1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[Groundking]

Rubbish review, how do you not know that you've hit that?

 

[the big bambino]

Fantastic stuff from Denly. I wish England had 10 like him.

 

[morgieb]

Compared to other sports, cricket is very accepting of players making huge tactical errors as a way of keeping their neuroses under control.

Fair enough.

Mostly I was playing devil's advocate though. Usually they should try to play as conservatively as they can for a target that is most likely unchasable (as this situation was)

 

[Uppercut]

Adelaide 2012 a pretty amazing example of that. 4 down late on the 4th day and survived. Oz so shattered that their entire pace attack had to be replaced for the next Test.

Yeah I remember that one. Weren't Ntini and Harris charging down the pitch at the other end?

 

[stephen]

Very ordinary review. If he didn't hit it he might well have been lbw.

 

[GotSpin]

Great review

 

[slippy888]

Cant see Butller last long either

 

[GIMH]

Terrible decision to give Denly out.

 

[Jarquis]

Blokes need to be stronger in telling their partners to get on their ****ing bikes.

 

[GotSpin]

Good leave?

 

[Starfighter]

That was damned close to off stump.


What the hell is going on

 

[King Pietersen]

**** me. Dumb shot from Roy, even dumber review from Denly. Should be Denly's last game for a while, time to give Sibley a go.

 

[slippy888]

England just seem a shattered cricket team that don't believe that they actually won the world cup, when they know it was a tie.

 

[Uppercut]

Fair enough.

Mostly I was playing devil's advocate though. Usually they should try to play as conservatively as they can for a target that is most likely unchasable (as this situation was)

I mean I don't want to say they're wrong, the comms all know what it's like and I don't.

I'd just be surprised if it was impossible to find an effective batting mindset that doesn't compel you to do stupid **** every now and again.

 

[stephen]

The look of relief on Root's face when Siddle gets the ball instead of Cummins.

 

[Starfighter]

Terrific decision to give Denly out.

ftfy. One of the few things they've done right.

 

[GIMH]

ftfy. One of the few things they've done right.

I'm at work so not watching. But it was a terrible decision in terms of England's chances of seeing the game out, and that's the criteria I am using.

 

[Burgey]

Root will end this series looking as happy as Gower in 89

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

This game is not going to be around too long if England cannot find someone who can bat.

 

[hazsa19]

Trying to remember why I was quite confident that we’d do this. We must have bowled worse than I thought.