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

[Burgey]

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[Starfighter]

There's been a few overs worth of delays but to only bowl 84 overs in an extended day is absolutely pathetic.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

England know they are no chance of making the WTC final, so don't care if docked WTC points for slow over rate.

 

[Burgey]

Jeez what a day. That was a lot.

 

[morgieb]

Crazy day. Looked like Australia would score a million for large parts of the day, then it looked like England had realistic chances of bowling Australia for under 250, now it looks like 400 is back on the cards.

Fantastic knocks from Head and to a lesser extent Marnus. Warner lucky but did score runs.

 

[Gnske]

Travis Head whipped out his ****ing bloody juicy meat on England and hit racism for 6

 

[morgieb]

Head's average around 42-43 now. Not a super high sample size admittedly but for a #5 that is a very fine average.

 

[tony p]

There's been a few overs worth of delays but to only bowl 84 overs in an extended day is absolutely pathetic.

England players should be fined their entire match fee, Leach his next test match fee as he was playing gratis today anyway.

 

[_Ed_]

Weird scorecard - only three batsmen into the teens so far, but they've gone on to 94, 74 and 112*.

 

[Starfighter]

England players should be fined their entire match fee, Leach his next test match fee as he was playing gratis today anyway.

It's also an umpiring failure - they should be trying to hustle things along a bit.

 

[cnerd123]

Stfu warne he didnt 'play well'. One of the worst 94s ever. Looked absolute **** for most of it imo.

idea for your next thread?

 

[Prince EWS]

idea for your next thread?

Hahaha yes please do it!

 

[Bahnz]

Fun days play. Here’s hoping Smith continues to **** the bed and we at least get an entertainingly low scoring 5-0 as opposed 25 days of England’s slow crucifixion under the cruel Australian sun.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

England have done most of this to themselves. They’ve had some bad luck but also poor fielding. Head’s knock looked very lucky and it was nothing compared to Warner getting chances the whole innings. But runs are in the books so let’s keep it going

 

[TheJediBrah]

There's been a few overs worth of delays but to only bowl 84 overs in an extended day is absolutely pathetic.

Imagine if they called all the no-balls. Probably only actually bowled 40 overs

 

[theegyptian]

Shoulda picked the 5 seamers. Stokes barely counts as a seamer anyway with his bad knee and coming back from a long absence.

I guess with Leach you reap what you sow. If you don't play him for ages, you can't complain too much if he is rubbish when he plays. Unlikely to improve or feel confident in side unless he does play regularly rather than carry the drinks.

 

[jcas0167]

Leach spent a season or two in Queensland grade a few years back so one imagines he is familiar enough with conditions here to avoid being punished too badly.

I hope this isn't the reason they picked him.

 

[Burgey]

Head was 6 off 18 balls. 100 from 85. Decent acceleration tstl.

 

[social]

I hope this isn't the reason they picked him.

Queensland grade pitches are nothing like the Gabba anyway

That would be like picking a pace bowler for the WACA because he’s played cricket at Fremantle

 

[Aritro]

I hope young Travis learned a valuable lesson about keeping your eye on the ball today.

It's all well and good to wear all the protective gear they have these days, but too many young players are clearly never taught proper technique against the beamer.