*Official* First Test (Edgbaston, Birmingham) 16–20 June

[Spark]

I thought umpire's call on pitching live. Would have give it myself but it didn't seem like a shocker.

No such thing as umpire's call on pitching though

 

[flibbertyjibber]

How was that not given out live?

Poor umpiring, looked plum.

 

[Burgey]

We’ve bowled far too straight so far. I don’t mind an in-out field and used them a lot against blokes who like to go hard at the ball, but you need to do it on one side of the wicket.

Haze onto Root please. Is his

 

[Shady Slim]

No maidens in 18 overs. Rooobish cricket

2-90 is a pretty **** score on a pitch like this

buddy

 

[TimAngas]

Crawley psyched into playing a forward defence.

 

[Nintendo]

How on earth has pope not got his backfoot game vs spin sorted yet? Seen him get out so many times bowled or LBW playing back to the spinner like that in the last 3-4 years.

 

[Burgey]

sometimes it'll be noted test match opener Arun Finch tbf

I think he’s pretty good on comms tbh. Would much rather Huon doing ball by ball than Pietersen and Taylor

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Interesting to see how Joe Root plays this. I think he will consolidate for a bit , it's an excellent run rate

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Crawley looks good.
well, he should have already been back in the pavilion already…

 

[trundler]

Lyon coming around the wicket should be a lot less effective than it is. Just block it ffs.

 

[mr_mister]

Curse of the “live” stream.

It's on channel 9 mate!

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

That's 50 for Crawley. A quite fluent innings

 

[Burgey]

Lyon coming around the wicket should be a lot less effective than it is. Just block it ffs.

They lack the technique for test cricket to do that

 

[Burgey]

It's on channel 9 mate!

We stream all our tv. Tbh this is the first time we’ve had Nine on in ages

 

[Prince EWS]

Lyon coming around the wicket should be a lot less effective than it is. Just block it ffs.

Not unlike Piers Morgan's twitter trolling.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lyon coming around the wicket should be a lot less effective than it is. Just block it ffs.

He gets it to straighten a surprising amount tbf.

 

[mr_mister]

Zack Crawley much more positive a batsman than his father John

 

[Nintendo]

Bring green on I reckon. Root struggled vs him last ashes in AUS.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

He gets it to straighten a surprising amount tbf.

He also gets great dip ,gets a lot of batpad catches to batsmen who don't cover the line properly

 

[GotSpin]

This cutting to the studio with Steven O'Keefe sweating on his next Tooheys after every wicket is going to get old

He must be getting so thirsty