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

[CartyDurham]

Clearly!

I knew I could read between the lines


a four by Australia . Nearly getting to 3 an over

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Poor Foakes looks done for based on how Bairstow has played so far

It might work in this series, but I think it is a backward step for England having terrible bits and pieces players like Moeen and Bairstow as a keeper. Next they'll pick Woakes again!

 

[thierry henry]

“Ben Stokes just for a moment thought he was in the game” then remembered he can’t bat or bowl and is ginger

 

[sledger]

Robelinda video being featured in Sky Sports haha

 

[CartyDurham]

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love a straight drive by smith but good fielding to stop the four

 

[woodleigh]

I knew I could read between the lines


a four by Australia . Nearly getting to 3 an over

Too many bundies, too late, sorry mate

 

[social]

I know that Robinson is a very fine bowler in helpful conditions but 127ks won’t cut it at test level in most places unless you have Philander level skills

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Why is Sangakkara there?

Taken over from Holding/Warne as a foreign regular member of the team.

Why do the Aussies employ so many English ones every year?

 

[Spark]

Wickets off double bouncers makes me laugh every time. ICC are such killjoys for changing that rule

 

[trundler]

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love a straight drive by smith but good fielding to stop the four

Who could've foreseen Smith driving pitched up balls targeting his pads?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

“Ben Stokes just for a moment thought he was in the game” then remembered he can’t bat or bowl and is ginger

I find the word "ginger" offensive. It is better to call him a ranga.

 

[CartyDurham]

Don’t know if you saw it overseas but sky in the U.K. have just shown Mark Taylor taking a wicket with a ball that bounced twice and bowled someone

Made brook look like brett Lee

 

[social]

Robelinda video being featured in Sky Sports haha

Channel 9 to block its use tomorrow

 

[Starfighter]

I know that Robinson is a very fine bowler in helpful conditions but 127ks won’t cut it at test level in most places unless you have Philander level skills

He took wickets at a similar pace in Pakistan. Granted, it was against Pakistan.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I know that Robinson is a very fine bowler in helpful conditions but 127ks won’t cut it at test level in most places unless you have Philander level skills

He actually did really well on Pakistani roads.

 

[slowfinger]

Are England seriously bowling two sub-80 mph bowlers against this Australia team??

Smith faced faster attacks in the County Championship for ****'s sake

 

[Jfry]

I struggle to understand how a grown man can bowl slower than about 115km/h

 

[thierry henry]

I find the word "ginger" offensive. It is better to call him a ranga.

Ranga is an Australianism. Just because they are the less evil of the two combatants it doesn’t mean I adopt their language.

 

[Jfry]

I know that Robinson is a very fine bowler in helpful conditions but 127ks won’t cut it at test level in most places unless you have Philander level skills

Nah Robinson will finish with match figures of like 3/100 or something which is perfectly adequate here

 

[TheJediBrah]

I know that Robinson is a very fine bowler in helpful conditions but 127ks won’t cut it at test level in most places unless you have Philander level skills at avoiding flat pitches

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