I feel sad today. Benjamin Zephaniah’s work was accessible yet eloquent, powerful and often really funny. The city of Birmingham adored him. What a loss.
🚨 Ben Stokes will come out of ODI retirement for England's defence of their World Cup title.
His return to the 50-over game will be confirmed by England on Wednesday.
At the gate yesterday: "Emma, I just wanted to let you know that at a birthday party at the weekend, all the parents were talking about how much they love you." I was elated.
After a year of only/mainly hearing the negatives from parents, I was convinced they all disliked me.
I do understand. We all do that and it's a conscious effort not to do that to the children. But it's draining and demoralising and if I didn't completely trust my SLT, it would be terrifying.
Was absolutely convinced my mum introduced me to @TailendersPod years ago. Mentioned it to her the other day - "What's that?"
Played a bit in her presence by working at their dining room table this morning...
Why is everyone acting as though it’s Bairstow or Foakes? Surely it’s Brook or Foakes, or Crawley or Foakes. And now Pope’s ruled out, there’s just space for Foakes.
I've gone back to angry tweeting instead of whimsical, joyful tweeting. But I don't think i think of Twitter in connection with being whimsical and joyful anymore.
I don’t care about the result. Yesterday at Lords was one of the best days of my life. I don’t care what the MCC or Andrew Strauss say. The anger turned the sky dark. The power of the crowd’s non-violent fury demonstrates the very best of cricket. #Ashes2023