlock a defence'. Certainly an upgrade on Gaston Ramirez, for starters.

It was pretty nice watching Lloyd silence the Brum fans, after listening to them take the piss out of Burton with such original classics as 'my garden shed', 'Burton's a s**thole' and 'down with the Villa'.

Not only that, but we've knocked Yorkshire out.

Ridiculous. Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat after being snatched from the jaws of victory. Some of our bowling really is piss, but Pillans is a class act.

What we'd give to have Snapper and Claude bowling 8 overs.

Just couldn't keep any sort of pressure on, nobody to hold an end down in the middle of the innings.

Haha we're actually going to throw this away...

Shame. All set up for a fat Sam masterclass

What's the forecast like? Could D/L Come into play?

Cracking innings from Delport, that. In with a decent shout if we bowl well (not holding my breath)

If Delport's there at the end, we'll have a very defendable total!

He's been training- I'm guessing it will be an injection for the match, then a few days' rest.

Cook has to be England's greatest ever batsman. To rack up that number of runs when he spends half his time opening the batting in English conditions is phenomenal. The holes in the order are starting to look bigger now, with the ashes just around the corner. If these boys can't do it against this attack, under this little match pressure, they've got no hope down under.

Brighton don't have Ben Hamer.

Can we please just rename the thread to 'Mahrez to stay where he is unless someone comes in with a reasonable offer' and lock it for the time being?