3rd Test at Headingley, Leeds

[Spark]

It was sunny that first day in 09 too.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Geez this has all happened very quickly hasn't it? I'm guessing bowling-friendly conditions again today?

 

[morgieb]

Well we have done it against New Zealand, West Indies and Ireland in the last year or so it is not all that surprising.

Said we would have been bowled out for 50 yesterday....

Oh yeah, your batting has been disgraceful lately. Just that Australia seem more reknown for these collapses especially in England.

 

[old_kookaburra]

England would be 8/30 if PSiddle was playing

Agreed

 

[Pothas]

Yeah that's true. Still he did slightly better than everyone else.

Nah he just got a ton and then did nothing. It was the pattern for a while but they seemed to have stopped the early ton bit now.

 

[TheJediBrah]

And 4 catches for Warner! After he **** the bed last game. Nice recovery.

 

[Justo]

The best part about this collapse is that Pattinson will barely have any sort of a work out. Hopefully he'll be able to play the next two tests as well and bypass the rotation policy.

 

[Starfighter]

Woakes is going to bail them out again, isn't he?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Warner with a good chance of joining or topping this list:

Records | Test matches | Fielding records | Most catches in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I take it back, Burgey was right.

We are terrible and losing to the worst Aussie side I can remember. Good bowling attack, awful batting and their only top player is missing this game.

Sooner we lose and sack Root the better.

 

[trundler]

"Pitch it up"

- Michael Holding, 2019

Tsk tsk tsk tsk

 

[Gob]

ffs Joel

 

[wpdavid]

Pope being ignored? Roy being expected to succeed as a test opener? Those are selector issues. Is your point that they are forced to make funky decisions due to a lack of batting options in county cricket?

Pretty much your second point. The domestic system is a complete joke and has been for years. That's why we've barely seen a newcomer to the test team perform decently in the last 8 years. Root the obvious exception until now, and Stokes up to a point. Moeen and Bairstow to an even lesser extent. But that really is it since we reached number 1 eight years ago. Obviously Roy looks an absolutely ludicrous suggestion now, but all the discussions about this pre-series offered absolutely no alternatives from the county game. As others have pointed out, Pope has just played his first four-day game of the season.

 

[Burgey]

Shame to see so many glum faces on such a beautiful SUNNY day at Headingley.

 

[morgieb]

Woakes is going to bail them out again, isn't he?

Even in the worst case scenario though they'll struggle to get to 200. Woakes has been good for a good 30 but he'll need a match-defining innings and some support down the order.

 

[Starfighter]

Sooner we lose and sack Root the better.

In all seriousness, who have you got to replace him? Cook survived a 5-0.

 

[Gnske]

If they don't make 85 I hope the mods will make allowance for greater bullying of the English posters.

 

[ImpatientLime]

8 run partnership

the comeback is on

 

[TheJediBrah]

Patto looks sharp

 

[Uppercut]

Geez this has all happened very quickly hasn't it? I'm guessing bowling-friendly conditions again today?

Nothing like yesterday. Runs were there if they'd got past the new ball.