2nd Test, Lord's, London

[Starfighter]

That was not the innings of a Test match opener

How can you tell? It only lasted three balls.

/sarc

 

[artvandalay]

And under testing conditions the loi hack predictably bites the dust. Should be an interesting morning.

 

[King Pietersen]

Roy's going to ton up before lunch.

I think I was wrong.

 

[Gnske]

That was the innings of a true post-Strauss English test opener.

Keep the lad

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Anything under 500 on this wicket is a failure

I'm calling a draw already

Let's wait for a second over before making such nonsense statements. 500 in the first innings at Lords is rare.

 

[trundler]

Not sure I expect this lot to flat truck bully properly either

Yeah, speaking of..

But muh Roy is being judged too harshly waaaaaaaaaah

 

[vogue]

Think I’ll take the dogs out early..

 

[TheJediBrah]

Root has 42 Test 50s. That's huge.

 

[Starfighter]

I want Haze to bowl like he did to Roy, and not go wide on the crease like he just did to Root. 2016 Haze, not last year's version.

 

[Groundking]

Why do these ****ers insist on playing so far away from their bodies?

 

[StephenZA]

Why does Root not just open and let England play a better middle order bat? Makes no difference to current team setup.

 

[King Pietersen]

Such a bad shot. Playing way outside his body to a ball that could easily have been left on length. So dumb.

 

[social]

Roy doesn’t have an opener’s technique

There’s been plenty of guys who can slather the new ball but the good ones also have a solid defence

He simply doesn’t

 

[Second Spitter]

Welcome back, Tosh.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Let's wait for a second over before making such nonsense statements. 500 in the first innings at Lords is rare.

they should get at least 475 from here

 

[TheJediBrah]

Why does Root not just open and let England play a better middle order bat? Makes no difference to current team setup.

We've been saying that for months. Or even get Woakes and/or Curran to bat up the order and put another in the middle order.

Even just the same team with Woakes opening and Roy at 5 or 6 looks better.

 

[Cabinet96]

Root has 42 Test 50s. That's huge.

OS to comment

 

[Woodster]

Loose from Roy so early in his innings. Obviously likes to feel bat on ball early in his innings and with the nerves of a Lords Test he’s just pushed at one that he shouldn’t.

 

[Starfighter]

Cummins looks decidedly innocuous so far.

 

[StephenZA]

Why they bother analysing Roy's technique? Everybody know that he is not a test opener, of course he is going to push at the ball.