I will forgive him.
All we need now is a sunny day tomorrow…
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Game is at Headingly.
8 for 43.
Exactly the same figures as Bob Willis during Botham’s Test Match.
Jofra. On a hat trick with 1st ball of his next spell. The first player since Merv Hughes with a chance of a hat trick spread across 3 Overs.
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I thought you were talking about the stat of the England innings for a while then.
I love a good stat, me.
98 overs to be bowled today, supposedly, with the session times as follows (all local time):
Morning: 1100-1300
Afternoon: 1340-1610
Evening: 1630-1830
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“Any news on weather conditions?” asks Ben. Leeds is positively bathed in sunshine, bright blue skies, and a perfect day for batting.
That’ll be England all out for 50 odd then
Roy gone for 9, chasing a wide ball, toe edge of the bat, caught by Warner.
Root gone for a duck 2nd ball, Warner with a good catch again.
Ball moved off the seam and caught a quite thick edge.
Hazlewood having a good spell with the new ball.
Denly given LBW after a long think, being reviewed. Going over the stumps so overturned…
10-2
Apologies.
Seem to have suffered an attack of optimism last night.
50 looks like it will be a struggle
Lyon on already, strange decision given what Cummins and Hazlewood were doing with the ball
Apparently only once this summer have England survived the first 10 overs without losing a wicket, and that was against Ireland.
Burns gone for 9, short stuff works
Cummins to Burns, OUT , gloved behind and Burns is gone! Jheez, this isn’t a great way to go. Bouncer from Cummins, heading down the leg side, Burns launches into a pull shot looking to take advantage, but can only glove it through to Paine who takes a simple catch!
RJ Burns c †Paine b Cummins 9 (28b 1x4 0x6) SR: 32.14
20-3
And Jack Leach was opening
What’s the follow on total?
Horror shot from Stokes 30-4
Thanks the lords we’ve already avoided the follow on.
So Roy and Stokes are out to bad shots
Root was done by a good ball
Denly was a 50/50
Warner catching like a demon in the slips.
Denly gone.
Time to go to work thank fvck
Stokes dismissal was the most ridiculous shot I’ve seen in a long while…amazing he didn’t pull a muscle trying to reach it. 
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54-6 at lunch, I’m with Bazzer on our “performance”
Somewhere in Majorca there is a gentleman sitting in the sunshine with a smug expression on his face!
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