I think the whole "clear and obvious" thing should be scrapped. It creates too much grey area for my liking. It should be a tool to assist the ref, not re-ref the game entirely. It should be a chance for a ref to look at the monitor and say "oh wait that's not what I thought I saw on first looking" this is my decision or "Yeah that's exactly how I saw it I'm sticking to it" From what I understand the refs are always on the mics talking their decisions through with the team so all VAR needs to be is - Ref: No handball because XYZ VAR: Yeah that checks out Or VAR: that's not what we saw I think you need another look at that The ref should have the final call. Either that or scrap it and go to a review system. VAR reviews only happen if a team requests it and they have to state the reason they're appealing (to stop speculative reviews). You get one per half and lose it if it fails. Maybe have goals checked for offside regardless. Mic them up to explain the decision like in the women's.

Liverpool appealing their red from Saturday. If it gets overturned, as it should, then it should raise serious questions about VAR given that it came just 5/6 days after the Man Utd, Wolves penalty decision that they apologised for.

Heard that Gray is off to Saudi. Seems an odd one

Over £1bn spent by the new owner in just over 12 months and they still don't have the best squad in the league

I know you are but what am I?

If that was the other way round we'd be outraged if that wasn't given

Embarrassment of a red card for Liverpool.

Yeah American programmes can do that. Sitcoms are the worst for it. They really have to drive home the punchline to make sure everyone gets it.

Nail on head and I'd question anyone who would happily share a dressing room with him. If it was my daughter in those photos the debate would be whether he was allowed to join the wheelchair basket ball team. This sends a horrible message to younger kids that you can treat women however you want and still earn millions

About 5 episodes in to Designated Survivor on Netflix. Really good watch so far. Interested to see how they spin three series out of it though.

If VAR is only going to be used for clear and obvious errors, then refs have to stop using it as a safety net to wimp out of decisions.

I haven't heard anyone use that for so long - I actually started to think it was something I'd made up when I used it the other day so I'm so glad to see this clip

Nope, mainly watched tests and occasionally ODI.

I've never watched T20, how does it differ to the Hundred? It's only an extra 20 balls isn't it?

Watched some of the Hundred last night, was not a fan.

Loved that. Fantastic entertaining series. I was hooked throughout.

If cricket was decided on the pitch and not by the weather this would be set up for an absolutely thrilling last 2 hours to decide the ashes. Still a cracking watch though!

He dropped it. Not sure why he appealed it

However this finishes, I'm really going to miss this series I think it's been fascinating from start to finish.

Yeah but that batting allowed Khawaja to bet loose and score at blistering rate of 1.8 an over. I understand it at the end of the day running down the clock. Come back in the morning and go for it. But that first session was dull as can be and they're still 50 runs short of England at the same stage.

There is of course a balance. Labuschanges 5 off 44 (and counting) won't help attract new test cricket fans (and I say that as someone who can watch a Mark Selby safety battle)

Root managed 11 balls....

Think I'm partially agreeing with Jim 😱😱 I enjoy the front foot approach but when you've just lost a wicket or two why not ease off for few overs and build back into it? We seem to play into the momentum that the bowlers build up when they get a wicket. I wouldn't enjoy the aussie approach where they had 1 run for 5 overs at one point but atleast some attemp to protect your wicket would be nice. It's the pass it out from the back at all costs mentality, sometimes you just need to smash it into row z

20 is generous. Two had gone within 5 mins of that post.

This aged well