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I'm not calling them Sunrisers Leeds. I shall call them Leeds Sunrisers. I would have thought that the name will alienate Superchargers fans who aren't from Leeds, but that's for them to decide. Same as happens with the Manchester and Birmingham teams. I'm happy that we are still the Southern Brave, and that opponents will be taking on the united might of Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton. We are the all inclusive south and will never be divided. Right, Gingerjon?

Good decision. It should never have been allowed in the first place. It always looked ridiculous to have county names and then Birmingham in there.

The Ashes 2025: Predictions for series from Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell & Jonathan Agnew - BBC Sport I should point out that none of the predictions are wrong yet.

I feel very sorry for him. I would have been raging if that was me. Fair enough if it had ended midway through the 4th day, but for it to be all over within 2 days is pathetic. Hopefully that was the first and last 2 day test we will see this series!

I don't mind Scotland qualifying (maybe even go so far as to say I quite like it sometimes), so long as they don't progress further than England. I watched the game against Denmark and it was great entertainment. A memorable way to qualify for the Scots.

I was trying to listen to the commentary replay today, but when we lost Pope, Brook and Root in quick succession I bailed out. I'm not putting myself through that garbage again. So I've just checked the score instead. Unbelievable that we've lost this game. However, I shall stay calm as it's a five match series. I will judge them once everything has been decided, not after 1 test.

43-3. Poor start by England having won the toss and elected to bat. Mitchell Starc bowling brilliantly. Got to dig in now.

As I've not been to many matches, I would imagine it has to be the old Griffin Park, Brentford.

Could they maybe do it over two weekends? Treat it as two semi-finals and a final/3rd place playoff. Let's say the draw just happens to come up with England v France and PNG v Wales in week 1. Barring any upsets, Week 2 would then have an England v PNG final and a France v Wales 3rd/4th place match.

Makes perfect sense. I'm delighted as that's one less year to have to wait. I think we'll win in 2028 and that will be the time that the Aussies will want to host again (either in 2029 or 2031).

1. England Don't care about the rest or what scoreboards say.

2026 World Cup hosted by Australia 2027 England v New Zealand for Baskerville 2028 Australia v England for Ashes 2029 England v Australia for Ashes 2030 World Cup hosted by Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, or the United States Is that right?

Currently 35-1. I didn't know Shaun Wane used this forum.

I would make a change. He's had a world cup, an Ashes, and a couple of other series, so I don't think anyone can say he hasn't had a fair go of things. Unfortunately the two big events haven't worked out as we had hoped, and for me home series wins against Tonga and Samoa aren't enough for him to continue. He seems like a very genuine guy, so it's unfortunate, but this is professional sport. You live and die by your results and unfortunately they haven't been good enough.