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

[mr_mister]

We'll take that

 

[Cow]

Disappointing to see Cummins (one of the mouth breathers) resort to those cheap run scoring tactics.

Not sure what England are doing here? Are they trying to bluff Aus into thinking Anderson is ok? What's the logic behind that?

 

[S.Kennedy]

I suppose this will be the Aussie spin then to explain why their team are not doing as well as expected, your groundsman happening to create an ''English seamer''?

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

He’s got a side strain

****ed then - no mention on BT sports. Got Fleming and Swann talking shiiitteee ffs

 

[Spark]

I suppose this will be the Aussie spin then to explain why their team are not doing as well as expected, your groundsmen happening to create an ''English seamer''?

I've been complaining about pitches like this for years, here, overseas and where Australia isn't even involved

 

[Spark]

That shouldn’t count as a boundary I don’t think.

Yeah those should be dead ball once it hits the batsman or his bat.

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These are not Anderson like conditions but they're certainly more comfortable for him than stereotypical Australian conditions because it allows him to exert such control over the batsman, which is hard when the deck is fast.

 

[91Jmay]

This is poor from Woakes. Letting Cummins leave everything. Cummins great mentality though, doesn’t think like a tail ender at all.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Bollocks. The Indians created an English wicket recently in Calcutta - now Anderson would have loved that. Anderson and Broad bowled better than Cummins and Starc. Try and spin it anyway you like but that is the fact.

 

[Cow]

Bollocks. The Indians created an English wicket recently in Calcutta - now Anderson would have loved that. Anderson and Broad bowled better than Cummins and Starc. Try and spin it anyway you like but that is the fact.

This.

 

[Spark]

Bollocks. The Indians created an English wicket recently in Calcutta - now Anderson would have loved that. Anderson and Broad bowled better than Cummins and Starc. Try and spin it anyway you like but that is the fact.

My mistake for trying to have a reasoned discussion rather than flag-waving.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Moeen been pretty rubbish barring the spin bunny wicket.

 

[Cow]

Moeen been pretty rubbish barring the spin bunny wicket.

Root should keep mid on up for now to Cummins... let him try the heave before putting the man back.

 

[91Jmay]

Both points are true, pitch is a nice one for Broad/Anderson to bowl dry on and Aussie pacers weren’t that good.

 

[Spark]

"These aren't really Anderson-suited conditions but relative to etc etc"
"HOW DARE YOU SAY THIS IS A GREENTOP"

 

[Spark]

Both points are true, pitch is a nice one for Broad/Anderson to bowl dry on and Aussie pacers weren’t that good.

I've seen Anderson and Broad bowl really well on heaps of pitches like this. English pitches when the sun is shining are often really slow, exactly like this. The Oval a lot of the time, Trent Bridge a few years back, Lord's a lot of the time etc etc

 

[Spark]

God it's annoying as a fielder when you know it's going to go for four but you know you have to properly chase it anyway

 

[91Jmay]

I've seen Anderson and Broad bowl really well on heaps of pitches like this. English pitches when the sun is shining are often really slow, exactly like this. The Oval a lot of the time, Trent Bridge a few years back, Lord's a lot of the time etc etc

Yeah I agree, also don’t think Aus got that level of choke from their pacers as consistently.

 

[mr_mister]

Clarke trying to hint Cummins could solve our all rounder problem there

I honestly think Cummins could handle 7 in tests

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

God it's annoying as a fielder when you know it's going to go for four but you know you have to properly chase it anyway

Especially when you can't 'dive' and let a youngster chase it down ?

 

[Groundking]

I've seen Anderson and Broad bowl really well on heaps of pitches like this. English pitches when the sun is shining are often really slow, exactly like this. The Oval a lot of the time, Trent Bridge a few years back, Lord's a lot of the time etc etc

We might have slow wickets, but the run rate is never consistently tragic.

It's just a **** wicket.