*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

[vic_orthdox]

No, but he has a method like Cook/Trott in that series. Could have a good series despite having limited areas to score in.

Yeah, updated. More the fact that he's made the errors that they've been looking for, but the wicket has disguised them a bit.

 

[Top_Cat]

The Aussie bowlers failed to read Boult's memo, apparently.

Haddin owes some runs after dropping Root.

Has owed the team runs for some time....

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Great over spoiled by that long hop there.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

They have bowled way too many four balls today.

 

[Cabinet96]

The crowd sung "Are you Johnson in disguise?" to Starc. lolz.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Great over spoiled by that long hop there.

Yup, was our best set of the session up till then.

Come on Bumble, teams have had different short legs for pace/spin for years. And Rogers just coming off concussion...

 

[weldone]

Oh Johnson, that's bad bowling

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haze has been pretty good overall but he's bowled more bad balls than I thought he would.

 

[Johnners]

Mitch to just stay over the wicket plz

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Oh Johnson, that's bad bowling

Not quite reached the level of needing to be sung at yet but not been a good day for him.

 

[fredfertang]

how da **** has ballance made 10+ ?

He's spent long enough in Yorkshire to become a lucky bastard like the locals

 

[Cabinet96]

They keep joking about Ponting having no fond memories here, like he didn't hit 150 in his only test.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Not quite reached the level of needing to be sung at yet but not been a good day for him.

Up till half an hour ago none of them had been dreadful, but none of them have applied any consistent pressure.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Not quite reached the level of needing to be sung at yet but not been a good day for him.

Yeah the songs will be for Starc today imo.

 

[weldone]

Haze has been pretty good overall but he's bowled more bad balls than I thought he would.

He has bowled well to the right-hander Root; but has lacked a plan against Balance (maybe because Johnson and Starc were supposed to gobble Balance).

 

[vic_orthdox]

Mitch to just stay over the wicket plz

Why? The only way Ballance scores off him from around the wicket is with his eyes closed.

 

[Riggins]

This pitch is such trash.

 

[Gob]

The body language from Starc so far has been appalling and its exactly the kind of body language i hate to see from him.

 

[weldone]

Haddin's keeping has been top-notch except that drop. An average keeper would concede 20 byes today the way lefties have bowled.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He has bowled well to the right-hander Root; but has lacked a plan against Balance (maybe because Johnson and Starc were supposed to gobble Balance).

I thought it was supposed to be the exact opposite tbf.