Vacamion

If only there was a German word for all this enjoyment of others' misfortune

So what's the betting on the margin of victory? I'm going 6-0.

That's what VAR is for. It's indisputable.

Che Adams hasn't had a sniff, has he?

I've lived up here for decades as a proud Englishman and if you allow yourself to get wound up by the imbalance in who supports whom, you'll have a heart attack when you find out which team's games are pumped free to air into Scottish homes, which league gets all the money and coverage and which National side gets massively more coverage, even on Scottish telly. Hence this

My timeline is just full of middle age exhibitionists in their cosplay skirts having drunken lairy fun in a German Platz. Even if they lose every game, they are going to have a great time. Shame a lot of them won't remember it.

Scotland doing a rain dance...

Go nuts batting, now, lads. Really interested to see how quickly this gets knocked off. In theory could be 5 or 6 overs or fewer.

Scotland perhaps need to up it against the Aussies after all...

Are India trying to do to Pakistan using the USA the same thing that Australia have admitted to intending to do to England using Scotland?

And I thought it was just me that falls over whilst running 3 or 4 times a year (cracked a rib last year).

Just watched Macron's address to France. Ballsy, but I fear he's going to take an almighty kicking.

Is yakking the ball as hard as you can into the ground not a bit dodgy?

That crowd is mental.

Luckily, that's me done watching England out here. So well supported. Hope their form picks up.

Aussies around me are very upbeat. Odds against England.

Ok, lads, if you eant to make progress, time to give The Colonies a damn good thrashing...

That's that then. Farewell, beloved Sir Marc.

And the winner is..... It's Jamie Vardy.

Yes, sat just behind them, they are sound - a bunch of Hibs and Dunfermline fans. I'm wearing blue FBS City Shirt from our relegation season, for good luck, so I should stick out.

That catch by Aqib Ilyas is now the best catch I've seen live. Got me out of my seat. The other 2 in my Top 3 are: Bairstow keeping wicket at Lords v New Zealand 2022 at full stretch just off the floor when we bowled them out in a session and a half. Sheldon Cottrell versus Aus Trent Bridge (2019). He plucked it out of the air one handed on the boundary, about 10 feet in front of me.

They've had a rough few years, and the training ground in Fife idea was mental, but it's a crying shame if they can't get funding and go into Admin. Really enjoyed my trips there, but they just aren't well supported enough to make money under the current structure. Busses leave Inverness for the OF every weekend, and you see people around there wearing OF shirts. Seriously, FTOF.

I got properly drenched, and Mrs Vac will forever say that the weather saved England. Still, I had a boatload of beer, some unbelievable Bajan fishcakes, and I sat in the Sun before the game, so today was a good day.

How is that bowling action legal It's Malinga all over again.

The "Vardy will be staying" bullet point is like saying "here, have a lollipop" after you were taken to the doctor's for an injection as a kid.