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

[Croadymeister]

Should Tongue be considered for Lord's as has already taken wickets there albeit against Ireland

 

[Adders]

Well I suppose Congrats are in order even though you are all despicable people who should be neutered. Eng will be back and this will be a hard fought series to the end.

Now **** off the lot of you. ****s.

 

[Adders]

PS. I'm taking it well this morning. Thanks for asking.

 

[Son Of Coco]

How would the batsmen out in the middle know he wanted an eclair if he didn't signal it to them?

By the looks of Bairstow, he had eaten them all, so his search was fruitless.

 

[Prince EWS]

By the looks of Bairstow, he had eaten them all, so his search was fruitless.

Not unlike his diet.

 

[Prince EWS]

Should Tongue be considered for Lord's as has already taken wickets there albeit against Ireland

Nah he really shouldn't be in the mix at all unless there are a couple of injuries IMO, especially at Lords given how awesome Woakes's record is there.

 

[vicleggie]

Haven't you heard of Jimmy Anderson?

scrawny armed trundler without swinging conditions tbh

 

[the big bambino]

Not sure if the game has settled which team is better. England probably should've won as 280 is a hard get. So Australia's effort is even more impressive. England could reflect they took runs back into the shed on the 1st innings declaration but Australia won the game without significant contributions from Marnus and Smith. England can probably pick a better balanced attack as well which all means neither team should feel too disheartened or optimistic over their chances for the rest of the series.

That first innings declaration ... hmmm. I guess it can be justified as part of the bazball package which has been so successful. It gives Eng two shots at the openers and if they got Usman early they win the test. Maybe I'm struggling to find justifications for it. Really it is a component of bazball that can be junked without affecting the overall tactic. With Root still in the likelihood of further runs would have insured against all the mistakes England made in the field. Probably England's biggest tactical mistake in the game.

 

[duffer]

yeh

 

[Burgey]

The most heartening thing about this game is that it confirms that Australia are not a league ahead of England and it wont be a one-sided contest. Which is great.

Mate please.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pat is so ***y. Idc what he says he can force me to drive an electric car and get gay married whatever he's earned it

 

[Prince EWS]

The most heartening thing about this game is that it confirms that Australia are not a league ahead of England and it wont be a one-sided contest. Which is great.

I'm not sure why you were worried about that. It's never one-sided in England.

The most heartening thing about this game is of course the fact that the awful declaration backfired and Ben Stokes never got to eat his eclair.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pat is so ***y. Idc what he says he can force me to drive an electric car and get gay married whatever he's earned it

Acknowledgment of country at the start of every one of your posts IMO.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Gary Sobers Declared Westindies Innings Twice in Trinidad for Positive Result Westindies not only Loose test but loose series 1/0 ( Boycott was eng Captain)

westindies 527/7 declared & 92/2 declared england 404 & 215/3

For England its their Monopoly to loose FIRST TEST OF NEW SERIES unless vs india.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Mate please.

Ya very well played england

 

[Burgey]

Stokes says on BBC TV "Being able to declare as we were there should send a message to the Australians". He'll stick to it.

Yeah the message is "I'm more interested in everyone thinking I'm Alpha than I am in playing to the conditions and the opposition." It's a great message.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Gary Sobers Declared Westindies Innings Twice in Trinidad for Positive Result Westindies not only Loose test but loose series 1/0 ( Boycott was eng Captain)

For England its their Monopoly to loose FIRST TEST OF NEW SERIES unless vs india.

Many time englnd after loosing 1st test win series

 

[Daemon]

“It‘s something we spoke about as a group,” Robinson said. ”We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they’ve got three No. 11s. It’s something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings.”

 

[G. S. Kohli]

This was the 15th successful run-chase of 275 or more in Tests in England, five of which have come since 2022

Closest wins in Ashes (by wickets remaining)
1 - England, The Oval, 1901
1 - England, Melbourne, 1907-08
1 - England, Headingley, 2019
2 - England, The Oval, 1890
2 - Australia, Sydney, 1907-08
2 - Australia, Edgbaston, 2023

 

[Burgey]