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

[Burgey]

What lead will Straya be hoping for?

To still be batting at tea tomorrow and assessing it then

 

[chris.hinton]

I live on the Gold Coast and we have a bigger population than Tasmania

Our local club has 5 professional players and didn’t make the semis of the Brisbane competition

Oh yeah, let’s have more teams

Who said that

 

[Shri]

The 'fast/medium'/'medium/fast' dichotomy is worthy of further study, there'll be a govt grant on offer for that if you word the application properly

there should only be 3 type - medium/medium pretend fast/fast

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

To still be batting at tea tomorrow

So 500 run target ? Would England be brave enough to chase that

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bit of a hot take but I think England have bowled way better than Australia so far this series, even if they've had the better of the conditions. Just lost it so far with their batting.

 

[Shri]

Just Stop Oil hypocritically flying a helicopter at low altitude over Lord's, commentators trying to ignore it to avoid giving them any further publicity.

its a good cause. unlike that social media dickhead a year or so ago

 

[Uppercut]

Tongue bowling well.

 

[Uppercut]

Bit of a hot take but I think England have bowled way better than Australia so far this series, even if they've had the better of the conditions. Just lost it so far with their batting.

Yeah the England fielding has cost them badly too.

 

[shortpitched713]

Bit of a hot take but I think England have bowled way better than Australia so far this series, even if they've had the better of the conditions. Just lost it so far with their batting.

Before today I would 100% agree with you. But I think Australia were very disciplined today, while being undermanned. They'll have to do it again, so it's going to be real test, regardless of whatever lead they come in with.

 

[Spark]

Not sure the bowlers will be delighted with a bootload of metal spikes straight into the ball.

 

[chris.hinton]

its a good cause. unlike that social media dickhead a year or so ago

It's not and its annoying

 

[Gob]

Bit of a hot take but I think England have bowled way better than Australia so far this series, even if they've had the better of the conditions. Just lost it so far with their batting.

That make a massive difference tbh. Australia had to resort to **** tactics because they bowled in ideal batting conditions

 

[Burgey]

So 500 run target ? Would England be brave enough to chase that

I think they will just be very careful given they’re without a front line spinner. They’ll want to grind the england bowlers into the ground if they can. If the wicket is still good enough for them to be batting on it tomorrow afternoon/ evening then it’s probably good enough for England to bat comfortably on too

 

[Spark]

I think they will just be very careful given they’re without a front line spinner. They’ll want to grind the england bowlers into the ground if they can. If the wicket is still good enough for them to be batting on it tomorrow afternoon/ evening then it’s probably good enough for England to bat comfortably on too

Yeah just bat and bat and bat here.

 

[Shri]

It's not and its annoying

bet you hate cummins too

 

[Spark]

Wtf is Pope still doing out there? He's a liability and he's only going to make things worse for himself.

 

[Shri]

pope galaxy brain. already dinged his shoulder. now stepping on the ball to save 4 on purpose. between him and robinson, they might not be able to rub two brain cells together

 

[Burgey]

Why is Pope on the field when he could put his feet up for another day then (stupidly, frankly) be allowed to bat three anyway? In no way is it his fault, but if you can’t field you shouldn’t be able to bat in the top order. It makes a mockery of the game being called a “test”.

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Would be nice if england had a keeper who was actually competent enough to be up to the stumps vs the pacers with all the AUS bats being so far out of their crease, huh?

Don’t get me started..,

 

[Socerer 01]

Wtf is Pope still doing out there? He's a liability and he's only going to make things worse for himself.

between him still staying on, Ali bowling despite having an open wound is there an untold pressure in the England team to man up and fight hard even when at risk of injury aggravation because their captain does the same with his knee?

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