Jmothecat2

Yeah I was dual screening it. Tennis on the TV and the All4 app on the iPad, that cut out just before the final ball of the England innings proper because it got to 7pm and the scheduled programme changed so the app turned off the stream. Got it back on just in time to see the 'out' graphic on the big screen.

That's the most excited I've been by cricket since the last time it was shown on C4

Really gutted for New Zealand. Can't think of a crueller way of losing.

Well that was some final.

Advantage England but it really feels this next few overs are crucial. It's this sort of situation where you just want them to get themselves in but as that's not the 'England way' I've a horrible sense there's a chance they might throw their wickets away. Hopefully the gravity of the match sobers them a little.

Exactly this sort of situation that worries me. Well bowled by New Zealand to get one of the openers out before they've settled. Hopefully Root can form a partnership with Bairstow. Get to 10 overs without losing another wicket and I'll feel confident Bairstow will hang around a bit.

Williamson on now. Feels like the real battle now.

Say what you like about McInnes but I couldn't imagine him coming out with a statement like that after missing out on a signing.

Fantastic news. Best manager of my lifetime, happy to see him sign an extension.

Australia really hate Edgbaston.

Oats in the bath worked well for my two, who had chickenpox a few weeks ago. It wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated it, the baby breezed through it and apart from being a bit sleepier and covered in spots, didn't change at all. Our oldest was a bit more noticeably ill but she seemed happy to have an excuse to sit and watch CBeebies for longer than we usually let her.

Is he that Rangers fan who pretends to support Hearts, who was convinced Sir Derek was going to the ****?

The exciting aspect is that England could not qualify, or win the next three by a distance and neither scenario would surprise me.

Very good start by England. Bairstow is a better player partnering Roy. I wonder if England should almost become a bat-first team whatever the conditions when they win the toss. I automatically feel more confident when they are batting first.

On the one hand that is what has put England to the stage they are now, going into a World Cup as favourites. The difference between this side and the ODI team from four years ago is night and day. The problem is they've gone so far into this mindset of playing aggressive shots that sometimes they don't play the constitutions or situation all that well. They almost seem to have an all or nothing mindset with it. As if they believe if they take it easy and try to just rotate the strike and play some old fashioned one day cricket to get themselves in, form a partnership, frustrate the bowlers then they will inevitably go back to the state they were in four years ago.