ICC Trophy and England's Summer Tests

[Yozza]

163 - for 4 wickets

Amla gone for 83... great knock

[Yozza]

173 - for 5

De Kock gone....

[Yozza]

173 - for 6

Falling apart now...

[captainfog]

It's been a massively successful start of the Summer for England. Semi Finalists of Champions Trophy (losing to eventual winners) and comprehensively beating SA in T20, 50 Overs and Test Match series. Bring on the Windies.

[Shaggy]

South Africa are ****ing **** though aren't they. No idea what they have coming through but that batting line up is bad.

[dww]

It's a decent summer - still a lot of questions at the top of the order. I'd just bring back Hales at least he provided entertainment.

Moeen is great.

[Cormack74]

No Jennings for the WI series. Hardly a surprise and definitely the right thing to do.

[Pedenj]

Definitely the right call - Stoneman deserves his chance, certainly earned it.

Can't wait until we are talking about who will replace him in a few months.

[Cormack74]

So how's this day nighter going to go?

The suggestion is that wickets fall when it gets dimpsy but this wasn't the case in the county championship games played in this format a month or so ago.

Bit surprised they haven't brought Woakes back on his home ground but presumably they don't want to drop TRJ after his Oval performance.

[ChesterDave]

They were chatting a bit on 5live this evening.

Typically the pink ball games have seen high scores supporting suggestions it gets a bit rubbish for bowlers after a session. However, with a new ball after 80, overs they were also speculating it could force early decs so teams can have a go at the end of the day rather than risk batting when 7 or 8 down.

Whatever the case... I'm there for Friday and Saturday

[Yozza]

'What is going on?'

That wily sage Paul Collingwood didn't mince his words when asked about the pink ball.

"It will do all sorts in the first 10 overs and then it becomes this soft as plastic thing that you can't hit that doesn't deviate off anywhere," he said.

"It's shocking. It feels like plastic when you hit it. Apparently they don't like using [Australian manufactured] Kookaburras in England because of the weather.

"I played in one four-day game against Worcestershire and the opening batsman was laughing.

"The ball wasn't even coming off the bat. It's just totally different. It was like 'what is going on?'"

Sounds, er, promising...

[ChesterDave]

Stoneman gone

[captainfog]

Another opener, another failure haha

[Yozza]

F*** sake

[captainfog]

Tbf it was an amazing delivery. Swung in and then seamed away.