Excellent from Matt and Neil on affordability checks and problem gambling. A must watch for anybody with strong opinions on the subject, especially those on the left.

Yet another empty stadium. It's hard to be in any way positive about the Champions Trophy!

Interesting catching technique from Gareth Delany!

That's a pretty dreadful PP. The bowling was poor and the batting even worse. Not convinced things will get much more interesting anytime soon given the way Pakistan usually approach overs 10-30

Johnathan Campbell is captaining Zimbabwe on debut! When was the last time that happened in a Test match? @zaltzcricket.bsky.social @awsstats.bsky.social

Well done to Usman Khawaja, pity he seems to be a lone voice among prominent cricketers when it comes to the sacking of Peter Lalor

Peter Lalor was sacked by SEN halfway through the first Test between Aus and SL for retweeting support for Palestinians and it's barely got a mention. Here's hoping some solidarity is shown by the fellow cricket writers at Cricinfo and @thecricketer.com by covering this cricket.one/who-said-wha...

Triple wicket maiden!!

We're well beyond the embarrassing stage for this England W side and into humiliation. Predictable thrashing for a complacent and thin skinned side but I didn't expect to lose 16-0 and the wheels to come off to this extent. Hopefully brings a much needed reality check and top to bottom changes

Giving rich people paying into their private pensions tax relief at the higher rate costs the government £23.6bn a year. The current Chancellor Rachel Reeves could pay relief at just the basic rate and pay freezing pensioners their fuel allowance eight times over. #toughchoices

Alex Hartley was spot on when she said this originally and I'm glad she's doubled down on it. The fitness of the England womens cricket team is well below what's needed at this level and part of the reason their fielding has been embarrassing for some time now www.espncricinfo.com/story/alex-h...

Great video from Jarrod breaking down recent match fixing claims in the BPL. I trade numerous competitions a year and there's a reason the BPL is the only one I won't touch. In previous years the betting markets were like a script that would nearly always play out, seems this year is no different

That was the best innings I've seen on debut for some time from Lhuan-dre Pretorius, deserved a 100. Absolutely destroyed a strong bowling attack on a tricky Paarl pitch. He's only 18, got some future ahead of him.

Fair play Tom Rogers, that was a sensational innings!

7 overs of spin gone for 45/4, 8 overs of seam 106/0. About to start the 16th over, the game is lost and he's still got 5 overs of spin available to bowl. Alex Ross not going to be winning any captaincy awards anytime soon.

Rohit dropped??

Oh Bavuma, what have you done

Glad they've made it nice and simple

Anybody know why Melbourne's ground looks like it's just held a motocross event and then been ploughed?

What on earth is going on in the Big Bash! No ball tracking but players allowed to review LBWs, where the 3rd umpire has a look and guesses if the ball was going onto hit the stumps. Can't make this up!

In general I don't mind when a T20 team sacrifices batting depth at 9 & 10 to play their better bowlers but when Riley Meredith and Billy Stanlake are batting in the 8th over of a game it's hard not to laugh

The umpiring in this SA v Eng womens Test has been beyond farcical, literally making the rules up as they go along. Hard to see how they can umpire another international game any time soon, you'd think if that happened in a men's game they wouldn't. SA can consider themselves incredibly unlucky.

There's village cricket and then there's what Nonkululeko Mlaba just did. The perfect example of looking like you've never held a cricket bat before.

Another thriller in Zimbabwe, I always prioritise their home games when there are multiple matches on and they rarely disappoint. Hopefully at some point this winter will be game involving India, Australia or England that's half as tense or back & forth as what Zimbabwe serve up on a weekly basis

Final ball of the game: 4 runs to win for Tasmania 1 wicket needed for a SA win Anything else and it's a draw File under brain fart

Very impressive series win for Ireland women, not sure many saw that coming after the ODIs!

Death, taxes and Zimbabwe batting collapses. Prior to today their last 3 T20s they lost 8/20, 8/31 and 8/67. And today, seemingly coasting to victory at 73/1 (chasing 132) they lose 7 for 58, only for Maposa to come in and smash 12 off 4 balls to get them home with a ball and 2 wickets to spare!

Rashid Khan continues to be a role model on and off the pitch

Remember that time Gregg Wallace tried to dabble in cricket management and had to resign? #GreggWallace

there’s a cricket tournament happening in Guyana right now. but it’s not really about cricket. it’s about oilfields, Russia and India, and a heated border dispute stretching back to (at least) 1899. this week’s column. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/d...

No doubt Tymal Mills has been the bowler of the T10, back to his absolute best, great to see

Tom Latham signed for the Bears for next season (all formats). Excellent signing for the county championship, not convinced for the Blast but I guess financially it makes sense to have someone there the whole summer and just get 1 specialist T20 overseas player in

Shot!

I wonder how many times WG Grace played this shot

43 Test matches this year and the only draw was when the game was abandoned without a ball being bowled... I'm all for it, I know many aren't!

Sure enough Dasun Shanaka comes on and concedes 30 runs off his first 3 balls with 5 no balls, including the one pictured below I've reported players and games to the ICC before and they just ignore me. Calling the fix in advance then naming and shaming the players when it happens is all you can do

Delhi Bulls were 2.4 after losing the toss, then money came pouring in for them just before the start to force them down to 1.8. Batting first they're 18/2 after 3 overs but a full 30 ticks shorter than their start price at 1.5! Looking forward to watching how the fix plays out and who is involved

Salt bowled 2nd ball. Niall O'Brien can't hide his disappointment that he only had time to get through 3 Dad jokes

It's finally happened, Phil Salt and Michael Pepper opening the batting. The commentators barely able to contain their excitement over the number of salt and pepper jokes they can fit in during this opening partnership

Fair play chasing 143 in 10 overs with 5 balls to spare. The market game them no chance.

Hardly subtle!

T10 doing a good job of cleaning up it's imagine I see. I've seen some no balls in my time but this has to be the biggest.

Few people I enjoy watching bat more than Andries Gous. Add Sunil Narine to the list of bowlers he's taken down in the last couple of years. I wonder what he's doing late May to mid July. He'd be playing for @warwickshireccc.bsky.social if I had anything to do with it!

Lyndon Hannibal couldn't give this a no ball quick enough, Luke Wood hadn't even let go of the ball!

Honestly don't think England have ever had a 20 year old this good at white ball cricket. He missed a fair few months through injury as well just as he was finding his feet, imagine where he'd be otherwise!

Spent 3 years saying Jacob Bethell was the best talent I'd seen at Edgbaston since Ian Bell. I needn't have bothered with the last 3 words.