*Official* 1st Test at the SWALEC Stadium

[adub]

Haddin made that look harder than it was and paid the penalty

Yeah that was absolutely rubbish. Should have been taking it pretty comfortably.

 

[Swingpanzee]

how da **** has ballance made 10+ ?

 

[Johnners]

This feels like an unerringly long stint of Healy commentating, and I don't like it.

 

[Top_Cat]

Christ, does Haddin need to actually cost the Aussies a Test before they even look at someone else? Hard to capitalise when the English are either getting out or playing jammy ****ing cricket when they're not getting out and you shell it when the oppo's most in-form bloke gifts a chance.

 

[morgieb]

how da **** has ballance made 10+ ?

Starc can't bowl to lefties

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah that was absolutely rubbish. Should have been taking it pretty comfortably.

Not complaining, it was a terrible drop though.

 

[Jono]

 

[adub]

fkn Haddin better not have gifted Root a good series here.

 

[Uppercut]

how da **** has ballance made 10+ ?

You guys know he averages 52 in test cricket, right? Sure he has no front foot game but it hasn't stopped him scoring a tonne of runs before. To read this thread you would think he's Chris Martin.

 

[Primrose_D12]

That's the line Starc needs to bowl.

 

[aussie tragic]

Bell now has an average of 5.62 from last 8 innings....almost McGrath like

 

[Cabinet96]

You guys know he averages 52 in test cricket, right? Sure he has no front foot game but it hasn't stopped him scoring a tonne of runs before. To read this thread you would think he's Chris Martin.

Yeah it's weird, heaps of people seemed to genuinely believe he'd make no more than 10 runs in two test matches and then get dropped.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

You guys know he averages 52 in test cricket, right? Sure he has no front foot game but it hasn't stopped him scoring a tonne of runs before. To read this thread you would think he's Chris Martin.

It's mostly due to him being Boult's bunny. One would assume another left arm swing bowler of similar quality would have him on toast.

 

[Gnske]

I sincerely hope all the in-team bullying switches from Watson to Haddin now.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

r00t

 

[Riggins]

Can't drop Root. He's their only good player.

 

[Cabinet96]

It's mostly due to him being Boult's bunny. One would assume another left arm swing bowler of similar quality would have him on toast.

Luckily no other such bowler exists.

 

[wpdavid]

Bell now has an average of 5.62 from last 8 innings....almost McGrath like

He's shot, isn't he. At the risk of bandwaggoning, I'd rather see Bairstow given a run in the middle order, and I don't give a monkeys about his track record for England two to three years ago. Anyway, perhaps that's for another thread,

 

[Jono]

wait hang on. What did Nicholas just say the capacity of this ground was?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He's shot, isn't he. At the risk of bandwaggoning, I'd rather see Bairstow given a run in the middle order, and I don't give a monkeys about his track record for England two to three years ago.
Anyway, perhaps that's for another thread,

Sod off, we'd have no batting left to retain the title with.