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

[halba]

wtf...another wicket against the run of play.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Ripping ball. Get that up you Ollie.

Another to Root please.

 

[GIMH]

That's some rock

 

[morgieb]

Play that.

 

[Burgey]

Starc is on the field because Hazlewood is off it. Which might be concerning, because Australia might desperately need him to be bowling. Cummins continues.

cricinfo source- is it wrong? Or is he back on the field..he's only bowled 2 overs which is unusual.

Well fmd there's a Josh Hazlewood impersonator in the team huddle after Pope got skittled.

 

[Zinzan]

Conversion rate has been outstanding for the last 2-3 years.

Tru dat. Had a terrible conversion for a long time but is making up for it of late.

Edit: Ripper from the skipper. Perfect Yorker, and swung late. Couldn't ask for more.

 

[CartyDurham]

People say this but he's not demonstrated this away from home in about 7 years.

There’s a classic bit of reverse swing .

that’s classic edgbaston pitch bowling by Cummins there

I didn’t know re starc as Australia games are on a pay to view channel in the U.K. , which I don’t pay for

I thought starc was a great inswing bowler

 

[Gnske]

Of course its wasted on Pope

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Pietersen is ****ing insufferable. I know all commentators do the inane chitchat thing. But it is infinitely more annoying when he does it. God he's a ****.

He's been insufferable for years....

 

[Son Of Coco]

Our bowlers have sent down so much detritus on the pads recently.

Yeah, heaps of rubbish.

 

[CartyDurham]

Ripping ball. Get that up you Ollie.

Another to Root please.

Agreed, we need another four timed through leg off an over pitched ball

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Need to go bang bang

 

[CartyDurham]

Yeah, heaps of rubbish.

Met with top class batting by root

you can say it

 

[Zinzan]

He's been insufferable for years....

42 to be precise.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

confirmed- hazlewood is injured. after bowling only 2 overs WTF

Australia again regretting not picking Mitch Marsh.

 

[sledger]

He's been insufferable for years....

He's always been insufferable and a total prat tbh. It's just that in days gone by he balanced out his idiotic personality with occasionally remarkable batting. These days there is nothing to recommend him at all.

 

[social]

Cummins starting to look more like himself

 

[Burgey]

I'd say Green is on because they've seen there's some swing on offer.

 

[CartyDurham]

Australia again regretting not picking Mitch Marsh.

He would have been the perfect pace to score at 5 an over

hope he plays at lords

 

[CartyDurham]

Green bowling the right length so far