***Official*** 1st Test at Brisbane

[cnerd123]

Is it just me or does the pitch seem quicker today? Usually what happens at Brisbane isn't it?

Maybe England just bowled better.

 

[OverratedSanity]

nah Blewett & Elliott had plenty of tests for a 30 odd average

Don't disrespect Blewett, ****

 

[Shri]

White was picked as a bowler. Never actually played a Test as a batsman.

Bailey, Doolan, Burns and Maddinson are all worse than Marsh though, just off the top of my head. Doolan is my call -- got picked in a purple patch with a mediocre overall record, failed, and has continued to be mediocre domestically ever since. It feels weird that he actually played at all.

Dopey looking ****s failing in tests always seems to irritate people more than normal. Rohit, Marsh etc.

 

[Spikey]

Is it just me or does the pitch seem quicker today? Usually what happens at Brisbane isn't it?

former cweb user after like the second ball of the game

Jimmy Neesham
Starc calling for the long spikes suggests the pitch is moist and soft on top. Will be best to bowl on day two when it quickens up. Great toss to win. #Ashes

https://twitter.com/JimmyNeesh

 

[adub]

I'd have Maddinson over Doolan. Similarly ordinary, but at least Doolers got picked when he was in a bit of form and jagged an 80. Picking Mad Dog should have had the RSPCA getting involved.

 

[Jarquis]

Quiney?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Maybe England just bowled better.

That's just silly.

Also the quicker pace should suit Australia anyway.

 

[stephen]

Meanwhile the speed incumbent batsman, Maxwell is now on 156 against an attack that contains three test match bowlers.

 

[Prince EWS]

Quiney?

Yeah I'd forgotten about this. Up there. Good 9 though.

 

[Tangles]

Has anyone ever got more chances in the baggy green than Darsh?

Thinking about the paucity of chances Law and Love got comparitvely is nauseating.

 

[Spikey]

Yeah I'd forgotten about this. Up there. Good 9 though.

everyone knows quiney was picked for his bowling

 

[Cow]

Well setup field for Smith.

This is good.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah I'd forgotten about this. Up there. Good 9 though.

Underselling it as just good. Was ATG

 

[adub]

Yeah I'd forgotten about this. Up there. Good 9 though.

Has Bankers' 5 overtaken Quiney's 9?

 

[Starfighter]

No.

 

[Cow]

This is good pressure. But it has to be backed up by woakes and ball. There's the issue.

 

[Burgey]

No one trolls bowlers into bowling at their pads like a Smith. First Graeme, now Steve.

 

[Shri]

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/fea...clarke-george-bailey-2013-14-gabba/2017-11-21

Ooooohhhh, Jimmy Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Anderson…

"I find the Barmy Army songs quite catchy, and they were belting out the Jimmy Anderson song," Bailey recalled for cricket.com.au.

"It just got caught in my head, and I was singing it as he was about to face up."

Anderson didn't like it. A tribute song had become a source of tension for the decorated quick and he was uncomfortable with the script being so cannily flipped.

Least of all from a grinning Aussie debutant.

"He asked whether I thought the Barmy Army would ever write a song about me," Bailey said. "I replied I didn't think they would, that I really liked the songs they already had in their repertoire, (and) what they brought to the game.

"And then he said … out of everyone on the field, I was the one he'd most like to punch, which I thought was a bit rough; Davey Warner just hadn't drawn breath the whole time, and I thought, 'I've been quite friendly here'.

"I also realised I had a steel-reinforced helmet on, and 40,000 people in the stands, most of whom were going to back me up. So I've never felt more confident in a fight."

Clouderson, what a ****.

 

[Zinzan]

Good plans & execution from England today. Anyone else think Shane Bond's been an influence in that respect? Was always an intelligent bowler, not just express.

 

[Cow]

I can't stand watching Smith bat. But credit to him, he's mentally as tough as they come these days. Steve Waugh levels of grit.