Should be batting right handed with 2 hands and just sucking the pain up here. Unlikely to play for England again- just leave everything out there, got decent healthcare etc

DON’T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN EVERYONE EVER

That’s as good as sport gets. Well played Siraj. Serious words for Brook and hopefully a lesson learned for Bethell. Thank fuck that’s the last Test this summer so the Hundred can have a whole month to itself. Reminder, to anyone chasing a target at any level..

He faced zero balls. As much of a hero Woakes is generally the adulation he’s got for this is just a damning indictment of today’s extremely delicate youth. Merry Christmas.

Finally we’ve got some proper cricket to watch. Carnage in the metrobank as some old duffer drops his newspaper

What happens here Bears ? Clearly a six, given as 2

The reason Maxwell is so good at these, professional athletes everywhere, is because he practices them all the time. Nothing in the rules preventing all you idiots who can’t catch from practicing all the time too.

Being none down and fifteen under your first 25 line is what you get when you have two geriatrics opening the batting isn’t it, Hundred, you appalling callus on the aids-ridden toe of cricket

Super Original Giant Manchesters I reckon

Have an upgrade on Joe Clarke for any side thick enough to give him the gloves at a fraction of the cost

Think that’s the first time a keeper has been worth -20 versus a giant teddy bear in the long and glittering history of the Hundred

This is my favourite ever 2 minutes of cricket. Cameraman/director should’ve done so much better, these are the moments you wait for

Jacob Bethell's recent scores (most recent first) Hundred 8 (8), 0-fer 1 (2), 0-fer 5 (7) Test 11 runs & 0 wickets and contender for worst innings of 2025 with his 5 (31) then bowled slogging T20 7 (4), 0-fer 13 (10), 0-fer 6 (4) Result- made captain of England.

Watched 7 balls of the CPL, good to see it’s not changed at all. So far we’ve had 7 wides, an international cricketer misfield the ball so badly he didn’t even touch it and it went for four (he’s still laughing) and Evin Lewis, once again, is injured. That’s quite enough.

Catches very much win matches don’t they everyone

The difference between the good Klaasen and the bad Klaasen is right up there with the biggest ever, bit like with Pollard

9 off 12 then 41 off 13

Continuing to make Joe Clarke wicket keeper and asking him to stand up to the stumps I see, how’s that going

Amazing how different ‘sport brain’ and ‘other stuff brain’ can be

Mood