" Roger(Federer) was my biggest rival. But unfortunately he didn't consider it a rivalry because he always won." -Andy Roddick

Absolute scenes at the fan park in Lisbon when they equalised

This is what the world looks like from the POV of tech CEOs.

Thanks to Jones and Wyatt-Hodge for rectifying a wrong, and removing an Aussie from the top of the Edgbaston leaderboard

this view, in the sun, is one of the few things which makes me homesick 🤩

South Africa and Australia need to swap kits. I don't make the rules.

I keep proposing at my company that any feature request should be paired with a request to remove an equivalent feature. Every time I bring it up, people look at me like I've suggested sacrificing first borns.

And that is why you should always try to lose a wicket on the final ball #EngvInd

So Amy Jones plays one good innings at number three, picked there likely as a gap filler, so she's now competing in the top order? Why is Capsey not afforded the same treatment? Little has really changed regarding DWH, Jones, et al., so why a change of approach? Feels like muddled thinking 🤷

rested? She's scored one competitive run from seven competitive deliveries this month Domestic form aside, Wyatt-Hodge has 5 scores <=5 in her past 7 T20Is, including three ducks! She needs game time

ASTON VILLA HAVE WON THE EUROPA LEAGUE! #AVFC

“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

when six Prime Ministers in a row have an increasingly worse approval rating, maybe it's not a reflection of the Prime Minister?

Indeed. The reasons why football and hockey (ice, then field) are the greatest sports is also why they are the silliest: that they are the only games where you can be properly robbed.

The British public are wrong www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Maybe cricket journos should start asking Stokes what negatives he’s going to take from these performances.

BBC ensuring people wake up in a panic

Slightly problematic trend forming Men: Aus 2015 in Aus, Eng 2019 in Eng, Aus 2023 in Ind Women: Eng 2017 in Eng, Aus 2022 in NZ, Ind 2025 in Ind If we count NZ as Aus (sorry to NZ), it's both worryingly big three and home dominated. Only Travis Head, and about 15mm, has prevented a full house

I understand the need for "time at the wicket", but does 11 runs required really count? Feels like you can get out, but not face enough balls to feel comfortable so no real benefit 🤷 To be fair, I've never faced more than 25 balls in an innings so have no idea

Meeting India in the semi finals would be a pretty poor reward for beating Australia and New Zealand in the next two games. After a slightly deeper look, two very complex games ahead for England. With Aus v SA on Saturday, Eng vs Aus on Wednesday becomes "who wants to play India in the semis"

Jones. Don't reverse sweep. please.

They are to be congratulated for making top of the table with three to play appear so precarious

sorry, the British people can be (roughly) right? We should do this more often. Probably a broken clock situation here.

I want one so much

"a passer-by was struck on the leg" I mean, what?

Honestly, cricket is just delighted to be included

That Davina Perrin innings is still shocking me. Latest: no Hundred innings longer than 17 balls has ever had a higher strike rate www.espncricinfo.com/records/trop...

A Buttler-Klaasen partnership is (quietly) level with a Kohli-de Villiers (RCB) or Tendulkar-de Kock (na). One may question the Hundred, but lets enjoy the best of it.

In all seriousness, if Wiegman doesn't qualify for citizenship, then none of us do.

Wikipedia is arguably the greatest thing humanity has built this century. I'm writing to my MP.

One day someone will look at the big picture. Joe Root averages more in matches against India when Bumrah plays. India have a worse win/loss record when Bumrah plays in away matches*. *no point analysing India's home record, too many wins. #EngvInd

Okay, didn't realise this. He's still ridiculous, but his stats are helped by where he has played. He's only bowled in 87 innings, 60 of those in seamer friendly countries!

didn't want to curse him, but that hundred does ruin a potential claim for Pope. He was nearly at exactly one century against all opponents 🥲 #EngvInd

an inevitability

So glad I brought a TMS-friendly device to work.

Precisely what would make (England) commentators happy? The criticism of the previous regime was an aggressive approach leading to people throwing wickets away, and now we're not content with players building an innings? Same accusation was made of England's men yesterday, and they reached 400!

England last lost consecutive games to the West Indies in 2013. Real chance of a repeat now.

why even bother?

Some serious new ball bowling at Old Trafford from Lancashire against the Blaze. Cross and Gaur looking very tough to face.

Bewildering things today and I’ve only been awake for two hours: IPL suspended American Pope Jason Roy playing county championship Bargain Hunt’s Chuko Ojiri pleads guilty to terrorism related activity Am I actually awake?

There have now been eight successful chases of 290+ run targets in women's List A matches since the start of the 2024/25 season. There had only been four successful chases of that magnitude in the previous 52 years, and just one before 2020.

What a win for @warwickshireccc.bsky.social. 313 is a serious chase. Perrin, Wraith and Ellis 🫡 🐻 Sadly, I only saw the bowling as was too busy losing 0-3 to Schwarz-Weiß Köln

Quite a few international teams have struggled to deal with Jones at Edgbaston! Turns out they needed a swinging Issy Wong. That, or the change of changing rooms 🐻

Loved watching the matches today*. Great quality in the two I followed (also Durham vs Blaze to watch Jones). Having the internationals involved a real bonus, long may it continue. Warwickshire already looking better than I expected 🐻 *sadly missed everything on Wednesday due to having to work 🙃

Just imagine if we win something... 🐻🤦

Bloody hell. I wanted to go to bed. Up the Villa 🤩⚽

Six or it doesn't count! 🤩

Read this thread. What the ICC have done to the Women's ODI World Cup pathway in recent years is a scandal. Women's cricket outside the "traditional" cricket playing nations has never been stronger and yet the ICC cut all but five associate members off from the ODI World Cup pathway.

The penguins have faced him down and the penguins have won.

finally someone recognising the issues of ramping in the women's game. Physics says don't do it! the best men use the ramp against 90+mph bowling where mishits fly for six. It is genuinely challenging for men to be caught in the ring when ramping. Threat of pain might reduce deployment among the men