What did Duckett expect to happen playing that sort of shot to that ball. Simply stupid.

The first og he perfectly passed the ball side foot into goal, he wasn't trying a back pass. No chance for it to go wide or balloon it. Cheating scumbag.

2-0 Palmer 3-0 Archer

U21 England lead Israel 1-0 at HT Gibbs-White penalty. He had earlier missed the goal with a penalty England the better team so far. England playing in the all red kit, looks good.

I wonder how his arse will cope with landing on harder drier pitches 30 odd times a game. Maybe adult diapers, like Trump wears, will be supplied by Villarreal along with the shorts.

Attendance averages are at all time highs in English football and the Championship is the 5th best supported division in Europe, behind the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65855048 We can but dream and hope Swag gets what's due

Rovers historical https://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/blar.htm Leagues averages historical http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Then press England in list. * 1986 was a bad year around. It is also possible to get any English clubs, and many other leagues, historical attendances from this site

Is Ali's finger ok? It looked a mess and doubt it had time to heal properly. Maybe he can if allowed wear a protective cover but is that even allowed. We do need a specialist spinner included.

Mr Liew produced a long piece of anti English propaganda using cricket as a tool. His perceived English exceptionalism was the target. Don't fall for shit like this from a writer with chips on both shoulders.

And don't forget he did the crime and did the time and is fully rehabilitated back into polite society. I would do a rap sheet on the convicts but can't be arsed.

They are the better team and by a distance and agree with all of your post and maybe now even also the first 5 words.

That example is nothing like the Carey one, a completely different scenario.Try much harder.

Australian love fest in full flow. Do they still do cheap boat trips to the colony? I'll wave you off. Oh and Starc did not catch the ball legally. Check the record books if in doubt. Meanwhile the superlative innings of Stokes has been a most useful deflection away from the awful showing in the 2nd innings of our top order. 3 of them only managed 10 runs between them and without Stokes and to a lesser extent Duckett it would have been a thrashing. Without the rain the 1st Test would have been finished and lost much earlier. We will do well to avoid being whitewashed.

Good point. Lyon batted by choice

True but Lyon is also a very competent batsman too. Actually most of their lower order are superior batters to our lower order. We did a session yesterday of 51 consecutive overs of bouncers claiming their last eight wickets for 92 runs, but it was still a poor watch and I don't enjoy it.

It's a cowardly action against lower order batsmen by a team that is alleged to have the best bowling lineup in world cricket. They would have as good a chance of a wicket if they bowled at the stumps but prefer a strategy designed to intimidate and injure. Wankers the whole shitheap.

The Australian cricket set up has a long history of being morally and ethically bankrupt. Nothing has changed since they were sandpaper salesmen led by the sub human Smith and Warner.

Magnificent by Stokes ably assisted by the courage of Broad.

This followed the Aussies crying to the MCC that nobody clapped them. Wimps as well as cheats. MCC had to issue the apology to keep up appearances. It's rumoured that the unruly members are on free champagne for the rest of the day as punishment.

In a perverse sort of way I'm glad to get the chance to see Smith drop an easy one and get full monty from the crowd at Lords. Great TV.

Nonsense. Starc grassed the ball. I saw it in slowmo again today and the ball on the grass took the impact as he fell. He was not in full control of his body.

There's always one.

I couldn't hear the boos, the wife's on her phone talking like the rest of the world is deaf. Great of those lads to stand up and not just be nice.

Magnificent effort by Stokes. I don't care how we play in the rest of the Series, Bazball or the opposite, I just want to beat the convicts. Cummins their captain is no better than the rest of the sandpaperer lowlifes

The Longroom didn't clap the Aussies off. Bloody top class!