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

[Michelle Fivefer]

And still Ben Foakes is ignored….

 

[AVA]

and still slays, such is his level of rizz

I'd say it adds to his rizz. Alpha AF

 

[TheJediBrah]

All I'm saying is Khawaja deserved to be axed and Harris deserved a run.

Trundler spot on as always. Excessive revisionism from the rest of the chat

 

[Burgey]

Mooen done for ball tampering then. Cheating Poms.

 

[Spikey]

I guess watch out if alex carey starts actually hitting them gold

 

[Starfighter]

Ehh, renshaw's made a ton of county and shield runs, I think he's ready for another go. Whiteman's also been fantastic in the shield for the best part of 3 years. Neither of those two are warner or khawaja level but their decent. Jewell is also coming along nicely.

Be nice if they could get their FC career averages above forty.

 

[Spikey]

Trundler spot on as always. Excessive revisionism from the rest of the chat

Except for the person that nailed it at the time

 

[TheJediBrah]

how many matches has this guy kept?
he's not a test standard wicketkeeper. india also had Dravid- who was a part time keeper, but great batter. this is what happens when u put a no.3 batsman into a wicketkeeping role.

He's a better keeper than Dravid but hasn't been good enough here. Keeping in Tests is a completely different game to doing it in T20s or ODIs. It's a game of attrition, physical and mental demands are massive. I've only kept more than 100 overs a few times and it's ****ed

 

[halba]

This Carey innings is killing me

no- Bairstow drops are-he shouldnt even be there.

 

[Starfighter]

Oh **** me, if your bowlers are being hit for six they deserve to bowl with a wrecked ball.

 

[Burgey]

One of the best things about Khawaja’s ton yesterday was how much it would have pissed off Nigel Farage

Fmd. Nice shot that

 

[social]

Pillow trolling Burgey with that footwork

 

[halba]

He's a better keeper than Dravid but hasn't been good enough here. Keeping in Tests is a completely different game to doing it in T20s or ODIs. It's a game of attrition, physical and mental demands are massive. I've only kept more than 100 overs a few times and it's ****ed

Agree. its very tough on the body - wicketkeeping, especially the crouch position all day long. Also how is he going to keep wicket in say the subcontinent- with those fine edges if he cant keep to Moeen here!

 

[Burgey]

Except for the person that nailed it at the time

The only thing you’ve nailed for quite some time tbh.

 

[trundler]

That was glorious

 

[Pothas]

how many matches has this guy kept?
he's not a test standard wicketkeeper. india also had Dravid- who was a part time keeper, but great batter. But they always had a specialist wicketkeeper in the past e.g. Mongia or Dhoni, Saha etc

this is what happens when u put a no.3 batsman into a wicketkeeping role.

Bairstow has kept loads in his career and has generally been fine.

 

[TheJediBrah]

*Moeen caught tampering*

"England, can you go 5 minutes without cheating"

*Tries to change ball again*

". . . How long was that"

 

[GIMH]

Oh **** me, if your bowlers are being hit for six they deserve to bowl with a wrecked ball.

Arguably better for us to keep the scuffed ball!

 

[Spikey]

The only thing you’ve nailed for quite some time tbh.

I hit the peak and retired on top

 

[Burgey]

The deficit is evaporating pretty damn fast so far this morning