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

[Fuller Pilch]

That was awful technique from Labus-gaf-nee. Not a jaffa by any means.

No, he's not a jafa (they're from Auckland - random NZ fact); he's a saffa.

 

[CricAddict]

Knowing Labu's career, he would have expected Bairstow to drop that catch.

 

[slippy888]

Smith is the closest thing I have to to Garry Sobers

 

[CartyDurham]

What the follow on target ?

 

[Daemon]

You know he's going to be shadow batting in his hotel room tonight.

isr

 

[TheJediBrah]

You know he's going to be shadow batting in his hotel room tonight.

The wives and girlfriends not on tour with them?

 

[Gnske]

Imagine being 29-2 on a demerit point pitch

Is Cardiff getting a game this series? Dearly hope not, ugly part of the 'country' too. The ICC may well ban England from hosting anything for all time

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I can't wait until the end of this series when England realise they lost by playing New Zealands brand of cricket.

NZ's brand of cricket 7-9 years ago.
We've moved on.

 

[chris.hinton]

Lol

 

[CartyDurham]

Few Aussies on here. Get to bed , it’s only going to go downhill from here

 

[flibbertyjibber]

32-2 on the roadiest road ever. Utter ****e

 

[Aidan11]

Who are you a multiple of? John1990 again?

@CartyDurham is definitely a new poster on here. He's a long time poster on the same Durham messageboard as me.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What the follow on target ?

I think after the Basin Reserve choke the Poms might stop enforcing the follow on.

 

[woodleigh]

NZ's brand of cricket 7-9 years ago.
We've moved on.

I agree, you've moved on from Northern Hemisphere cricket. Now we can all stay awake when you're batting

 

[Jfry]

32-2 on the roadiest road ever. Utter ****e

Yes, because the pitch has a huge impact on the overhead conditions causing swing

 

[Starfighter]

Should be doing what Root was and batting out of the crease to negate any movement.

 

[CartyDurham]

I think after the Basin Reserve choke the Poms might stop enforcing the follow on.

Choke? Lost by a run. Hardly headingley 81 and edgbaston 81 chokes

 

[TheJediBrah]

Don't bowl short to Khawaja ffs. You can bowl half-volleys all day and he makes them look hard to play by not even lunging forward

literally sitting there waiting for the short ball

 

[OverratedSanity]

Uncharacteristically poor from Anderson here.

 

[CartyDurham]

Should be doing what Root was and batting out of the crease to negate any movement.

Correct. A few of the others did as well. I expect smith would have picked up on that