This chimes with an article in the Times recently about conversation overheard among players in dressing rooms around the counties. They want to play where the money is: which is franchise cricket here and abroad. Many aren't interested in playing Test match cricket for England and county cricket is seen as a unrewarding chore. It's also reinforced by comments such as this on the BBC website today after the fourth India Test: "Who cares about the result - pro sport is there to entertain and this England team are awesome. As far as this series goes; I'd much rather see England lose an exciting series like this than win a borefest any day". Read that again, they don't care about England losing: the playstation, Netflix generation only wants instant cricket entertainment.

I'll believe it when I see it. Assuming there are possibly 100s of Newcastle infiltrators spread around the ground it will require a big police and stewarding operation to weed them out and get them out of the ground. Will Waggott pay for that and are they up to the job anyway. My guess is nothing or very little will be done

The magic of the Cup Unlike some fans on here at least the players seem to get it.

Our best XI isn't great but putting out that team would be an insult to Rovers fans and the competition

Thanks for this, a good critique of Bazball and why it is failing or needs adapting and reining in. The bit in bold is significant: the Bazball mentality would have seen our lot throw the bat at the ball and tried to get the job done quickly because it's "exciting" and it's "what the crowds want to see". I would say England supporters want to see the team win - however it is achieved. India is a tough tour but England have let themselves down badly again by not playing proper, percentage Test cricket, which means attacking when you're on top and playing carefully when you're not. I still blame the Bazball mentality for the first Test defeat (and with it the Ashes) at Edgbaston last summer. Its defenders will say the Manchester weather ultimately robbed us of the Ashes but England should never have lost that Test.

National TV audience watching and a place in the last 8 and one game from Wembley on offer Great idea

Gary "shame Blackburn went down" Lineker and Newcastle fan Shearer in the studio - I think I'll have the sound turned down

Root cut the silly Bazball shots out and scored a fine century - odd isn't it?

There's some good players in the England cricket team but they're being badly managed. Same with the rugby and football. England should be doing so much better given their resources

Well that was a tremendous few days for English sport. Rugby team capitulates to Scotland followed by a predictable collapse by England’s batsmen and inevitable defeat. Tremendous effort by all concerned

But he wasn't given the "resources"; he knew the "project" he was sold was a lie; he knew Waggott and Co were useless; he knew the club was dysfunctional; he knew it was never going to work. He offered to resign by all accounts but stayed on. And here we are in relegation trouble because he oversaw a disastrous sequence of results for which he was responsible. None of this is new but easy to see.

Obviously, but the manager is responsible for results

Last 7 wickets fell for 35. Anderson out for a duck reverse sweeping. It's that kind of thoughtless cricket which loses matches India now 37 off 6, with Joe Root opening the bowling and serving up full tosses.

All very true but if we do go down Tomasson will be to blame. The horrendous run in December and January under him has put us in this precarious position and it's clear now he was not being honest with himself by staying on at the club so long. If he'd resigned sooner we might not be in this mess.

Regardless of the outcome this is a pretty pathetic showing so far by England. India’s tail enders made 130, the sum total of England’s score now with 8 wickets down

Good post. Big interview with Jim Ratcliffe in the paper. Talked about the importance of having a long term Man United club philosophy, a way of playing that should carry on seamlessly over the years, and appointing managers who fit in with that philosophy, and the dangers of constantly changing managers with a different outlook.

Chair hasn't got a leg to stand on and other clubs shouldn't be taking this sitting down. They should table a motion demanding he is benched until the appeal takes place.

If you know, you know And I put money on it ....not alot but enough for a pint or two Aye thenk you!

The gap is narrowing as we get to the business end of the season Fixture list looks difficult too. It's going to need to big effort and some luck to stay up

Swansea 2-1 up at Sunderland

Oh dear 0-1

Jarrad Branthwaite getting much praise at the moment and even being mentioned in England terms. It's odd because he was distinctly underwhelming with us and Harwood-Bellis looked the much better player. It has to be said - we had some excellent loan players with us under Tony.

Good day for England although the 8th wicket stand is annoying. England will want a first innings lead of at least 75

Norwich in good form and a different prospect to the team we outplayed earlier in the season I'd happily take a draw and another point towards staying in this division Rovers 1 Norwich 1

That's the old Joe Root, playing a proper Test innings with patience and careful defence. No Bumrah to torment him but hopefully that's the last we shall see of his Bazball type shots in this series. Cricket's a simple game when it's played properly.