The Silver Fern

@Smudge Trying to block you because your posts are uniformly boring and smug.

I can't remember finding any posts of yours funny, informative or thought-provoking. Just arrogant, sarcastic bollocks.

It turns out you are a Global Moderator so I can't.

Sparky out (for a bit) then. A shame because there are lots of other fantastic posters here. Just not you.

Lando Norris is 2025 Formula One World Champion!

He finished just two points ahead of Max Verstappen.

@NTA Freddie Flintoff, coach of England Lions, and Graeme Swann, in charge of the MCC Young Cricketers Patheay, are the former players waiting in the wings. But neither has been in post for that long.

McCullum claims England were over prepared.

Absolute clown.

A master class from Mitchell Starc and Alex Carey in this game.

Australia professional as ever. Not their best team we've seen but full of fighters and with enough quality and consistency.

England chaotic and short of good players.

England might win a Test. They might draw one.

But they are a weaker team in every conceivable respect.

Despite some fight today, they are being dominated.

All over. Finished with a six.

Australia 2 England 0

Three to play.

Australia with one hand on the Ashes and eyeing up a whitewash.

England's field placements are just bizarre.

Both sides need 8.

Smith hits Archer for six.

Smith is smashing them around the ground.

Aussie need 15 to win.

70 more runs and England would have been right in this.

England get a couple of wickets. Too little, too late?

Aussie need 24 runs, England 8 more wickets.

@reprobate Every Silverfern Match thread for a long time has been pointing out how bad our kicking from hand has been and more recently how passive how defence is.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the obvious flaws in the AB's game.

Lord Botham not holding back on England's shambolic approach to these Tests.

Australia are going to knock these off in double quick time.

Great news for England. They will be able to get a full round of Golf in tomorrow.

At least England are going to make Australia bat again. It's not been a total capitulation.

9 wins from 10 by Aston Villa in the league. Last time we achieved that was December 1919.

Very happy days.

The full Mo Salah interview:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cze8rnx4g7go