Tom Rawstorne

The Cartel are being carted #SAvAus

Why are flies called flies, and not birds?

18 wickets down in 74 overs of play as Australia play Bangladesh…what’s the wicket like?

Liked the look of Jordan Coc - hard to tell though as Pakistan so poor - but Dan Lawrence will be found out - so leg-sided - and struggled against spin. Robinson great as ever (pitch and conditions depending)

Are there are any other sports - like Test cricket - where the quality is declining, rather than improving? The only one I can think of is the women's hammer / javelin - but that was due to the success of the East Germans doping regime in the 70s, rather than a more recent decline in skill levels.

Poor Harry. Two lots of private school fees and then this... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lights pipe and looks out of window: 'I see the monsoon season has started early.'

Harry’s return opens up the enticing prospect of a touchline fight between him and his brother as their sons turn out for opposing prep school teams

It’s been hot for so long that a men’s group in Clapham is holding refresher classes in how to operate a quarter-zip jumper.

So what. We had bucket hats.

If I was Clicky Ponting I’d be emailing Jason Arday and offering to take him out for a beer…

Can’t they just give the tickets away to at least half fill Headingley? Imagine if the weather was crap these grounds would be seriously empty #the100

Welcome to Lords ! We’ll have all the best Tests and biggest games, thanks. What? The pitch is rubbish? How dare you! This is the Home Of Cricket I’ll have you know! #the100

Calibre of players in The Hundred much improved. Weather perfect. School holidays. Some good games. So why all the empty seats and reduced viewing figures? Guess no-one gives a sxxx about the teams.

Not sure what’s more depressing, that a journalist can, apparently, be ‘bought’ - or that the going fee is just £100 an article. Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press - Guardian

Lots of empty seats at Southampton - good weather (awful pitch..)

For the next 30 days cricket commentators have to try and pretend that the Oval- based team isn’t going to win the competition despite the fact they obviously are #thehundred

At least John Healey can give more money to defence now …

Curran’s such a competitor - just put him in the Test team in place of Stokes. Been saying it for ages. Make him captain if you want. #EngvInd

Harry's return to England has been what one could only describe as 'sub-optimal'.

How much longer do we have to indulge the McCullum / Key project? Humiliating Ashes defeat should have been the end of it. The 'reset' and the series v NZ has been an embarrassment. None of the players are progressing, just clinging on in a whirlpool of chaos.

If I was Ben Stokes I’d get pissed at tea-time and have a punch up #EngvNZ

The Ukraine War has now outlasted four British Prime Ministers

England finding it much harder to take wickets now the pitch is flat rather than bouncing as inconsistently as an overloaded 2CV negotiating a French farm track #EngvNZ

Flat pitch, good weather, England's all seam attack bowling into left-handers legs....this could be painful #EngvNZ

Looks like it could be a loooong day for England's identikit attack #EngvNZ

The England team's observance of the 'curfew' has been about as successful as the Iranian 'ceasefire' - although at least the Thames still remains open to freight traffic.

Wonder who'll replace McCullum...

Time to call time on the Stokes' era. His batting's gone and he's injury prone, so can't bowl through a series. Get Sam Curran in. I guess make Brook captain, assuming he wasn't fighting anyone on the same night...or give Root a second coming.

Andy Bull v good on the Lord’s pitch and comparison between different types of ‘garden’ steaming…#EngvNZ

Jeez £75 for the box Mark Butcher was talking about on Sky...

Awful surface at Lord’s - as it has been for too long now. All the white ball cricket there is rubbish.

Labour defending Twitter is a good example of why they are so ineffective in government: utterly unwilling to take decisions which have any controversy attached.

Great bowling conditions and technically weak batsmen, but Lord’s can’t produce a wicket with even bounce on day two? #EngvNZ

The only way this match is going to five days is if it rains Saturday and Sunday.

King Charles helps the homeless

Andy Bull v good on why the McCullum era is over

You wait six months for a Test match and then England turn up #EngvNZ

Great start by England, Crawley still not out #EngvNZ

Hmmm not at all risky for the ECB to invite members of the public to suggest names for the new Hundred trophy...

Takes them a month to run the average marathon, so this is remarkably good value.

It's all kicking off in Canterbury.

Unbelievable really.