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1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Thread starter Burgey
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King Pietersen
International Captain
Stokes is going to belt them around tomorrow, get us up to 450 at a canter and we'll win by an innings.
Groundking
International Debutant
Watched only the first 100 mins today, but thought Burns was excellent from what I saw other than his chance that Paine didn't review and he's gone on to get a big score so well done to him hopefully he kicks on tomorrow and keeps going and put the game out of bed for the Aussies.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Only lost two overs
trundler
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Maybe because Lyon bowled a lot. Could just be me but they faffed around with the ball's condition and then Root was unhappy with a camera and so on. 88 overs is decent I guess.
Spark
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That around the wicket tactic was so bad, only bested (worsted?) by the fact that they kept going back to it from some reason.
Got a good opportunity to bat really long and work their bowlers into the dirt here. 1st test match of a series with quick turnarounds. Ideally we should bat maybe a bit into the evening session, in which case we might end up with a 150-200 lead which should be enough. Still not sure about Burns' technique, but you've got to say his temperament is excellent. Goes without saying that I would like to see him go even bigger.
Yeah you'd want something decent from this position but there's still a likelihood of just a slim lead if we get tripped up early on tomorrow .
I'm pretty pleased with where we're at though . Usually in modern Ashes tests I worry when we don't score 300 runs a day , These little pissy 240s and 250s run days don't put enough pressure on for my liking .However an English player has just batted all day ...and he didn't have to farm the tail or nowt . That's promising stuff for the series .
I'm pretty pleased with where we're at though . Usually in modern Ashes tests I worry when we don't score 300 runs a day , These little pissy 240s and 250s run days don't put enough pressure on for my liking .However an English player has just batted all day ...and he didn't have to farm the tail or nowt . That's promising stuff for the series .
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stephen
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Poor days play by Australia though to be honest the bowling wasn't that bad.
At the start of the series I said Siddle should be warming the bench. His batting notwithstanding, he was innocuous all day. Pattinson was finding the edge regularly at least and was the pick of the Aussie bowlers.
Dropping Patterson, Burns and one of Starc/ Hazelwood looks worse by the moment.
At the start of the series I said Siddle should be warming the bench. His batting notwithstanding, he was innocuous all day. Pattinson was finding the edge regularly at least and was the pick of the Aussie bowlers.
Dropping Patterson, Burns and one of Starc/ Hazelwood looks worse by the moment.
Burgey
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Nice work by Burns to hang in for the ton. Annoying day for our blokes, but you can’t help the bad luck of being in Birmingham. I saw the shot of the city they posted on comms with a fire in the background, and like the rest of the world was hoping the joint had burned down, but never mind.
Didn’t do a lot wrong, and on another day the SDs would have been out for 150. Heard Hussain say late in the day Burns had played and missed 35 times. Extraordinary luck or the SDs today but you take what you can. Cummins got a bit better as the day went on but the other bowlers I thought were very good. Do the same tonight and with an even set of breaks they can wrap the innings up quickly.
Didn’t do a lot wrong, and on another day the SDs would have been out for 150. Heard Hussain say late in the day Burns had played and missed 35 times. Extraordinary luck or the SDs today but you take what you can. Cummins got a bit better as the day went on but the other bowlers I thought were very good. Do the same tonight and with an even set of breaks they can wrap the innings up quickly.
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