2nd Test, Lord's, London

[Spark]

Yikes. This is why the concussion sub is a good idea.

He did actually go to hospital though. Just not for a brain scan.

 

[Starfighter]

Tim @timwig
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Steve Smith “should have stayed off for his own safety and gone to hospital for a scan,” Derek Wyatt from Brain Campaign Charity said yesterday. Now he's out of the game with delayed concussion. Terrible to think what an impact of second concussion could have been

He should have gone off when he got hit on the elbow. Being brave and taking on your opponent is massively overrated.

 

[Spikey]

Tim @timwig
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Steve Smith “should have stayed off for his own safety and gone to hospital for a scan,” Derek Wyatt from Brain Campaign Charity said yesterday. Now he's out of the game with delayed concussion. Terrible to think what an impact of second concussion could have been

this doesn't strike me as particularly useful input from ole derek wyatt.

 

[andmark]

This session is taking the game away from Australia. Need a wicket extremely soon.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Thank you for tell me it has all ready happened. I thought it had been submitted and not approved yet.

 

[Starfighter]

Warner better ****ing do something good for once. All he's done so far is put down catches.

 

[hazsa19]

Because concussion symptoms are more difficult to spot and easier to rationalise away (and, as we've seen, often delayed) which could lead to understandable reluctance for a side to give themselves a huge disadvantage if they aren't entirely sure. Which puts a batsman in a situation which is, not to put too fine a point on it, potentially fatal.

Yeh this makes sense.

 

[morgieb]

Garry Lyon a good man? Didn't he cheat on his wife with his best mates wife?

 

[Gob]

Garry Lyon a good man? Didn't he cheat on his wife with his best mates wife?

That's what good men do tbh

 

[morgieb]

England looking like the more likely side to win at this point, though o/c I can see it getting to a point where Australia shut it down if it starts to look like England dominate.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

This is going to be a draw. England batting too well to get out quick enough to give a tasty finish.

 

[Spark]

it's almost as if when you're given seven wicket taking opportunities, you should actually take them

 

[Starfighter]

Where the **** is third man?

 

[Spikey]

Garry Lyon a good man? Didn't he cheat on his wife with his best mates wife?

i believe both relationships were separated at the time person A from relationship A got it on with person B from relationship B

 

[hazsa19]

That was close. I thought Buttler had learned his lesson when it came to backing up.

 

[morgieb]

This is going to be a draw. England batting too well to get out quick enough to give a tasty finish.

Declaration, though. Not sure 50 overs will be enough but Australia not having Smith makes it more likely.

 

[Bijed]

Declaration, though. Not sure 50 overs will be enough but Australia not having Smith makes it more likely.

We should only declare if the game becomes well and truly, indisputably safe imo. Happy for us to have a bit of crack at them in the wild hope of a repeat of that Sri Lanka test in 2011, but nothing more - I don't care how much of a step down Smith to Labuschagne is on paper

 

[Flem274*]

Garry Lyon a good man? Didn't he cheat on his wife with his best mates wife?

he must have great chat because he doesn't exactly scream slayer

 

[morgieb]

he must have great chat because he doesn't exactly scream slayer

This is a different Garry Lyon ftr. I'm talking about the footballer where Nathan got his nickname off.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

i believe both relationships were separated at the time person A from relationship A got it on with person B from relationship B

So not quite a Wayne Carey situation then.