1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[Spark]

I don't know how earth-shattering an insight is "full length ball angling in and seaming away is hard to play"" though

 

[Flem274*]

that sounded out live

 

[mr_mister]

Well at least we'll get to see Patto bowl today

 

[morgieb]

****.

How wasn't that given out on the field?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Just realised this could get farcical.

I reckon they should give longer for each wicket. Aside from the somewhat variable time for the batsman to get to the wicket - which is a maximum of three minutes to timed out - batsmen seem to spend much longer marking their crease than they used to. Either that or they get the third or fourth umpire to actually time it.

Takes longer than the 3 minutes for the 2 12th men to run on with drinks for the bowlers and other bat.

 

[Starfighter]

Joel Wilson ladies and gents.


Also Jo-el.

 

[BSM]

Wait, is Strauss commentating? Doesn't he have, like, another job? That made him give up commentating in the first place?

He left that to look after his wife iirc.

 

[Spark]

So that's, what, three umpiring mistakes in 70 minutes?

 

[trundler]

This is going as grimly as expected.

 

[morgieb]

Wait, is Strauss commentating? Doesn't he have, like, another job? That made him give up commentating in the first place?

IIRC he gave that up after his wife died (or was dying of cancer).

 

[Spark]

He left that to look after his wife iirc.

Ahh okay.

 

[Groundking]

Woakes <3

 

[Starfighter]

Takes longer than the 3 minutes for the 2 12th men to run on with drinks for the bowlers and other bat.

That too.

 

[Spark]

Oh good Travis Head is in against the seaming ball.

 

[Spintolose]

The umpire's really are diabolical aren't they.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He middled that, same old Aussies always cheating.

 

[Starfighter]

So that's, what, three umpiring mistakes in 70 minutes?

The frightening thing is that Dharmasena is not umpiring.

 

[Uppercut]

So that's, what, three umpiring mistakes in 70 minutes?

I never shut up about how much I hate video technology in the footy thread but I'm really glad for it in cricket.

 

[sledger]

The numbers on the back of the whites just do not look right at all.

 

[Starfighter]

This is going pretty much as I expected. And we have Peter Siddle to try defend this.