Tongue and J-Overton have struggled for rhythm today. Should have played more 50-over cricket in the build-up.

SUMMER ISSUE .🏏Paul Edwards on outgrounds.🏏@GeorgeDobell1: Stats don’t do Stokes justice.🏏In ‘the making of Jamie Smith’, @huwzat talks to teachers, coaches, admirers.🏏@derekpringle It’s time to return to 3-day cricket.🏏England head of comms @dannyreuben explains his role.

The Final Test today. For those concerned about the future of red-ball cricket.

RT @Gloscricket: Coming soon. 𝑯𝒖𝒘 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 at the Towergate Cheltenham Cricket Festival! 🎙️. Tom Smith and David Graveney OBE joined @huwzat….

Another off the bucket list: Cheltenham. Lunchtime talk with David Graveney and Tom Smith (Gloucestershire left-arm spinners, former and current). Read about this and other wonderful outgrounds in the next issue of @TheCricketerMag (Sept)

This is why the modern Test schedule is not fit for purpose. Sides should be fielding their strongest XIs, i.e Bumrah, Archer etc. The rest period between England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v India 🇮🇳 4th and 5th Tests totally inadequate. What are we doing to Test cricket? Utter folly

Now it's the obligatory/exploratory over of spin before lunch.

DT has just said the old Illy adage that if you stick the oppo in, you need 3 wickets by lunch.

Enjoying listening to Jonathan Doidge and Dave Townsend @YorkshireCCC v @SussexCCC at Scarbados. A chance to showcase the photo I took last week.

RT @TheCricketerMag: Yorkshire have one of the best outgrounds on the circuit at their disposal, but their position in County Championship….

RT @TheCricketerMag: Heading to Cheltenham for @Gloscricket v @Middlesex_CCC on Wednesday?. Come along for a very special live episode of @….

Heresy if true - the Originals are one of sport's great institutions.

I envy those lucky people who are going to spend the next 4 days watching @YorkshireCCC v @SussexCCC at Scarborough - enjoy! My preview.

I know opinions are like noses*, everyone has 1, so here's mine:.Sundar & Jadeja were within their rights to reach 100s.There was even something to be said with them wearing England out for a few more overs.England's reaction didn't look good.(*Word changed on grounds of taste).

This is not a date to row back from!

* Archie Vaughan will now know how to bowl if/when he encounters a big turner on the subcontinent.

* Ahmedabad Joe Root 5 for 8.

India don’t get punished for producing a bunsen at Hyderabad; leave Somerset alone. Different pitches add to the rich tapestry of the game.

In the 1980s, Illy would say on the Beeb: "If you're going to stick the opposition in, you need 2 or 3 wickets by lunch to justify it.".Now it's: "How many can we chase in the 4th innings?".Extraordinary evolution.

RT @TheCricketerMag: "It went through the grill and made a neat incision of the skin, a line of crimson appearing instantly.". Profiling th….