1st Test at Brisbane, 8th-12th of December 2021

[thierry henry]

real talk if stokes's surname was akmal or wasim or something they'd be investigating him for fixing after this day

You’d think being a deranged, violent schizophrenic criminal and a ginger would be enough to raise suspicions

 

[tony p]

Are they paying jack Leach for this performance or is he doing it for free.

 

[Gnske]

You’d think being a deranged, violent schizophrenic criminal and a ginger would be enough to raise suspicions

Inb4 the Burgey like

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What's the fewest overs to concede 100 runs in a test?
11 overs for 95 atm

 

[Number 11]

What is it with the Fox commentary teams obsession with #intent declarations every summer

 

[sunilz]

Are they paying jack Leach for this performance or is he doing it for free.

Australia is paying leach.

 

[stephen]

Are they paying jack Leach for this performance or is he doing it for free.

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

 

[Anil]

hey they called a stokes no-ball!

 

[Burgey]

This is comfortably Travis Head's best test knock. Really happy for him. Seems a decent fella and not a member of the Proud Boys either.

 

[Gnske]

What is it with the Fox commentary teams obsession with #intent declarations every summer

Shane Warne. Guarantee Mark doesn't bring up that insane point if Warne isn't in the box.

 

[GIMH]

So not a great scorecard to wake to though possibly better than I feared. Then I start watching Leach fall to pieces. But then of course I hear the comms including Warne start to float a declaration. At 290/6 on day 2.

 

[wpdavid]

reactive root only now has a slip for trav head

**** he's an awful captain

And not a lot of evidence that he's improving that side of the job. In other news, the latest evidence that Burns can't catch makes one wonder if we should pick an opener who is reliable in the slips, even if he does average about 20 with the bat. And, as we suspected, the decision not to play one of Broad and Anderson here must be one of the most brainless calls in the history of the game. One can only hope that, somehow, England are batting early enough on Day 3 for this wretched affair to be put out of its misery before Day 4.

 

[Prince EWS]

D A I L Y
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Reminder.

 

[Gnske]

This is actually pretty entertaining. Loving this.

 

[tony p]

Some good news for England,

" THERE ARE ONLY A POSSIBLE 23 DAYS LEFT AFTER TODAY"

 

[Spark]

So not a great scorecard to wake to though possibly better than I feared. Then I start watching Leach fall to pieces. But then of course I hear the comms including Warne start to float a declaration. At 290/6 on day 2.

Yeah this has deteriorated very rapidly in the last half hour. Actually looked salvageable not that long ago, then Root and Leach started bowling again

 

[Shady Slim]

"you couldn't have scripted a better innings from your number five" brayshaw says as a wild, uncontrolled mow at the ball is fortunate to land at third man

 

[morgieb]

This is a ****ing crazy innings from Head. Can say it's an easy situation but Australia were in a significant collapse when he came in, this has helped significantly.

 

[MW1304]

It's day 2 of the first test, and this is playing out like the end of a long tour.

What a shambles. Go home everyone and come back next year.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Guys I think I'm falling in love with Travis Head. This is exactly the kind of knock I love to see. What Maxwell would have done. Or tried. . .