*Official* 2nd Test at Lord's

[Jono]

Engloland

 

[Burgey]

That's as heavy a paddling in terms of runs margins as you can get. Couldn't believe it when I woke up to that scoreline

England should bring back Carbs.

 

[Burgey]

Or David Steele

 

[Bahnz]

Rubbish post. What the Indian batsman struggled with at Old Trafford (aside from good bowling) was the pace and bounce of the pitch. That's not a particularly usual characteristic of English pitches, and nor is it something the Aussies will find alien and struggle in.

I think England's bowlers could well have the Aussies struggling in conditions similar to the Old Trafford test. Broad and Anderson's bowling in that test was magnificent, it was the kind of stuff that any batting lineup would have a very hard time with. The problem is that Australia would then turn around and blast England out for -5 in return.

 

[Jono]

Wait what do you mean shouldn't be? He is. There's no should or shouldn't involved here.

Isn't it funny when reality doesn't fit with what some people believe.

 

[Daemon]

So, the combined total for the test is : Australia 820/10 and England 415/20

So, Aus got twice as many runs as England for half the wiickets lost. That's a mighty hammering.

Rogers and Smith outscored England by 80 runs and only got out thrice.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'm not being pedantic, you were wrong.

"1.975 times the runs" doesn't sound as catchy

 

[Spikey]

The names Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh and Allan Border evoke near-universal reference among Australian cricket devotees for the proficiency with the bat let alone as leaders. But none of them came close to the speed at which Smith, the player initially chosen primarily for his bowling, reached the tally of 10 Test centuries he brought up last week.

Ponting was 27 in in his 55th Test when he reached the mark, Border at 28 in his 53rd, Waugh at 30 in his 80th. Smith's has come just after his 26th birthday, and in his 30th Test.

Check out that slow poke Waugh

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Kane Williamson was only 24!!! (Granted it was in his 40th Test, but still). What halcyon days we live in my friend.

 

[adub]

Tpc ftw

 

[Spikey]

Kane Williamson was only 24!!! (Granted it was in his 40th Test, but still). What halcyon days we live in my friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLx6IU_CD1Y

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kane Williamson was only 24!!! (Granted it was in his 40th Test, but still). What halcyon days we live in my friend.

A thing of beauty

 

[Jono]

fapworthy

 

[Athlai]

We need a Smith/Root/Williamson/Kohli highlight reel.

Too bad Kohli's best thus far has been in pajama cricket.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shame it shows Zaheer in his follow through though. You're thinking "oh my that's the most beautiful --- Oh wait he hit it off Zaheer"

Edit: Or is it Shami? One of those trundlers anyway

 

[OverratedSanity]

We need a Smith/Root/Williamson/Kohli highlight reel.

Too bad Kohli's best thus far has been in pajama cricket.

None of the other 3 have played an innings as good as Kohli in Adelaide.

And anyway, I need a Rahane highlight reel now.

 

[Jono]

We need a Smith/Root/Williamson/Kohli highlight reel.

Too bad Kohli's best thus far has been playing Australia away and South Africa away and therefore he wins this easily.

quite true

 

[TheJediBrah]

None of the other 3 have played an innings as good as Kohli in Adelaide.

And anyway, I need a Rahane highlight reel now.

Smith's played like half a dozen innings as good or better than Kholi in Adelaide

 

[Son Of Coco]

Joking apart losing to these Australians is no disgrace at all, but I do object to this spineless performance - the Bangas and Zim would have made a better fist of our second dig than we have

Yeah I agree, none of the fisting in the second innings was perpetrated by England.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The gods decide those sorts of conditions

Come on mate, the ECB and the curators are probably decent at what they do...but calling them gods is going a bit far.