2nd Test, Lord's, London

[Spark]

Carberry was still a better opener than Roy

He was genuinely super unlucky not to get a longer run. He looked more comfortable than Johnson than just about anyone else, which is a hell of a feat

 

[Spikey]

torn between wanting Root to fail because I want to england and Root to score because the idea that he can't bat at 3 is nonsense. oh well

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Put a man under the bat

 

[NUFAN]

So much has happened today, crazy

 

[Uppercut]

One might even think there are also some downsides to exposing your only good batsman to the new ball.

 

[old_kookaburra]

Ohhh interesting.

So you are a trundler?

At altitude , yes, and Im over 50 too, but I do walk more than 10ks for work most days

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh boy, collapse on here. Root in the last 18 months has been um, not great

 

[Malcolm]

Is it On?

You bet!

 

[old_kookaburra]

Wooohooooooo

Echo that

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Nothing in cricket is as heart pumping as a hattrick ball

 

[BoyBrumby]

Is it On?

It's not Off, let's put it that way.

 

[Spark]

The gap between the quality of bowlers and batsmen - one exception - in this series is as vast as I've seen

 

[h_hurricane]

Cummins is a freaking legend. Will be disappointing if he does not end up as an ATG.

 

[trundler]

Almost had another. Hazlewood needs to get into rhythm quick and we've got 60 all out on our hands.

 

[King Pietersen]

Seen enough of Roy as an opener now. Move him down to 4 if we have to keep him, but time for a proper opener like Sibley to come in, and we need to get Root back down to 4 but **** knows who bats 3. I guess it depends how Denly does here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The England captaincy really is cursed? Root was a superb albeit still flawed batsman when he got the captaincy job. The guy's average is plummeting at an alarming rate.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Top stuff from big Paddy. Nice to see a champion Aussie cricketer who doesn't look as if he's having a seizure when he performs.

 

[old_kookaburra]

far out, I was about to go to bed too........this is sounding really interesting

 

[Spark]

That really was such a 2013 Root dismissal

 

[jimbags]

Captaincy ruins another England player