Huh, maybe I should give the others a go then. I read the first two last year and thought they were awful

Red them all last year, really enjoyed them. Can’t wait for the next one later this year

Ha, I’m surprise how well Crawley has done. Although he’s usually woeful so it doesn’t take much.

That’s a good shout though, Crawley for Bairstow.

The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis, it drew me for the first 70 or so pages, then it’s pretty slow for the next 250

Stokes not being able to bowl makes it tricky; so probably be a straight swap Bairstow for Foakes

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
• Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean by Morten A. Strøksnes
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Chaos Monkeys was pretty good, he came across as an asshole but still enjoyed it

Been buying from Rave for a couple of years, I get their Discovery subscription. It’s always excellent

https://ravecoffee.co.uk/

England seems like a mates club now. Foakes’ face doesn’t fit, or he’s pissed them off somehow…. Presumably by not playing golf.

There’s a lemmy football bot being developed, I don’t know if that helps with this at all

https://github.com/janschlatter/feddit-matchbot

Incredible batting from the Dutch to win and go through to the World Cup

Not surprised Jimmy has been rested

There’s third wave, I’ve never used them so can’t say whether it’s any good

https://thirdwavewater.com

Foakes should be playing anyway he’s a much better keeper. Bairstow probably cost England the first test with his poor stump work.

I think Ali’s going to play at Headingley but he will be in for a bowler.

Not surprising he’s out; assume Lawrence will be coming in which…. Well yeah we’ll see

School level cricket from Bairstow there

Incredible catch

KP is a dick but he wasn’t the only one to suggest this. Athers said on comms that Ponting had suggested the same thing to him. Whether it was tongue in check by Ponting who knows

When was the last time England went into a home test without a frontline spinner?

Reminds me of Freddy Flintoff and Brett Lee