Tyrone Shoelaces

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High

Plus Czechoslovakia splitting into two.

Chris Kenner - Something You Got

The Doors - Love Me Two Times

The well respected Jonathan Llew has it right in a really good article in my paper. ” Perhaps it is too much of a simplification to say England play cricket as they would like it to be while Australia play the game that actually exists. But it was certainly true here. England played the game of sprites and vibes: Australia played the surface and the ball that was bowled and however you want to spin it a defeat on your own terms is still a defeat. Now comes the real test. Do England want to wake up ? Or do they want to keep dreaming ? “

I don’t think they can reign in the “ Bazball “ Jim. It’s all they know.

It was golden opportunity thrown away. When are Smith and Labuschagne going to score so lowly again in this series ?

No, I passed the “ how many push bikes in the photos “ test.

Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts

Broad’s no ball was an accident. Stokes decision was deliberate. Having said that obviously he didn’t make that decision on his own.

Where does Gamble play ?

I don’t like to brag about that, people get jealous.

They got back to me today with another password. After that I only had to prove I wasn’t a robot just once this time. Now I’m the proud owner of a TKMaxx £20 virtual gift token. Isn’t modern technology great ? Why my son couldn’t just give me a £20 note is a mystery.

The Originals - Baby I’m For Real

When did having international players ever do us any good ? It just gives players from rival clubs the opportunity to “ have a word “.

If Markanday can’t get a game I can’t see this lad featuring next season. One for the future possibly.

Ask Joe Root if he was happy with how he got out in the second innings. In the first innings he was seeing the ball as big as a grapefruit and the Aussies were tripping over their tongues running in to bowl and we declared !

Nothing to do with the fact that we tossed off the chance of gaining another 40 or 50 crucial runs ? This Bazball is bollocks but they are trying to make a virtue out of a necessity. In other words they play like that because they’ve played so much one day tip and run stuff they can’t play real 5 day test cricket. It’s all they know.

Did the Aussies play “ Bazball “ when they were chasing down the winning total. In any game you get your foot on your opponents neck and keep it there. We had our foot on their necks and took it away. The Aussies will be pissing themselves tonight.

We were in the driving seat in this game and we blew it. Now we have to win two tests to get the Ashes back. Complete self inflicted wound.

Just look at the state of that pitch ! Can you imagine Gally trying to run with the ball like Peter Dobing did on it ? How about playing out from the back on it ? Cliff Jones was the Gareth Bale of his day. I knew Keith Newton was destined for the top when I saw him play Jones out of the game a few years after that match. Louie Bimpson, who scored 2 goals in that video, was playing for Rochdale in the old Fourth Division 2 years later.

He’ll have to get past Wharton first.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner

Ral Donner - The Girl Of My Best Friend

The Mojos - Everything’s Alright