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

[Burgey]

Could I ask. Whenever an Australian is out, it’s a bad shot and nothing to do with the bowler ?

Nah you can play a bad shot to a good ball, or get induced into playing a bad shot - Green first innings a good example.

I mean tbf all we’ve heard this test is England threw every wicket away all game, as though you can go at five and six an over and not riskgetting out ugly

 

[CartyDurham]

Good ball or bad shot there ?

clearly a good ball

 

[Spark]

That wide of the crease tactic has gotten Green out a lot in his brief Test career already. Something he needs to work on.

 

[CartyDurham]

Nah you can play a bad shot to a good ball, or get induced into playing a bad shot - Gren first innings a good example.

I mean tbf all we’ve heard this test is England threw every wicket away all game, as though you can go at five and six an over and not riskgetting out ugly

Not from me you haven’t heard that

England have bowled a few snorters to get rid of top batsmen

it’s allowed to say

 

[Spark]

Nah you can play a bad shot to a good ball, or get induced into playing a bad shot - Green first innings a good example.

I mean tbf all we’ve heard this test is England threw every wicket away all game, as though you can go at five and six an over and not riskgetting out ugly

This is exactly while Head's wicket, whilst obviously needless, doesn't annoy me - he was playing according to a clear gameplan, it was the right gameplan, he just didn't execute that particular shot. Same with many of the English wickets.

There is no gameplan in which "defend balls way wide of off stump" is a good idea.

 

[RightArmMystery]

These two have missed out on a quite a number of pretty rank deliveries, especially Khawaja against Moeen

 

[Carlos]

Khawaja is the key, he is like a rock. If England can prize him out they will fall like flies.

 

[Socerer 01]

Not from me you haven’t heard that

England have bowled a few snorters to get rid of top batsmen

it’s allowed to say

Broad has done that, the rest not so much

 

[Burgey]

Not from me you haven’t heard that

Im
Not saying from you. But if you’re loving the way they’re playing hard at everything, it strikes me as odd you’d then hate it when they pop one up playing that way

 

[CartyDurham]

Broad has done that, the rest not so much

True apart from that absolute snorter that got rid of green first innings

 

[Nintendo]

Robinson just bowled one at 140 clicks according to the speed gun. Unheard of.

 

[TimAngas]

Interested to see if Root fires one through in light of Green's adjustment.

 

[Daemon]

Robinson just bowled one at 140 clicks according to the speed gun. Unheard of.

Late 130s imo

 

[Spark]

Robinson just bowled one at 140 clicks according to the speed gun. Unheard of.

Those have looked dubious all game

 

[Burgey]

These two have missed out on a quite a number of pretty rank deliveries, especially Khawaja against Moeen

Reckon he’s flat out exhausted tbh. Needs a shower and a rub down at the tea break if he’s still in.

in fact, he probably needs one if he isn’t too

 

[TheJediBrah]

These two have missed out on a quite a number of pretty rank deliveries, especially Khawaja against Moeen

You try staying on the field for 7 hours a day, 5 days in a row, in an intense sporting contest

Most of us wouldn't still be standing

 

[Spark]

Impressed by Green so far. Could be the making of him as a Test batsmen if he sees it home.

 

[Nintendo]

Is green standing more leg side of the offie an IPL/t20 thing or just a weird technical thing thats crept it?

 

[trundler]

Most of the English wickets across both innings didn't exactly owe a lot to great bowling either. The number of straight up donations has been a striking feature of this Test.

Yeah I've said this since day 2. It's been a battle of who sucks less.

 

[Carlos]

What a game, feel it is 50 50 right now but Khawaja is the key