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

[chris.hinton]

Cummins bowled 18 overs out of 53. Impressive

 

[CartyDurham]

Canny break before the next test , so all the bowlers can go full throttle for England

229 the lead. inching towards the 250 line

 

[chris.hinton]

Moeen on fire now....come on england

 

[CartyDurham]

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did I say inching ? Moeen smokes one for six

stumping? Not out!

235 the lead

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Cummins bowled 18 overs out of 53. Impressive

His reliability since missing several years of Test Cricket has just been astonishing, few quicks have been able to stay so strong and durable after missing out on such a lengthy period of Tests ..

 

[Aritro]

Moeen Ali's been playing Flowerball/Fletcherball so far. It's so retro.

Maybe that slog sweep is an indication he's received the Bazball memo.

Meanwhile, FMD Lyon's bowled well today.

 

[chunksafc]

Canny break before the next test , so all the bowlers can go full throttle for England

229 the lead. inching towards the 250 line

enough time for Ali's finger to heal?

 

[Croadymeister]

Yes indeed so , history does tell us this..

Australia have only won 28 of the 158 test matches where they needed 200 runs or more in the 4th innings, with 50 draws and 79 defeats .

In England they have successfully chased a 200 run target twice in their history :

1.404/3 v England @ Headingley 1948 (Australia's highest ever run chase in Test Cricket)

2.242/5 v England @ Kennington Oval 1972

This Aussie batting line up is too strong to cope with any kind of pressure

 

[CartyDurham]

That’s a great catch by labuschagne , or is it ?

fantastic delivery though by hazlewood.

 

[Spark]

Yeah you can't do that Marnus

 

[chris.hinton]

Forecast for tomorrow is fine. Rain overnight and into the morning but likely a delayed start but should get a good amount of play in

 

[TimAngas]

Labuschagne says he's not sure and the crowd starts their cheating chant haha.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Classic Aussies.

 

[Uppercut]

Looool Marnus

 

[CartyDurham]

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touching the ground for me but a really great effort by labuschagne .

not out . I don’t think labuschagne can be blamed for taking it

 

[chunksafc]

Not even close to being a catch and he knew it

 

[slowfinger]

the real question is, should we declare now to protect Moeen's finger, because, what if he gets hit on the finger and can't bowl?

 

[Ashes81]

Very poor from Labushchagne there - he knows he's grounded that.

Same old Aussies always cheating

 

[GIMH]

An utter disgrace that

 

[mackembhoy]

I mean that's appalling claiming that one