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

[Prince EWS]

Foakes will be back for India, I'm sure.

Well they even had Pope keep in Pakistan so I'm not so sure.

 

[social]

My gut says that after late in the day partnerships like that, you normally get a couple of early breakthroughs next day. We’ll see of course

Ball does nothing for the seamers when the sun is out so need to hope for an overcast morning

 

[trundler]

Foakes was good but he did occasionally miss chances off spinners didn't he

 

[CartyDurham]

Foakes will be back for India, I'm sure.

Definitely

 

[Nintendo]

Foakes was good but he did occasionally miss chances off spinners didn't he

He missed the odd chance but he was good to the spinners most of the time. Bairstow looked completely out of sorts to the spinners today.

 

[CartyDurham]

To be fair to Bairstow a little bit but he’s hardly played in the last 10 months or so

the stumping miss was a fantastic ball that turned and bounced big and even the best keepers may have missed that one

the catch missed off Carey was a poor one though

anyway this is a great test match building and I hope the weather allows a result either way

 

[loterry1994]

Foakes and Bairstow should both be in the starting 11. Don’t think England has to worry as much about their batting because they bat till like 9. But those chances today and you’ll get a lot more of those in the sub continent should be taken. Bairstows a very fine fielder as well

 

[CartyDurham]

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Lets not forget his brilliant catch that got rid of labuschagne

 

[Calm_profit]

England won't be dropping billionaire's son.

 

[Ashes81]

A day of missed opportunities for England with the dropped chances and missed stumping.

We have to find a way of getting Foakes in to the side, and many of us were saying that before the match.

We bowled OK on a pretty unresponsive pitch and I'm sure Moeen, Jimmy and Robinson will be better for the outing.

The Aussies battled well late on. Khawaja played really well as did Carey and Head.

All in all, still pretty evenly poised, with both sides still looking for a lead.

Another great day's play and hopefully more to come.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The moment of the day was Labu’s golden duck.
but it’s Khawaja’s day

 

[kevinw]

The moment of the day was Labu’s golden duck.
but it’s Khawaja’s day

They'll be ecstatic given that Warner, Labu and Smith did nothing and they're still on for parity.

 

[Gob]

Great to see Jonny failing at cricket. Can't stand the bloke

 

[CartyDurham]

Birmingham - BBC Weather

14-day weather forecast for Birmingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

looks like we may get the morning session in. The next two days are not promising

time to get on a draw ?

 

[GIMH]

My weather app suggests only tomorrow will be affected

 

[loterry1994]

No way this ends on a draw now with how England bat now a days

 

[mustardcharlie]

Massive chance there will be rain from 2pm onwards I'm afraid. Think 8% chance of a draw is very optimistic. 80% chance of thunderstorms between 4 and 6. Don't think either side will have time to force a win, given a docile pitch and strength of batting.

 

[mustardcharlie]

My weather app suggests only tomorrow will be affected

What app are you using? Try bbc,co,uk/weather and put in Birmingham.

 

[CartyDurham]

Im new so I don’t know if it’s allowed about betting but there is 5/2 for the draw, 6/5 Aussie win and 2/1 England win available in bookies world

if it’s not allowed I apologise and won’t do it again

decent odds

 

[CartyDurham]

What app are you using? Try bbc,co,uk/weather and put in Birmingham.

I just used bbc weather, then Birmingham. Looks like the morning on Sunday is ok but after is likely rain