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

[Howe_zat]

That's just false, no? Duckett's shot was an attempted dab and stokes got out driving.

Yeah It was 3 out of 5.

Rest assured that this is the first time I have been wrong and will only be posting accurate statements from now on.

 

[Spark]

peppered through the covers...

Boland is quite ineffective on this wicket.

He's bowling too full. Needs to pull it back or they'll just drive it through the line, because any fleeting movement in this wicket is long gone

 

[Jfry]

Hazlewood time.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Boland looks totally innocuous today. Long may it last. He was the pick of the bowlers last week but we have got after him and made him look ordinary.

 

[social]

On track 500 imho. These two can score big and have been untroubled and scoring briskly. Plenty of batting left.

As I suspected Boland entirely ineffective on flatter pitches. They need the swing of Neser!

Will need to see how Aus bat, but it's going to be 0-1 aus or 0-0 after this test IMHO. Aus won't win this test given they lost the Toss on a very flat pitch.

There’s no swing

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He's bowling too full. Needs to pull it back or they'll just drive it through the line, because any fleeting movement in this wicket is long gone

Yes, and knowing his pedigree as an experienced bowler, he'd adjust and adapt. But it's hard to do that when the batters are going at him with such pugnacity.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah It was 3 out of 5.

Rest assured that this is the first time I have been wrong and will only be posting accurate statements from now on.

Hopefully we get a Rootometer later today.

 

[chris.hinton]

Root and Bairstow are too good

 

[Howe_zat]

Hopefully we get a Rootometer later today.

it's started humming.

 

[Spark]

I mean this is a four lane highway. Let's be realistic about what the bowlers can really achieve here.

 

[loterry1994]

Lol nice flat track crap like this makes you wish it actually rained over there

 

[grecian]

56 overs so far, honestly this is pretty much cheating, keeps their bowlers fresh, it's anti-bazball, honestly neutrals hate themselves if they support oz.

 

[Nintendo]

Yeah It was 3 out of 5.

Rest assured that this is the first time I have been wrong and will only be posting accurate statements from now on.

I'll be holding you accountable like brook holding his crown jewels during an innings rewatch.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That's a peach

 

[Molehill]

I mean this is a four lane highway. Let's be realistic about what the bowlers can really achieve here.

And yet every now again a ball does something. It's not a road.

 

[loterry1994]

And people wonder why test crickets dying lol

 

[Jfry]

Been wonderful Hazlewood. If Starc had played they'd be 3/300

 

[Burgey]

Haze gets so much lift it’s crazy

 

[grecian]

I mean this is a four lane highway. Let's be realistic about what the bowlers can really achieve here.

it really, really isn't, despite how much you seem to be desparate to portray it as.

 

[Spark]

And yet every now again a ball does something. It's not a road.

One ball every ten overs doing something is absolutely a road.

it really, really isn't, despite how much you seem to be desparate to portray it as.

It absolutely is. Are you lot serious right now?