Same team apart from Whittingham in for Evans. Tomlinson might be on bench with Harper not available

Much better bowling and batting by England. Malan look good and played sensible. Root inning was good. Need him to get a big score now

I rather watch most sports than normal daytime tv. Watch alot of boxsets on sky tv aswell I dont disagree with the county cricket on tv but it can be boring at times. Which might put people off. If test cricket was on normal tv for one test surely it would be best if it was during the 6 weeks holiday for kids. Get kids involved then. The ECB didnt do enough to get kids and adults more involved after 2005. But I fell out of favour with my local club in 2004 as the club wasnt run correctly and certain people kids got special treatment cos they were on the board or gave money to the club. Alot of clubs are run this way. Sad but trie

Ticket prices are out of control and the ECB need to drop the prices.. A hour highlights is enough for me when I used to work days and some of time listen to the radio 5 live coverage aswell. Cos I couldnt spend all night watching 2 or 3 hours highlights. Working nights will allow me to watch some of the day play. I can watch a hour highlights on my phone when on dinner. Would county cricket be popular to watch? I barely watch 20twenty cricket as I actually prefer test cricket myself

Decent record. Organised the team and that what Hull City need is a manager/head coach to organise them properly. Adkins the clear favourite tho. Kept them up didnt he? Wasnt it Coyle who took them down?

Some poor batting today by Cook, Vince, Root, Ali. All could have played better shots. @Mattyblue I have no problems with Cricket being on Sky as their coverage is first class and some great commentators. But during our summer of cricket there is highlights on channel 5. But this ashes series is on bt sport who bought the Austrailia cricket rights for the UK a couple of years ago and I believe double what Sky was paying for them. Crazy cos they probably arent getting enough viewers to funds these deals. There is highlights on their website available for free but Nothing on tv. Which is unacceptable and I dont see they cant show free highlights on bt showcase on freeview and sky so every cricket fan can see some cricket for free. I work nights so I listen to the cricket coverage on radio 5 live extra which is decent but not like watching it on tv. But I not going to 26 pounds extra a month to watch it. I wont pay it for the football coverage so wont for cricket. I spent over 100 pounds for sky and everything they offered. Very good quality in my opinion and family opinion

cant see Pulis taking the Hull City job. Lambert not interested according to Alan Nixon. Megson would be a decent choice but Adkins still odds on and it has been reported that he been at the last few Hull City games

Hull City sack Leonid Slutsky

Well he is right tbh. Sunderland under Short have been going downhill for years. Expect Coleman to go for 3 or 4 players he knows from Wales days

Why would he be under pressure?

Dont you support Man City now? Was a Rovers fan but swap teams. Not a real Rovers fan.

Give it a rest Vinjay. You bored of City now. Haha

Its good that Mowbray is attending these guys. Did Tomlinson play? If so.how did he play? How did Mansell play? Its time that Wharton, Travis, Doyle starting coming through

Gutted

Grayson sacked

Whittingham has never been that type of player tbh. very harsh to say worst signing for this league. how was Graham's performance?

certain players attitude need seriously questioning and need dropping ward, Williams, Graham for a start. Whittingham need to improve

Stokes need to be part of the Ashes squad otherwise we dont have a really chance.

Official squad is Cook Stoneman Vince Root Malan Stokes Bairstow Ali Woakes Anderson Board Ball C.Overton Foakes Crane Ballance. Collingwood will be part of the England coaching staff. Plus ex Kiwi Bowler Shane Bond will join coaching staff for 1st 2 Ashes staff

Its appears that Vince and Ballance have been selected for the Ashes squad. Plus Crane and Craig Overton. From the Sun website. Announcement official is tomorrow

Lancashire CCC have appointed Paul Allott as Director of cricket Plus made 2 signings today. Keaton Jennings on 4 years contract and Graeme Onions on a 2 years contract

Rhodes played for Huddersfield in league 1 6 years ago not 4 years. Howe has turned him into a really good player for Bournemouth and Howe deserved credit for that. shame either Appleton and Bowyer couldn't get a proper tune out of this player. Like I said before I think Rhodes will be abit player for the rest of his career and will not develop into the striker he should have done after leaving Rovers. Until he moves to a club where he is the main striker and the team is set up for him he will never score double figures in terms of goals per season. was surprise that Carvalho was given a new contract last summer. was a lot of rumours of a manager change there

Career achievements? King is playing PL football regulary. Rhodes isnt and wont. King bring pace, movement and Goals. Rhodes brings just goals. Rhodes better than we got now. He is slow player and would he suit the league 1?. No pace, slow, weak at holding the ball up. Would Mowbray want that in a striker? Rhodes isnt playing regular now cos he isnt the best at the club and 4th or 5th striker at Sheff Wed. Going there was massive mistake. His last 2 career clubs moves have been awful and chase the big pay day

King is the better striker and thats he is playing at a higher level and starting games and scoring goals. Rhodes is on the bench at a championship club.

King is 1 goal in 3 games for his club. What Rhodes's record in the same period? If he that good why is behind 3 strikers at Sheff Wed then?