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

[morgieb]

This is a much better field. No more easy singles.

 

[ashley bach]

Duckett with 1k test runs at an av of 50.
Still not sure if he's underrated or if he's as horrible as he looks.

 

[Burgey]

Nass calling for a wide on height here on day 5, having been curiously silent on the issue on the fourth morning…

 

[halba]

At what point should this partnership be broken, to make it even? My guess is that Eng need quite a few more from these two.

70-80 more

 

[kevinw]

At what point should this partnership be broken, to make it even? My guess is that Eng need quite a few more from these two.

England need to be within 100 by the time Bairstow comes in. 8-11 will fold like deckchairs against short bowling.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Who was the first player to be out twice in the "nervous nineties" in both innings of a test

No one ever
Duckett 98 & 79 not out

 

[silentstriker]

A wide shouldn’t count as one of your two bouncers per over.

 

[halba]

Piss poor inconsistent umpires

 

[Son Of Coco]

Nass calling for a wide on height here on day 5, having been curiously silent on the issue on the fourth morning…

Yeah, KP talking it up as well.

 

[Spark]

Nass calling for a wide on height here on day 5, having been curiously silent on the issue on the fourth morning…

Yeah like it's a wide but bit rich to be calling them to be all over it now when there could have been like twenty yesterday

 

[GIMH]

Happens every time there's a partnership in a 4th innings against Aus. People claim it's because of Brisbane and Headingley but it long predates it on this place, it really frustrates me

Conversely, prior to Headingley I’d consider all hope in vein. We’ve done this a few times now so I’m more optimistic than I would be. But even me, an actual lunatic when it comes to optimism, is living in hope not expectation currently

 

[Uppercut]

Green really struggling to get the length right on the short balls.

 

[Aidan11]

The bookmakers don't hurt themselves do they?.

Only offering odds of 2/1 for an England win. At 50/1 or wider I would have been tempted but 2/1 is a joke.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Who was the first player to be out twice in the "nervous nineties" in both innings of a test

No one ever
Duckett 98 & 79 not out

Nz's S. Flemming only player Dismissed in 90's in Test Debut & ODI Debut

 

[Jfry]

That is not the first time Stokes has picked it up to give it back. Previous Australian teams would've appealed

 

[Uppercut]

The bookmakers don't hurt themselves do they?.

Only offering odds of 2/1 for an England win. At 50/1 or wider I would have been tempted but 2/1 is a joke.

So bet on Australia?

 

[Spark]

Conversely, prior to Headingley I’d consider all hope in vein. We’ve done this a few times now so I’m more optimistic than I would be. But even me, an actual lunatic when it comes to optimism, is living in hope not expectation currently

One thing about all those chases and I think it was true last year was that the innings started really positively, a decent of runs piled on early by the top three which let the middle order chip away individually. Here these two and Bairstow basically have to score pretty much all these runs themselves.

 

[Stapel]

Another 100

Yeah, what I was thinking. If YJB comes in with either one of these, just after lunch, we might be in for another thriller.

 

[Aidan11]

So bet on Australia?

They're 4/11. Not worth it.

 

[hazsa19]

One thing about all those chases and I think it was true last year was that the innings started really positively, a decent of runs piled on early by the top three which let the middle order chip away individually. Here these two and Bairstow basically have to score pretty much all these runs themselves.

Tbf I remember that Edgbaston chase against India coming after a little collapse with Kohli doing laps the ****.