1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[TheJediBrah]

lol no way that's hitting

another bad decish

 

[Starfighter]

That's very leg side actually. Ouch.

 

[lordscc]

Root is starting to motor. England's to lose

 

[duffer]

Oh boy, that's bad.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Umpiring is partly about instinct, and this bloke has zero.

 

[Burgey]

Looked leg side live to me. These decisions have been ****ing trash

 

[morgieb]

Live it looked pretty leg-side. Poor decision all round.

 

[ajdude]

great decision if he didn't hit it, was cannoning into leg stump

oh maybe not

quoting for the new page. ****ing dickhead

 

[King Pietersen]

**** me. The standard of umpiring in this game has been dreadful. Didn't look close to out live.

 

[Uppercut]

Top-class appealing from Australia. Properly bullied him into giving it.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So much nicer watching Paine keep than young JB. He's textbook

 

[aussie tragic]

Lol at article suggesting Steve Smith should bat at 3 because Root now does. Best batsman should bat where they want and feel most comfortable (aka, Ponting, Border, S. Waugh, G. Chappell and even I. Chappell for that matter.)

Root being peer pressured to bat 3 sums up his legacy (that and the conversion rate)

 

[stephen]

The previous appeal was way tighter but the nick saved him. That looked not out live.

 

[King Pietersen]

Shots like that from Roy are what really worry me about him. So loose, pushing really hard with a massive gap between bat and pad, not a good look.

 

[Stapel]

Good to see the umpires take the first possibility to mess things up.....

 

[Burgey]

I think it’s fair to say Pat’s back

 

[slippy888]

6/5 are the draw odds

 

[lordscc]

I think it’s fair to say Pat’s back

Root will hit him out the attack

 

[ajdude]

give the people what they want

 

[Burgey]

Roy looking for any excuse not to face up here.