*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[Socerer 01]

KP really sucking JB's **** on comms

good for you guys if it means he continues keeping

 

[chris.hinton]

Anderson in the wickets. Aussies bottling 400. The Conditions are favouring Bowling more so then yesterday

 

[quincywagstaff]

So little faith in Bairstow that KP is treating a fairly regulation catch as the keeping effort of the century.

 

[Shady Slim]

Have you not heard of Murali and Warne?

unsure which is better of the two, personally. need thread to hash this one out

 

[Socerer 01]

That's not a brilliant catch. He made it harder for himself as always but just happened to catch it this time.

in football we call it the theatric save

 

[morgieb]

That's not a brilliant catch. He made it harder for himself as always but just happened to catch it this time.

Yeah, an actually good keeper would've swallowed that with ease.

 

[CartyDurham]

Isn’t Bairstow going to be miffed if you take the gloves off him?
Are we happy with Crawley?

Yes but that’s life. Crawley is undroppable unless he loses a limb or passes away

reasons for that are unknown

 

[CartyDurham]

in football we call it the theatric save

One for the camera men, is a phrase in football

 

[Blenkinsop]

Yeah, an actually good keeper would've swallowed that with ease.

An actually good keeper would have left it for first slip.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

unsure which is better of the two, personally. need thread to hash this one out

Good plan. Let's do it

 

[NZTailender]

Nice of starc to gift the grandpa his last ever ashes wicket #youhearditherefirst

 

[CartyDurham]

Have you not heard of Murali and Warne?

I have but I should have said as a seam bowler

apologies

 

[Shady Slim]

in football we call it the theatric save

stocks rallying in shady slim pty ltd for this one

i remember a comment from washington capitals goaltender braden holtby who once said he hated when he made a highlight reel save and got a big heap of praise for it from the media, because the only reason you have to make a big lunge is because you're out of position to begin with.

obviously it's a bit different in ice hockey vs cricket because in ice hockey you're protecting the goal whereas to take a catch you've got to go to where ever the ball is, but i often think about that when i see a highlight reel catch behind the stumps or from the cordon

 

[TheJediBrah]

That is a shot

 

[Starfighter]

That's a vintage Steve Smith shot.

 

[trundler]

Smith into the 90s. Time for the turbo 'tism to kick in.

 

[Nintendo]

Jeez the overhead looks grim.

 

[CartyDurham]

Nice of starc to gift the grandpa his last ever ashes wicket #youhearditherefirst

Top seam bowler of all time and hadlee was very similar age

 

[Starfighter]

375 would be a pretty disappointing score from 3/300-odd.

It's very irritating that these kinds of collapses are normal for us, at least overseas. Tends to keep the opposition in the match.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Decent start so far.
Real shame about the entire day yesterday.