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

[Spark]

Moaning about the style of bowling to Robinson when we have no recognised batsmen is just utterly laughable

Again: ???

Is the bowling suddenly exempt from comment just because it's a #9 batting?

 

[Burgey]

Mindset of bully him after yesterday has been overplayed.

He bounced the tail himself.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Deliberate, unorthodox, Robinson.

 

[Burgey]

Again: ???

Is the bowling suddenly exempt from comment just because it's a #9 batting?

Some cracking debutants this series, it has to be said

 

[GotSpin]

Put something on the stumps ffs

 

[Socerer 01]

Moaning about the style of bowling to Robinson when we have no recognised batsmen is just utterly laughable is my point

every run here is valuable but that is alien to England fans who think the first innings declaration was genius

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Lead 250
So Australia will need their highest successful in England since the Invincibles of 48' to win the Test ..No pressure

 

[Spark]

Put something on the stumps ffs

Sorry GotSpin but this is an "utterly laughable moan", apparently. How dare you make comments about the bowling when Robinson is batting

 

[Nintendo]

I'de bring green on. He's been practicing his white ball bowling more than cummins or boland recently and nailed his yorkers in the first dig.

 

[chris.hinton]

I would bring on Smith for some spin

 

[GotSpin]

This is serious tripe from Hazelwood

 

[social]

That’s just **** bowling

 

[Preed]

How important would another 30 runs have been without the declaration

 

[Spark]

Yeah look this is stupid. Hazlewood hasn't got the petrol tickets left to be truly threatening bowling over after over of short balls

 

[RightArmMystery]

Pitch is so dead, pretty ordinary from Hazlewood and Cummins.

 

[Burgey]

Lead 250
So Australia will need their highest successful in England since the Invincibles of 48' to win the Test ..No pressure

Pretty sure they won’t be thumbing through old Wisdens at the change of innings

 

[CartyDurham]

This could be winning the game for England these late runs

it is always frustrating when the tail does this

258 the lead

can we keep it going for another hour?

 

[Socerer 01]

bowl one more short ball Hazlewood, im sure it will work

 

[Nintendo]

That last ball was better from haze. If your gonna try and camp them on the backfoot you've gotta sneak a full one in every once in a while. I'de be interested to see the global tail ender averages by each length from pacers. Swear the shortball gets used so much and I very rarely see it work.

 

[CartyDurham]

How important would another 30 runs have been without the declaration

It’s gone , move on. It would have been nice but it’s gone

these runs are annoying Australia and we are not far away from a winning score now