1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[flibbertyjibber]

Bancroft squaring up constantly and using his bat like a windshield wiper reminds me a bit of Atherton on his forlorn 98/99 Ashes tour.

With a technique like that, he's going to be playing at a lot of deliveries outside off he doesn't have to.

He looked dreadful, considering he is the one who plays most over here out of the Aussie openers it was a pathetic innings.

 

[Flem274*]

in terms of good looking cricketers, i'd let ross taylor tongue me or neil wagner bounce me tbh

 

[trundler]

Boult, Coriander

CdG has the dadbod aesthetic going for him.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Boult, Coriander

He looks like an overgrown hobbit

@boult

 

[Starfighter]

That pitch map proving the old dictum that the right kind of **** gets wickets.

 

[Flem274*]

chris woakes and joe root are also good looking in the pretty sense

 

[trundler]

**** me that's epic

 

[King Pietersen]

****ing hell. It's only taken 12 years, but Broad has finally realised bowling full works. Who'd have thunk it?

 

[morgieb]

The same people complaining about this also had a wah recently about Bangladeshi fans having the audacity to cheer their players hitting boundaries.

This England crowd is nowhere near as bad as the Banglas. Hostile yes but I do think they appreciate good cricket. O/c the first Test that the 3 had played since Cape Town especially against their old enemies was gonna turn sour at times.

Wow that's borderline unplayable.

 

[Starfighter]

He looked dreadful, considering he is the one who plays most over here out of the Aussie openers it was a pathetic innings.

If you can solve the mystery of how he scores runs in the county stuff, hit us up. I've never worked it out.

 

[Gnske]

chris woakes and joe root are also good looking in the pretty sense

Joe Root looks like any number of weed addicts who will start talking to you at the club after three beers about how it doesn't make sense that marijuana is legal but its wrong to blow weed smoke into your pregnant wife's face.

 

[Jarquis]

How many Tests does Bancroft play?

 

[Flem274*]

Boult, Coriander

corey anderson was absolutely dreamy

i hear he's put on a few pounds tho

 

[Starfighter]

Can't wait to see Travis Head's footwork against this.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Hazlewood's recent form has been pretty dodgy. Not terrible but he certainly hasn't been great. Starc got left out because I think Australia thought he wouldn't exploit seaming pitches all that well.

Pattinson's recent form (admittedly not Tests) has looked hot. Siddle is a weird call but he has dominated in English conditions recently in fairness.

Hazelwood has been fairly ordinary in Tests for a while; hasn't taken more than 3 wickets in a Test innings since Perth 2017.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

If you can solve the mystery of how he scores runs in the county stuff, hit us up. I've never worked it out.

Div 2 is pretty crap though.

 

[morgieb]

How many Tests does Bancroft play?

If we lose and he fails again I could see him getting dropped for the second Test.

Definitely not surviving the series.

Broad looks omnious.

 

[Groundking]

Joe Root has horrible negative canthal tilt.

 

[Starfighter]

How many Tests does Bancroft play?

5, like in 17/18. He's Langer's boy.

 

[NUFAN]

Not enough singles so far. Bancroft Khawaja Smith having hit a single yet.