That must have been around the same time he was interviewed for TV and radio by Paul Weller - PW said it was the only time he has ever been in awe of another artist (and he has played with just about everyone).

James Taylor - Something In The Way She Moves

Andy Fairweather Low - Wide Eyed and Legless

The Style Council - One Nation Under a Groove

Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train

He was fine at no 3 before he was captain and seeing as he isn’t captain any longer he’ll be fine there again.

The Specials - Do Nothing

Root should be number 3.

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

And yet moving him to 3 contributed to us winning the game, because Brook would likely not have scored 75 batting at 3.

Buddy Holly - True Love Ways

A couple of pals of mine played in the Weller band that supported Blur at Wembley Stadium at the weekend. One of them is a Bristol Rovers fan and we regularly have a bit of footie banter. His latest is “I’ve played at the ‘new’ Wembley before Blackburn Rovers have”. 😨 Weller has big bollocks for not playing a ‘greatest hits’ set in that situation, which is one of the many things that sets him apart from his peers in this observer’s opinion. ✊🏻💥

John Lennon - Working Class Hero

Snap - Rhythm Is a Dancer

The Jam - It’s Too Bad

They are very stubborn. That is the kindest thing I can think of to say about Foakes’s omission.

Chris Woakes is a terrific cricketer in English conditions. It has been a magnificent series so far and both teams deserve immense credit. There’s hardly been a dull moment.

We don’t half make it hard work for ourselves. It’s like watching Rovers

Lionel Richie - Dancing On the Ceiling

The Stone Roses - Fool’s Gold

He’s averaging about 40 in this series against the best side in the world

Harsh

The Housemartins - The Mighty Ship

The difficulty for England today will be when the Aussies start the short pitched stuff. Unless they attack it will dry the runs up, which could lead to frustration, but it will tire out the bowlers, and there is more than enough time left in the game to just play normally and punish the bad ball. It’s still a lightning quick outfield so there will be full value for good shots. The ‘Bazball’ approach is what has put us in a position to play normally and win the game from here, as it has moved the game along and given us plenty of time. Absolutely no need for any gung ho approach today.

There’s still another day after that though to be fair, so plenty of time really. If they start bowling the short stuff, leave it alone. Duckett needs to live up to his name this time.