*Official* First Test at Lord's

[grecian]

Stone dead.

Bowden proving a point, one suspects.

The only point he's proving is he's inept.

 

[vcs]

Pietersen really cashing in now.

 

[Furball]

Give an LBW Billy ffs

They should review it if they think it's out.

 

[hazsa19]

Stone dead.

Only if we trust hawk-eye

KP starting to tick!

 

[BoyBrumby]

The only point he's proving is he's inept.

Think he's amply demonstrated that long since.

Pietersen ticking, as Bumble would have it. Very harsh on Ishant here.

 

[R_D]

Bowden has become terrible umpire over the years..
Pitersen looking very dangerous now.....

 

[GIMH]

Does Nasser read CW? Pretty sure he used the word "gun" just now.

He says it quite often; has done for years tbh

 

[Bun]

hahahahahahahaha that swann non lbw off habry was absolute gold

 

[hazsa19]

I love that. Bring the field up to save a single...'ill have four then'

 

[Furball]

6,000 Test runs for KP.

 

[vcs]

Well, that dropped catch by Dravid seems to have cost us here.

 

[Cevno]

IRFAN PATHAN would have threatened more than Ishant here. Don't know seriously why selectors don't follow horses for courses more.

 

[nick-o]

6000 test runs for Pietersen!!!

 

[Jono]

This is awesome from KP. Just pure awesome.

Loved being at Lord's on day 1 but missed a good day's play today. Hopefully day 4 is good for me and Marcuss

 

[BoyBrumby]

He says it quite often; has done for years tbh

Nasser's (pretty hot) sister is an Oz resident, so imagine he's spent some time down under aside from Ashes arseholings.

 

[Prince EWS]

Why do bad balls from him bother you more than bad balls from Ishant or Sree?

Because it looks worse. Creates a false perception of quality really. It's why I really don't buy into medium pacers who have been successful domestically not cutting the grade in Tests unless they've been playing on really helpful pitches. Even I could've hit that Praveen full toss for four so if he's averaging low 20s in First Class cricket, he's obviously not bowling too many of them. A Test batsman would hit a similar 140km/hr Sreesanth delivery for four too, but a domestic plodder batsman might struggle to put it away because of the extra pace and let him get away with some more garbage. Just look at what happenes whenever Kenya play against a bowler like Hamish Bennett. If anything I think being successful bowling at a pace that isn't going to rush any FC batsman should make you more likely to transfer your skills to Test level than someone who's going to beat domestic batsmen for pace but not Test batsmen. Again, differing pitch conditions between domestic and Test cricket have to be considered, though.

 

[Furball]

hahahahahahahaha that swann non lbw off habry was absolute gold

I thought HawkEye wasn't reliable? Therefore, Bowden is correct.

 

[CricAddict]

16 runs off the last over.. ffs take out Ishant and bring back Dhoni to bowl

 

[Furball]

lol, all-run four.

 

[R_D]

Bhajji closing in on 150...