The brutal truth of England's #Ashes humbling? Australia are simply a much better side - @benwisden.bsky.social www.wisden.com/series/austr...

Yeah, fine margins, key moments etc. But also, six-nil, fuck off www.wisden.com/series/austr...

It doesn’t really matter, but a weird thing about how over rate penalties work is that if England had bowled out New Zealand in 5.2 overs fewer in either innings, they wouldn’t have received any penalty at all. In the second, NZ’s last wicket batted for 12.5 overs. Fine margins

I make Jacob Bethell's 37-ball half-century the joint second fastest debut Test history ever. The one in first, and the other in joint second, both came for New Zealand against England #NZvENG

Brydon Carse. Old-ball wickets. Silly sixes. Properly good www.wisden.com/series/new-z...

What if no one catches out Harry Brook ever again? Is there a plan in place for that?

If England's batters had got out the way New Zealand's have today, people would have things to say

Jasprit Bumrah is now averaging less than 20 with the ball in Tests. Only one other bowler in the history of Test cricket (SF Barnes) has taken 150 wickets at a sub-20 average

The wait for a Test hundred by a West Indies opener in an innings in which Kraigg Brathwaite didn't make a ton goes on. The most recent instance was Chris Gayle's 101 against Zimbabwe in March 2013 #WIvBAN

I can finally post this: Brad Hogg has a higher first-class batting average than Ben Stokes

This week's Patreon extra with @benwisden.bsky.social and @philwisden.bsky.social. Abu Dhabi T10. Saving Test cricket. Reviving the ODI World Cup Super League. Scrapping bonus points. Warwickshire 's '04 title win. Craig White. www.patreon.com/posts/8-nove...

This went up the other day, might be worth a tinkle. My summer with Brian www.wisden.com/cricket-news...

Follow Phil, obviously

Here we go then, my first bluey. Long may we reign. In keeping with the new kindness, here's a picture of our cat, Johnny.

I’ve found a really good* cricket stat, but I can only post it after this week’s Patreon ep goes live. So stick around

Podding tomorrow with Mark Butcher and @benwisden.bsky.social - any questions?!

🗣️ "Oh no... I've screwed this up here..." 😂😂 Blind ranking Test batters 👀