4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Groundking]

nah i know but coverton just kinda floats them up there. is wood still injured? (edit: just remembered he's out for the season)

Yeah Wood is injured. I just don't understand what the selectors see in COverton at all, he serves up nothing but innocuous rubbish.

 

[StephenZA]

Get the feeling that Archers lack of FC cricket catching up with him. Ashes is a long grueling series.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The floss is still a thing?

 

[mackembhoy]

Of course warne wants to use bails that light up

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

It's hard to understand the words coming out of Stokes' mouth

 

[Burgey]

Yeah Wood is injured. I just don't understand what the selectors see in COverton at all, he serves up nothing but innocuous rubbish.

I dunno, his last over had it moving around a bit. I reckon he’s working into a decent spell here

 

[King Pietersen]

Overton's bowled a few nice balls the last few overs, creating a bit of uncertainty.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

It's really skidding on now.

 

[ajdude]

****in hell that was gorgeous from labuschagne

 

[hazsa19]

This is dire. Why am I still watching this ****?

 

[Burgey]

****in hell that was gorgeous from labuschagne

Yeah great shot wasn’t it

Lol how the **** did he hit that? Smith.exe marches onto 50.

Never been a player like him. Completely freakish the way he goes about it

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rohan Kanhai-esque.

Welcome back Steven Smith

 

[King Pietersen]

What a way to get to 50. Class innings again from Smith. He's so ****ing good.

 

[Spark]

That's the sort of shot Smith used to play when he was 21 and considered a lower-order slogger

 

[Compton]

Textbook shot to bring up the 50.

 

[Cabinet96]

We need Cribb to create some rules for the MCC about what should happen when bits of rubbish get thrown onto the field on a windy day.

 

[ajdude]

Yeah great shot wasn’t it

i don't think he could've possibly played that any later

 

[Spark]

****in hell that was gorgeous from labuschagne

that shot reminded me a lot of ponting actually

 

[aussie tragic]

Steve Smith now has 7 50+ scores in a row vs England.

239, 76, 102*, 83, 144, 142, 92

Make that 8 with his current 52*

 

[Burgey]

He needs to keep playing straight here. Overton looking to blow that front pad off with a bit of late movement