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

[CartyDurham]

Nice to see Warner etc showing concern there

was a very good bouncer , took him on the side of the jaw

 

[Socerer 01]

Woakes in as concussion sub could generate some waahs

 

[Son Of Coco]

How not to play the short ball.

Hopefully he is ok.

 

[TimAngas]

Are they allowed to bring on Woakes to bat now?

 

[Burgey]

I love how at Lord’s the players just accept some festering, fat bastard wobbling past the sight screen every third over, whereas at every other ground if a stray groundsman walks past as a one-off, the players and commentators all blow up like toads.

that’s a really nasty one for Broad. Hope he’s ok.

 

[TimAngas]

He looks okay, which is good. That was quite ugly.

 

[Lefty]

Never like seeing battsman hit.

Broad will get a few more short balls after that.

 

[Prince EWS]

Are they allowed to bring on Woakes to bat now?

Broad deliberately taking one in the face* for the sake of the team, WAG.

*and the posts

 

[Qlder]

Broad was terrified of short pitch Bowling before that ball. Shouldn't be batting long

 

[_Ed_]

That was glorious from Robinson.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Love how the Australian team easily adapt to the conditions and change their attack to achieve the results they need to win matches, its all very fluid, while the English are committed to playing one way, in the style of a retired kiwi who really only exelled in the short form of the game - bizarroball!

McCullum was a better test player than ODI player (although better at T20s than tests).

 

[Son Of Coco]

Great catch. Thought he'd missed a stumping at first.

 

[Jfry]

Am I alone in saying that most Australians have softened on Broad over the last few years

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ha

 

[Spark]

Am I alone in saying that most Australians have softened on Broad over the last few years

I've always liked him tbh, and I mean that sincerely

 

[TimAngas]

Am I alone in saying that most Australians have softened on Broad over the last few years

Yeah he's no where near the arch-antagonist he was 10 years ago. He's never even given that much lip either, so I think most of the dislike stemmed from the walking incident and his general mannerisms. Pretty unfair really.

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Stokes and Root seem to be enjoying their crossword. That's nice while the Ashes are slipping away right in front of them.

How do you expect them to help from the balcony?

 

[Gob]

Carey has been great since falling in to that Karachi pool

 

[Burgey]

He’s in good keeping form Carey. Has been since the India tour, where I was worried he’d be shown up

 

[ripper868]

Great catch. Thought he'd missed a stumping at first.

ha this came through before my stream caught up - nuts that carey still didn't rip the bails off. great catch.