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

[Xuhaib]

England 2003-2005 and especially England 2009-2013 was a better team than this lot.

 

[RightArmMystery]

First ball from Green a massive no ball. Good to see his learning his lessons.

 

[slowfinger]

England 2003-2005 and especially England 2009-2013 was a better team than this lot.

but neither teams had Stokes and McCullum

 

[Niall]

It's a good opportunity for Brook. Battering run of the mill spinners on roads in Pakistan is one thing....

That series in Pakistan was insane , but that bowling attack was the worst Pakistani bowling line up I ever seen.

Not much to come after this, Robinson at 8? Yuck.

 

[Aidan11]

Nice club for 4 from Brook there.

 

[Spark]

Go around the wicket to Brook. Don't give him any room.

 

[Croadymeister]

If they just ducked everything for an hour they've probably tired the Aus bowlers to such an extent that they should be huge favourites to win the game. Instead they're throwing their wickets away for fun.

Yeah I can't believe Root fell for it. I would expect so much better than that from him

 

[Spark]

That would have been one of the ugliest dismissals of all time.

 

[slowfinger]

is this Match fixing from Green?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That was a deliberate long hop

 

[RightArmMystery]

That is just a hack. ****ing awful cricket the last hour or so. Hope the rest of the series isn't like this.

 

[Aidan11]

is this Match fixing from Green?

He can bowl them all day for me.

 

[grecian]

OFFS Brook this is village, have a word Stokes.

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

How about average per wicket taken?
Or general quality of bowler may also be a better guide.

Why don’t you work out that average and tell us the answer? And check out the work Anderson puts in on his own game and his constant search for improvements?
181 matches, 336 innings, 6440.1 overs, 1674 mdns, 697 wkts, ave 26.15, Econ 2.79, 32 x 5 wkts in innings.First Eng bowler to take 500 test wkts.
In the international list of leading test wicket-takers, Anderson is third below Murali & Warne.

 

[trundler]

England 2003-2005 and especially England 2009-2013 was a better team than this lot.

They just had better cricketers available. This same lot before Stokes and McCullum were as bad as 90s England.

 

[Croadymeister]

That is just a hack. ****ing awful cricket the last hour or so. Hope the rest of the series isn't like this.

Feel sick we have lost this final session with some of the most daft batting I have ever seen

 

[trundler]

Australia can catch better but can't keep their feet behind the line. It's been one step forward, two steps back throughout the series. England have a massive massive advantage with Lyon missing too now and if they don't make it count here they deserve a thrashing.

 

[kevinw]

England 2003-2005 and especially England 2009-2013 was a better team than this lot.

Even when they were the 'worst' team in the world they still had Atherton, Stewart, Butcher, Thorpe, Nass, Gough and Caddick.

 

[Aidan11]

England will win this test.

 

[Niall]

That is just a hack. ****ing awful cricket the last hour or so. Hope the rest of the series isn't like this.

This is kinda sad, Brook is clearly a talent but getting a little worried that he seems to be turning into a mere slogger .