*Official* First Test at The Gabba

[Cabinet96]

He didn't go out there with an idea of how to defend. It was just take everything on, that was on the stumps or short. Did he really think it would work?

 

[Shri]

Failey

 

[Maximas]

Cook trying to put the fishing touches to his day from hell.

Would have thought he'd be more disciplined than to go fishing while he ought to be batting tbh

 

[Spikey]

Fun fact: If Bailey had taken that in front of the stumps he would not have hit the stumps

 

[Spikey]

Fun fact: If Bailey had taken that in front of the stumps he would not have hit the stumps

hi benchmark00

 

[Cabinet96]

Feel this is a good time for Lyon.

 

[Kylez]

Trott looks absolutely shot at the moment.

 

[Cabinet96]

After spending five minutes talking about Trott's problems, Sky show a match summery which has Trott our top scorer. Epitomises our misery really.


Should be plenty of bounce for Lyon with a newish rock. Keen to see how KP plays.

 

[Spikey]

smith is gonna bowl right

 

[OverratedSanity]

Just saw the Trott dismissal

Apparently his whole innings was similar? Been a while since a supposedly top batsman played so badly

 

[Spark]

Just saw the Trott dismissal

Apparently his whole innings was similar? Been a while since a supposedly top batsman played so badly

Yeah pretty much. Was horrendous.

 

[NUFAN]

Not sure I enjoy the banana talk as much as the big heart talk.

 

[Cabinet96]

Not sure I enjoy the banana talk as much as the big heart talk.

They don't mention how he uses the crease enough post 2013 series.

 

[Hooksey]

England heading toward one of its most humiliating Test losses ever.

 

[Days of Grace]

Banana Slippage

 

[Briony]

Just saw the Trott dismissal

Apparently his whole innings was similar? Been a while since a supposedly top batsman played so badly

Plays with a pronounced air of desperation these days.

 

[TT Boy]

Trott looks absolutely shot at the moment.

Shot, or just struggles against genuine pace?
I remember Trott not fancying a 35+ year old Shoaib Akhtar and the innings today was a bit like the two frenzied innings he played in this test match - 4th Test: South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 14-17, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Manee]

Shot, or just struggles against genuine pace?

I think if you had a right armer bowling Johnson's pace to Trott, he'd fare much better.

 

[Maximas]

Never in my wildest dreams would I have considered the current game situation as a possibility at stumps day 1, can't explain how good this feels

 

[Goughy]

This has been poor but Australia have really taken it to England the past 5 sessions. For England though, no matter how dark it currently looks, 3 big innings and bat two days and win the Test. They shouldnt be thinking of anything else right now.