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

[Cow]

Yet again Warner scores the tough important 3rd-4th innings runs while Smith continues to score meaningless 1st innings tons under no pressure

#blocky

Warner is great in 2nd innings at home.

Eng need to make changes.

Stokes in for Ball.

Joshua in for Woakes

 

[Spikey]

man taylor really loves talking about the pitch but i'm not really sure he knows what he's talking about

 

[SeamUp]

Paine getting praise for his supersonic hearing to go DRS for Broad's dismissal.

Bancroft has opened 123 times in FC cricket and faced the first ball on 122 ocassions . Wants to get into the game and take it on.

 

[stephen]

Disappointed in the lack of chatter this afternoon.

 

[stephen]

Poms really have no answer to the downhill skiing combination for Australia here.

First inning where runs were really needed our top order collapses. Second innings with a small target, they cruise along.

 

[TNT]

Disappointed in the lack of chatter this afternoon.

I think cow has been dispatched to cow corner.

 

[morgieb]

England's efforts since lunch yesterday have been pretty poor. Let a game that they had relative control over significantly slip.

 

[mr_mister]

Matty Renshaw? won't see him no more

 

[Spark]

This is so 2013/14.

 

[Second Spitter]

Matty Renshaw? won't see him no more

Like I wrote in the other thread, I think Hughes is on the verge of overtaking Renshaw in the pecking order which is a real shame, because Matty gave his all for Australia.

 

[harsh.ag]

Bancroft's corrected his stance since the start of the innings. Good to see.

 

[stephen]

This is so 2013/14.

Cummins is the new Johnson.

 

[Spark]

Is Jason Ball usually this trash? Of all the random seamers England have tried out over the last few years, only Jade Dernbach has immediately stuck out as being less impressive.

EDIT: I guess he is coming back from an injury though.

 

[morgieb]

Matty Renshaw? won't see him no more

He's still only 21, he might not play for a few years but he'll be back, that I'm confident of.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

root's sidearm mud generating more turn than moeen is worrying

 

[stephen]

Broad 8/15 still on the cards.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Geez, this has been a slaughter since Starc was dismissed yesterday. The ease with which Bancroft & Warner have batted shows how poor England batted. Sure, Australia bowled well but this is an excellent batting pitch and to fold so easily suggests gloomy times ahead for the tourists.

iirc on the podcast I predicted Oz would win 3-2 but 5-0 looks on the cards now. Australia’s pace bowling was patchy but they were still initimidating Eng with short stuff regularly and that could only get worse from here.

 

[Cow]

Weve won 4 out of 5 ashes... but when we r bad we sink to the depths.

 

[mr_mister]

He's still only 21, he might not play for a few years but he'll be back, that I'm confident of.

With openers it's not that simple, but you're right he's a baby. Warner is likely taking up one spot for the next five years and if Bancroft successfully establishes himself well then that's that

That's why I thought it was a little cheeky the selectors saying Renshaw should just go and make some runs to force his way back. Maxwell is in a better spot as he can bat 3-6

 

[Nate]

Well played, Bancroft! Made a fan out of me.