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I think The Hundred was cobbled together to get round some existing exclusive-to-Sky contracts, so you'd assume the Blast was what it was primarily aimed at.

The format gives you a game that's short enough to play as an evening, post-work*, fixture. But so does T20, which is where the big money, the TV viewership and the brand recognition is worldwide. *based on ABC1 consumers' most common working hours, before we get bored to death by someone who claims to work 25 hours a day, 8 days a week and can barely afford a bottle of Chateau le Chasselet, let alone fancy stuff like cricket tickets.

Watts is down hurt, having done a lot in a very short time since he came on.

Did the French bring a guillotine with them?

Nobody realistically expected greatness; they just hoped for something that didn't cause pain.

Kiraz with a good leap for the try, especially since he's not had a great game so far.

I claim - that's mainly because I think it tempts fate to pick your own side. But also because I thought it was a realistic result.

They've been meddling in Chilean politics for ages, but this applies to a lot of other Central/South American countries too. The third volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire Trilogy tells of the kind of things they got up to across the continent. His book Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent goes into more detail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intervention_in_Chile

Mind you, I did enjoy seeing some less familiar players putting in good performances for the team.

Not helped by him having a second-rower acting as his centre today. The two of them looked disconnected from the start and Melbourne targeted their side relentlessly.

It wasn't just the missing talent though; it was repeated and uncharacteristic sloppiness and basic errors. No respect for possession, especially. Some of that has to be laid at the door of a Hull FC side who put so much individual and team effort into their game, it nearly blew up for them at the end. A corner appears to have been turned.

Quite the finish, but Wigan didn't deserve to win it, based on the majority of the match. Well done, especially to HFC's youngsters.

A two-point game, all of a sudden.

Blimey!

Wigan are a bit rattled, and it's no surprise. Litten outjumps the defenders for Hull FC's third!

Hull FC's aggressive pressure is paying off. An error from Marshall gifts possession near Wigan's line, then Trueman makes a try for Sutcliff.

Marshall goes over but Keighran's conversion goes wide - 6:4.

Things could have been very different indeed.

Try for Youngjack!

Ray Reardon, legend of Snooker, aged 91. https://news.sky.com/story/snooker-legend-ray-reardon-dies-13181776

They were playing Sitili Tupouniua at right centre. He's a loose forward.

Storm 14:04 Roosters at half time. Melbourne tormenting the visitors right-side defence.

Newcastle 14:30 Brisbane at full time.

Riki Lindhome, actress and one half of Garfunkel & Oates, with some very good advice.