You can see the appeal to England's batsmen of having a stationary ball to swipe at. (View Post)

Not just 'quicker', but with potentially far broader reach in terms of reading. Like all AIs, it will be a fallible tool which needs someone with actual knowledge of a given period to use m… (View Post)

In electoral terms, absolutely. I'm just forecasting that either will likely be even worse in government. (View Post)

Both anti-pragmatist. Either are going to struggle to govern in the slightest bit coherently. We might look back on the last decade as a period of relative competence. (View Post)

Oh, I agree. And the point about never playing red ball cricket is the most powerful one. Swann bowled up to 1000 overs in a season; Jacks less than ninety. (View Post)