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

[CartyDurham]

Which stats are we referring to?

The amount of wickets taken. mcgrath is 122 behind Anderson. Not in jimmys league

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yeah I personally never minded the Moeen selection because who else are you going to pick? Dom Bess?

A massive part of England's revival has been simply down to picking the most talented cricketers in the country and playing a style which suits those individuals. Moeen is entirely consistent with that.

Is Rehan Ahmed injured? He looks a million times more talented than Moeen. Backward step imo.

 

[TheJediBrah]

You said in your post that we picked Moeen because Bazball, radical, etc etc. This is untrue, we picked him because Leach is injured and they didn’t think anyone else is good enough. But you’ve tried to make it something it’s not, in your usual midwitted manner. I guess it’s a consequence of you being of limited intellect.

It's banter you potato I'm just insulting your team it doesn't have to make sense

you're also still wrong Moeen has bowled worse than club bowlers I know

bAzBaLL

 

[Son Of Coco]

Tubby speaking the truth there.

Yeah, he was spot on.

 

[Starfighter]

Is Rehan Ahmed injured?

Going at 4 an over in county.

 

[trundler]

Must be a roady road if Cummins has scored 20 runs on it

 

[GIMH]

It's banter you potato I'm just insulting your team it doesn't have to make sense

you're also still wrong Moeen has bowled worse than club bowlers I know

bAzBaLL

Epic bantz

 

[Burgey]

Yeah well done England for giving him so many lives

Tbf four of your blokes got lives, they just didn’t make Aus pay as much as Carey, or even Green did.

 

[Burgey]

Big error by England picking Ali and putting Bairstow behind the stumps.Ali gives away far to many cheap boundaries and his batting is hit and miss.I Am sure ther is a better spinner somewhere in England.

there is but he’s playing for australia

 

[Aidan11]

Going at 4 an over in county.

So is Moeen in this test.

 

[CartyDurham]

Right now we’ve got the wind ups and anger out the way

with rain expected and loss of overs, if the Aussies get a 100 lead will they declare ?

 

[Prince EWS]

Tbf four of your blokes got lives, they just didn’t make Aus pay as much as Carey, or even Green did.

Even if they didn't lose any wickets at all Stokes probably still would've declared after 75 overs tbf.

 

[Gnske]

Low IQ people say "but there's no one else in England' and 'waaah Moeen'

High IQ people admit the ECB see spin as a token role to fill overs, make the overrates and serve dross that will incidentally pick up wickets.

I advise all you spin-activists to actually use your brains.

 

[TheJediBrah]

there is but he’s playing for australia

Todd Murphy would run through the Aussies with the footmarks on offer here

 

[CartyDurham]

I personally think root is under bowled as a spin option.

anyway. That’s me off for a bit. The mrs has shouted her daily instructions

see you later hopefully

 

[wpdavid]

This Foakes v Bairstow debate is getting tiresome.

Drop them both and bring in Sam Billings.

He's available, as Kent dropped him last week.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

78/3
362/6

Test match heading for tame Draw

 

[social]

Gladstone Small. Anyone remember his bowling at the MCG in 1986 ? That was a nice win

“The man they cannot hang”

 

[trundler]

Picking someone like Parkinson would be a lot more in line with the picking the most talented players and letting them do their thang policy. Not saying I agree with it. 4 quicks + Root was surely the way to go.

 

[Starfighter]

England managing to make another bowling change take a year.