die hard doonhamer

Ben Stokes that is ludicrously good

I’d argue it was 1 batter that turned it, tbf.

England could actually do this. Did not see them being in the game at all after the first innings, fair play to them.

Outrageous standard. The boy has changed darts, that’s for sure. He’s got me watching every week, which was never the case beforehand.

Atherton and Hussain are two of the best commentators in sport, tbf.

It’s cooled right off, it seems. I’ve just sold up and ended up accepting £11k under the home report (chain free buyer though, which allowed our purchase to go ahead). Seems to be that the vast majority of buyers in the market at the moment are offering with their own house yet to hit the market. Definitely flipped to a buyers market over the last 6-12 months.

Dan Church started at CB in the game he got injured, and then Todd replaced him there when he went off. So not quite!

126 run lead at the close with 4 wickets left. Ollie Pope absolutely outstanding, unbeaten on 148. I didn’t expect this game to last beyond today.

I think even another 70-80 could be interesting. The Foakes wicket showed that it’s starting to do some interesting things in terms of variable bounce. Won’t be a nice track to bat last on.

100 for Pope. England leading by 53 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Current partnership between Pope and Foakes is key.

Lando Norris signs a “multi-year” extension with McLaren. He was already contracted to 2025, so it will take him to at least 2027, and I guess probably further.

Little surprised he’s done it straight away. Totally understand it though.

BBC seem to think it’s through to 2029, another 5 year extension.

That’s certainly how my mortgage works, but not every one is the same.

No, we wouldn’t have. If we had gone through we’d have been home to Ayr, and the cheeks would have been up against each other.

I just had to retrieve our trampoline from the middle of the street. Dismantled it to stop any risk of it repeating the trick. Thankfully it didn’t hit/damage anything.

Bit breezy out there, tbf

Why does this annoy you? The NFL has a pretty big following here these days, it’s newsworthy stuff for a lot of people.

Rory with 2 very good putts on 8 & 9 to go in to the last 9 with a 3 shot lead from Cam Young, who is another 2 clear from the next 4.

Edin-burg

Does laser eye surgery count? There’s obviously a huge practical benefit to it (which was the main reason I had it done), but not wanting to wear glasses definitely has a vanity element to it.

I think frustrated is the right word. I gave that one away, which has been a common theme in my last few games, annoyingly. Thanks for the game.

She’s not wrong, tbf.

The logic was that it was in festive packaging and didn’t have a date on it, so must have been in there for ages. The fact it was in a cupboard we use every day and she hadn’t seen it before clearly didn’t occur to her.

I bought a 2 pack of yumyums from Greggs at lunch time. Had one at lunch, hid the other in a cupboard so the kids didn’t find it so I could have it later. Come home and she’s found it and chucked it in the bin. I’m raging.