*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

[Midwinter]

Thanks

 

[Cabinet96]

Ashes 2015: England's Stuart Broad has earned his place among the greats - Telegraph

WAG.

 

[Cabinet96]

PS: "Fourth stump line" is a fallacy.

Would be interested to read you elaborating on this.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Ashes 2015: England's Stuart Broad has earned his place among the greats - Telegraph

WAG.

He was certainly very good in this match, although this article gives him the royal reach-around in a massively glorified man hug. When he's good, he's very good, and if he finds this form consistently then we're in some trouble if the other bowlers bowl reasonably well too.

Not sure if this article has gone heavy enough on the hyperbole though!

 

[Daemon]

Broad's a bit like KP imo. Not one of the great players but definitely a player who puts in great performances.

 

[Swingpanzee]

What was Johnson's highest speed
The highest speed I saw was 142
And a few in the 139/140 mark

Did he get higher than that ?

nah mate he's got his pace back, can swear on day one he hit 91 mph (146 km/h) at least a few times

 

[King Pietersen]

Missed the final day, but delighted that we won so convincingly. Also love the fact Twatto got out LBW again, and reviewed it again. Amazing. Really hope he keeps his spot, I'd be happy to enjoy his incompetence for the next few weeks!

 

[wpdavid]

That inevitably happens when you answer direct questions from the media, they then go away and edit it to make it sound like he was complaining about the pitch when he was just briefly responding to a pointed question.

Any adult should know how this works.

But apparently not Lehmann. Still, if the manager is already feeling sorry for his lads and musing on the injustice of it all, that can only be for the good.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Any deck that offers up 1100+ runs and 40 wickets in 4 days can't be all that bad.

Sure, as gracious hosts, it'd be nice if yer Leekists had provide a wicket like concrete and the Fremantle Doctor, but it's about the best cricket pitch I've seen for a test in Cardiff.