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

[Prince EWS]

Excuse me, this is new cricket terminology. In my years following English bazball, I haven't yet come across the term maiden. Can someone please enlighten me?

It's the opposite to @TheJediBrah.

 

[Starfighter]

Cloudy, swing but no seam movement (not even the 'wobble' seamer).

 

[TheJediBrah]

What's this chant? It's "we've got the ball, we've lost the ball" but they've changed the words to something, I assume cricket-related

 

[TheJediBrah]

It's the opposite to @TheJediBrah.

Are you calling me a whore

 

[GIMH]

What's this chant? It's "we've got the ball, we've lost the ball" but they've changed the words to something, I assume cricket-related

Jimmy Anderson

 

[Prince EWS]

Are you calling me a whore

Yes.

 

[TheJediBrah]

First bad ball from Broad

 

[Prince EWS]

Bowling around the wicket to Khawaja is stupid.

 

[Gnske]

Simon Jones still exists?

RARE

 

[CartyDurham]

Excuse me, this is new cricket terminology. In my years following English bazball, I haven't yet come across the term maiden. Can someone please enlighten me?

Irony at its best

 

[CartyDurham]

Couple of close things but a breakthrough would be nice in the next few overs

20 for 0

 

[Son Of Coco]

With the weather around, the declaration seems to be at least partly understandable. If you're going to push the match along, and you know there is rain forecast, then the only way to do that is to declare early and hope the opposition ****s themselves.

It's obviously a gamble, but then that is what England said they would do, so here we are.

I hope we pile on 600, but we could just as easily brown our underpants.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Simon Jones still exists?

RARE

I thought that was the host of embarassing bodies

 

[the big bambino]

With the weather around, the declaration seems to be at least partly understandable. If you're going to push the match along, and you know there is rain forecast, then the only way to do that is to declare early and hope the opposition ****s themselves.

It's obviously a gamble, but the. that is what England said they would do, so here we are.

That's basically it and is just a feature of bazball it seems. See how it goes.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol KP

"Khawaja plays well off his legs, like many players from . . . the Southern Hemisphere do"

strong recovery

 

[Aidan11]

@Aidan11

@mackembhoy

hello from me . If I can’t post on rtg I can post in here Could you pass on that I’m alive on the cricket forum please?

I pray hetton lass is not on the site

Hi Carty.

Welcome aboard. The more Durham fans the merrier on here. Don't think HL.is on here. Certainly been no posts under that name.

 

[CartyDurham]

Is this the record for ginger beards in an England test XI?

 

[Daemon]

Root's starting to look like a kid again. Great to see.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Khawaja doesn't have a front foot does he

 

[Starfighter]

They're trying to get the ball changed already. Piss off.