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

[Nintendo]

Head really shouldn't be touching little ginger kids like pope with such maternalness when he's rocking that pedo stache...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The way Head ducks bouncers he might one day edge behind as the bat is up like a periscope.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He rides his luck but his positivity has at least made Stokes think a bit. England were allowed to bowl without anything happening in the first session. Not now.

Moeen is leaking runs, it's getting silly now. They shouldn't have played him. Just gone with quicks and let Root bowl some holding overs.

Root would have done a better job than this

 

[Nintendo]

Watching usman bat makes me feel so safe.

 

[Kirkut]

Bazball is good but Khwaja's batting is what I watch this game for.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Imagine if instead of Moeen they had Mark Wood to come in and bowl short at Head, but 15kph quicker

 

[Son Of Coco]

Imagine if instead of Moeen they had Mark Wood to come in and bowl short at Head, but 15kph quicker

I'd be surprised if Wood is only 15kph quicker than Moeen.

 

[social]

If Stokes is anywhere near fit, he needs to bowl now

 

[Niall]

Not sure if the commentators are talking rubbish, but Head got dropped in the India tour? I see he played three tests and didn't exactly smash it but had some ok scores on some landmines, surely they are wrong and he was injured?

Would love to know what stud they dropped him for

 

[Daemon]

I'd be surprised if Wood is only 15kph quicker than Moeen.

Late 130s i reckon

 

[social]

Wtf is Robinson bouncing Uzi every ball?

 

[GIMH]

If this was an England partnership there would be seventeen pages of incessant whining about the pitch

 

[subshakerz]

Bazball is good but Khwaja's batting is what I watch this game for.

I dont care as much who wins the series as much as Khwaja making runs.

 

[CartyDurham]

Classic test match cricket currently. Australia on top

but no longer

by that was needed , head goes to Moeen

 

[Nintendo]

Not sure if the commentators are talking rubbish, but Head got dropped in the India tour? I see he played three tests and didn't exactly smash it but had some ok scores on some landmines, surely they are wrong and he was injured?

Would love to know what stud they dropped him for

Yeah got dropped for the first test. Reason was he averaged 11 when we toured pak and SL and looked completely clueless vs spin after coming off a big home summer vs england. He made runs the home summer after vs the windies and SA but the selectors thought his game vs spin in asia was still as poor so they dropped him.

 

[slowfinger]

not very clever from Moeen or Stokes. Just put a long on back they aren't going to miss it

 

[social]

Terrible

That’s just a gift

 

[GIMH]

Yeassssss

 

[CartyDurham]

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good catch crawley mid wicket area

148 for 4

 

[Jfry]

Props to Stokes for some ballsy captaincy there