It is possible ...

[blamebrampton]

... that there is a god, and he or she really likes Alastair Cook. Being a lovely lad, Cook expressed sympathy to Beer, who had no-balled his potential first test wicket.

It's all a bit exciting today!

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[17catherines.livejournal.com]

It is! And I did enjoy Australia's tail end efforts earlier - finally, some Australians playing proper cricket... though with the bowlers getting some of the highest scores today, one is left wondering why we bother having specialist batsmen...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest they might be good at fielding, but they're not, really ...

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

No. The English, though, have been doing some beautiful fielding - I've noticed this a lot in the last couple of weeks...

(still, there's nothing I enjoy more in cricket than a tail that wags - invariably puts me on the side of whoever is batting, regardless of my normal cricketing affiliations)