1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[trundler]

That's not 'played' down to the 3rd man.

 

[Starfighter]

That's not 'played' down to the 3rd man.

It's played when England are batting, edged when Australia are batting.

 

[social]

That's not 'played' down to the 3rd man.

Been that way with Oz in England for years

Always have a 3rd man

 

[Starfighter]

We've got two slips standing very close together when everything has gone wide. Second looks almost in front of first.

 

[trundler]

Stokes has looked the most skilled English bat

 

[NotMcKenzie]

I'm getting reminded of the highlights of Australia's first innings against England at Sydney in 74/75:

The ball kept going through the gap between slips and gully, and John Edrich (who was captaining England after Mike Denness dropped himself) took precisely zero notice of it.

 

[Burgey]

See ya, knob end

 

[Starfighter]

Stokes has way too much talent to be averaging only 34 imo.

And there he goes. That's why he's only averaging 34.

 

[social]

Miracle

Edged one

 

[morgieb]

That was out of nowhere basically. Pretty nothing ball too!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bugger. Soft way to go. Looked in imperious nick too.

 

[Howe_zat]

Stokes has looked the most skilled English bat

I liked this post, so I'm not sure which of us to blame.

(I blame you)

 

[trundler]

Feathered it. Played well though. Very good innings.

Also, when was the last time an English batsman not named Cook played 300 balls?

 

[GIMH]

What a waste

 

[wrongun]

Nothing to do with good Test Match batting then.

It was ok....not the greatest by England but they capitalized on what Aus gave them.

 

[slippy888]

England are batting themselves into trouble these last 10 overs only 19 runs scored

 

[social]

Just bowl one straight

 

[Burgey]

That was out of nowhere basically. Pretty nothing ball too!

Consider it some form of equaliser for going past the bat a hundred times.

Bairstow’s cervical spine resembles Gladstone Small’s a bit

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Needed that. I would go pretty full to Bairstow early, try and get one through him

 

[Son Of Coco]

At least he made 50 though.

That's why it's a decent bet still. You can almost guarantee he'll get the 50, but not the 100. I think he should work on his conversion rate before he questions Smith's ability against the moving ball. He had the best of the batting conditions but he was still about 90 short of TPC.