Well, this took a turn:

Richard Hadlee’s biggest fan?

Plot spoiler:

The ECB right now:

The England team are trolling Rob Key:

From this angle, you can really see the slope at Lord’s:

The fields for Harry Brook’s bowling at Edgbaston. He bowled very well, fwiw:

Charity dinner tickets available now:

Bless you:

‘One glass of wine over dinner’:

Goodness! Heavens! May God have mercy! Nothing to see here. Delete as appropriate. Here’s the pitch at Adelaide Oval.

Not quite the pics of the Adelaide Oval I was hoping for from my window seat…

2 hours to go:

England’s Sunday in 30 seconds:

England’s day in 30 seconds:

The Gabba: dramatic already…

If you’re just waking in England, this should just about cover all you need to know:

Like Christmas morning:

England’s day in Perth:

You (unless you’re Usman Khawaja) probably want to see Mark Wood coming through training just fine again, don’t you?

Day one highlights:

Stokes’ 4th; Rehan caught on the boundary:

Stokes strikes in his first over:

Teams for warmup gave. Brydon Carse absent due to illness:

Hello from Perth. Reckon it’s drifted even further away:

I was thinking more (but I guess we’re not short of options):

Halloween in Australia:

Happy birthday to my friend @elizabethammon.bsky.social whose healthy diet remains an inspiration: