Southern Brave bowler Tymal Mills on BBC Two: "I would have liked that to have finished 10 or 15 balls earlier but we got the job done. The chapter on the Anzio-Nettuno beachhead brought to life the deadly predicament of those trapped there. On his own bowling: "It's been a good comp so far, I'm happy with how I'm doing personally. It's hard bowling at the death every game, you've got to understand that you're no always going to get it right and in the last game I got a bit of tap. Ones to watch: James Vince & Jake Lintott James Vince is one of the best-known domestic players, while Jake Lintott was unknown until last season

Vince and Conway were able to re-find the highest gear, helped by an Originals side that dawdled through their 100 balls. Reliant on pace, Originals bowled only 10 balls of Calvin Harrison's spin and missed the cut-off, meaning they had to bowl the final 11 deliveries with an extra fielder inside the 30-yard circle. They beat Oval Invincibles comfortably in their last group match to finish five points clear of them, only to fluff their lines against the same opponents on the big day.Book a table at BEEFY’S – be it for an intimate dinner, a family gathering over a Sunday roast or a treat for a loved one on a special occasion. At halfway, it was the fourth-highest total in the men's Hundred and best in a play-off game, only for the Originals to show it was not enough. 'That was fantastic' - what they said Tara Norris, fast bowler for Southern Brave, said: "I am absolutely delighted to be retained by the Southern Brave and can’t wait for an exciting summer ahead!”

Michael Hogan's bat maker is actually a friend of mine, but alas the veteran seamer is very much a tail ender. Hogan dances down and attempts to hit Matt Parkinson down the ground but misses and Phil Salt whips off the bails. (Not a reflection on the quality of your workmanship, Danny). The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II,by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle—America’s most famous and most loved war correspondent—featuring a new introduction by David Chrisinger, the author of the new Ernie Pyle biography, The Soldier’s Truth

Obviously Will was good for us last year and Brookesy tonight was fantastic. It's great winning but when you get young players doing well, it's great for experienced players because you don't feel that it always has to be you stepping up. Both Brave's men and women had four wins from four matches at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton last year and will go a long way to more success if they replicate that formidable record. One could not help but be moved by the colossus of our invasion. It was a bold and might thing, one of the epics of all history. In the emergency of war our nation’s powers are unbelievable . . . . But we rise above our normal powers only in times of destruction." I've had a really good summer, I've played a lot for Sussex as well, so just staying on top of it and assessing conditions as best I can." Ernie Pyle was a war correspondent during WWII, traveling with the American invasion forces. This book is a collection of his news columns dating from June 1943 to September 1944. It provides a vivid sense of what life was like for the troops, covering such events as the naval crossing to Sicily, fighting at Anzio, the Italian campaign, a stint in England waiting for D-Day, the invasion at Normandy, and the liberation of Paris.

Coached by two greats of the game and with some of the biggest talent in the world in their ranks, Southern Brave are many pundits’ favourites to win The Hundred. Men’s squad This was an outstanding display of his awesome talent, a magnificent demonstration befitting an atmospheric evening at The Oval. On a difficult night for the bowlers, the greasy surface making the ball hard to grip, Buttler was the headline act of some sensational batting. It's a learning lesson that you don't have to hit every ball out of the middle of the bat. And hopefully the more I play the more I can learn and improve."Brave Men" sees war correspondent and infantry everyman Pyle follow the American army through Italy and into France. The reader sees the invasions of both Anzio and Normandy through Pyle's signature tight but descriptive prose. The book includes perhaps Pyle's most famous essay, "The Death of Captain Waskow," written in December 1943. It also includes his observations of the D-Day invasion as well as a horrific account of the Operation Cobra bombings that killed 111 soldiers in friendly fire bombings. Coach Charlotte Edwards has made a few minor tweaks to the squad and there are few weaknesses, which means they are the leading contenders again.