Enjoyable day at the Oval yesterday for the Hundred. I still don't get why we needed another competition with 20 fewer balls per team, but it made for an entertaining day. The women's match went down to the last ball. The mens was a walkover, with Oval Invincibles battering their way to a rapid win.

"Oh THAT Susan"

Ahhhh, the unique triple back heel manoeuvre. Way ahead of his time. #lufc

"Breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner*,
you're the one who is the winner"

*all on one plate, by the looks of it

Yep, lost that (7-3 on aggregate?), and then lost to Southampton at the same stage the following season. Bastards. #lufc

This one. November 1977 apparently. #lufc

Was it the previous season when we were the blue shorts there? I always thought that was the classic away kit combo. #lufc

18 today (her, not me).

And again #lufc

See also "blasts", "slams" and "stuns".

I don't understand the need for it. But clearly some people do - given that they have paid £100m for the franchises. Hey ho.

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with his mouth open . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with his mouth open .

Watching the Hundred on BBC2 - not seen it before. Did somebody think T20 was too traditional and we needed something a bit more jazzy?

Interviewing a player while the match is going on is a new one on me. #TheHundred

ME:

First five minutes of the film were brilliant. But it's all downhill from there. Not recommended, sadly. #TheNakedGun

Ha, cheers Dave. Apparently me wanting them to show some consideration to the neighbours (in terms of late night noise) makes me "not the party vibe". Fair cop!
Hope you're all having a great holiday away from windswept Britain.

It's our youngest child's 18th birthday later this week, and she's having her party tonight. Being the grumpy and embarrassing dad, I have been banished from the house.

So I have come to the pictures to see Liam Neeson deadpan his way through the latest Police Squad movie. #TheNakedGun

Banger

Just spent half an hour on hold to a call centre and the music sounded very much like the refrain from "Here's Where the Story Ends". Which almost made it bearable. For the first minute or so.

Currently watching The Likely Lads film. Never seen it before. Big fan of the TV show but this is sensationally bad.

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I won't be there, so I don't really care, but I hope whoever's doing it chooses something uplifting. Reaching is a tremendous shout. I'd support Altogether Now by the Farm; Ceremony by New Order and Reach for Love by Marcel King.

And now it's Junior Giscombe, y'all. #totp82

Professor Martha Lady doing her best Claudia Brucken on that #totp82 performance of Party Fears Two.

#lufc

Shilton completely missing a simple clearance you say? #bigmatchrevisited

"Would you like some botulism with that?"

Saw a thing with Strachan on FB this morning - hardest player he played with: Batty; hardest player he played against: Stuart Pearce.