2nd Test, Lord's, London

[Arachnodouche]

Aus better have Starc back next game and give him license to rip.

 

[Starfighter]

Oh well. Brilliant innings anyway, especially given everything else. It's also taken us to a position where it's going to be hard for England to force victory.

Heck, the extra 12 runs in boundaries after coming back plus extraneous leg byes have been a big help.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Cant even get three hundreds in a row after getting concussed what a loser lmao

 

[ajdude]

Australia is the only team which can win from here

"amazing lords" doesn't have the same ring to it but it'll do

 

[NotMcKenzie]

I don't think that Smith ought to have come back out. If he had to bat again, hoping that the others could take it to tea would have been a better thing to do. Every extra bit of time for recovery would be good.

 

[Spikey]

Australia is the only team which can win from here

I would have liked a few more runs, but it's funny, England getting rolled for 150-200 is probably their best chance of actually winning

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That was a feather duster for Roy

 

[Burgey]

Seriously, Cummins bat sounds hollow

 

[old_kookaburra]

brave stuff - well done Smith - go Cummins, put up another 30 please!!!!

 

[TheJediBrah]

My theory, rather than just "being rattled", when Smith went off he was given some strong pain-killers and it sent him loopy hence the weird shots/leave

 

[trundler]

Can't bat can't field can't bowl

 

[Dan]

Ehh, it's the sort of bad review that does happen - two to use and no real batsmen left. It's a desperate review but I've seen it happen before.

Oh yeah contextually it makes complete sense to hope that Woakes overstepped or Hawkeye ****ed up or something. But don't let that change that reviewing a no shot LBW going on to hit the middle of middle makes Spikey taste it for calling the end-of-worst-ever-reviews about an hour ago.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Not an easy one, but catchable.

 

[trundler]

My theory, rather than just "being rattled", when Smith went off he was given some strong pain-killers and it sent him loopy hence the weird shots/leave

Would explain the leave. Did not look right.

 

[Daemon]

Seriously, Cummins bat sounds hollow

yeah wtf i think he's snuck a bit of aluminum in there

 

[stephen]

Australia is the only team which can win from here

Depends if Smith is allowed to bat again.

 

[Starfighter]

My theory, rather than just "being rattled", when Smith went off he was given some strong pain-killers and it sent him loopy hence the weird shots/leave

That would do it.

 

[91Jmay]

My theory, rather than just "being rattled", when Smith went off he was given some strong pain-killers and it sent him loopy hence the weird shots/leave

Australia doping scandal? Would be unsurprising. Probably goes right to the top, hope to see Morrison resign (as do a fair few Aussies I am sure).

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He grab on to that then come time to bat he would have cracked a blitzing ton

 

[stephen]

That was well set up by Wokes.