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I learnt today that possession stats in football are not to do with amount of time spent on the ball, but instead percentage of completed passes in the game. And apparently it's been like that for years

my original plan was to leave most the stuff in the flat but because it'd been on the market so long, we'd finally found someone and they didn't want the furniture so in order for them to take it, we decided to remove it all. So now my dad's garage is full of furniture

just seen this story. terrible news. Had you ever been to that museum?

yes. but I don't like to pay attention to those, much like FIFA rankings.

one of. At home, India are very hard to beat. When it comes to playing away, especially England, we rarely win a series. India, South Africa, England are probably the top 3, any given order.

it's a shame this test wasn't won as no doubt the 5th test would have been intense and potential to be one of the all-time great test matches given the quality in each side. I said on another site that without Kohli, we would have been embarrassed more so than we were 4 years ago. He's the only one who's mastered these conditions and as you say, if it wasn't Pujara or Rahane supporting, barely anyone else would. No-one else would make a stand or resist the English bowling attack. At times, England were there for the taking - they have Curran to thank for 2 of the tests; this one and the Edgbaston one moreso. What a player he'll be. Could have been a totally different scoreline both in the individual matches and series if we got him out early. There's little disciple and patience in this side if the top 4/5 get out. It's very IPL-oriented with the likes of Pant and Pandya in the side. They're not made for tests; while they may be easy on the eye and will come in for cameos with sixes and fours it's sometimes not what you need in tests cos you're bound to get out swinging. Today was the perfect example of emphasis needed to be put on tiring out the bowlers and getting them frustrated while the pitch worked in the bowler's favour. Compare our middle/lower order batsmen to England's - where you have Buttler, Stokes and Curran who can adapt their attacking, aggressive game to a more organised and composes innings. As an aside, it's been a fantastic series to watch and I'm glad to have seen Kohli succeed here. I think personally it would have meant a lot to him but losing the series would have hurt as he seems to have worked on his game so much. Just hope he can end this tour on a high with a win in the next match. I'm going on the first day on Friday so hopefully we see some good cricket! There's been a rollercoaster of emotions on this tour for both sides and at times it's been enthralling to watch.

yep!

might just have been me but looked like Bottas moved in towards Max

ah there we go. Hamilton takes the lead with 8 laps to go.

Bottas taking his own track

to be fair, it'd be impressive for Hamilton to win from here considering Raikkonen has the better-performing car. Fluctuating between 0.5 & 1sec behind Kimi with 10 laps to try and turn it around...

New engine for Ricciardo not doing so well...

absolutely disgusting from Mercedes, risking lives of the pit crew just to put off Raikkonen.

engine failure.

No further action following Vettel and Hamilton. As expected and understandable decision.

Go on KIMI

overtakes Hamilton

That looks like no-ones fault. Racing line collision? Neither cars got forced off the track.

Hamilton and Vettel collide

Happy with that. What a great decision that is from Leclerc.

3 down in the first session. Disappointing, again. Relying on Kohli, again. Struggling in a 4th innings chase, again.

A red card in each of the Old Firm and East Anglian derbies - 11/1 A goal in both halves of all the Serie A games - 45/1

Yeah we need some good stands to save this match. Can't just rely on Kohli and Pujara. On a wicket that will turn as well can't imagine us holding out. Need to get Broad and Anderson out quickly tomorrow morning though.