*Official* First Test at The Gabba

[benchmark00]

Bucket head status?

Unconfirmed but assumed in.

 

[Maximas]

Not sure how much stock to put into that rev-meter on Sky but it's the best we have I guess Lyon sometimes gives the ball a pronounced flick with his index finger that uses a bit of wrist. Ever since I saw that back during the tour of SL, I liked him.

I think Lyon's best attribute atm is how he gets the bounce/turn/flight at almost 90 kph consistently

 

[GuyFromLancs]

Plenty of empty seats. So typical of English fans to leave early when their team isn't performing

You wanna go to a Premiership game!

Anyway, i have a spirit crushing meeting most of the day, just made considerably worse by tonight's events.

That's cricket I guess

 

[adub]

That was class

 

[Maximas]

I laugh at the non-reaction of Lyon every time they show the Prior dismissal

 

[JontyPanesar]

I think Lyon's best attribute atm is how he gets the bounce/turn/flight at almost 90 kph consistently

Which would imply more revs. More revs allows you to bowl at a quicker pace without sacrificing bounce/turn/dip/drift.

I like all bowlers who really give it a rip, but Lyon's particularly good b/c he has control too, which is precisely what Ashwin is still trying to gain.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I wonder If our bois are gonna get this back from the English bowlers

They're not quick enough...

 

[Spark]

That's a seriously good shot

 

[dermo]

man 00's 0/73 is on, could well be the most golden summer of all time

 

[Burgey]

That's as good a shot as a leftie can play to an off spinner.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I think Lyon's best attribute atm is how he gets the bounce/turn/flight at almost 90 kph consistently

Sometimes being able to drop it to low-mid 80s kph can be needed against the tail though particularly

 

[Maximas]

They're not quick enough...

Nah, but I wondered if they'd be silly enough to try

 

[Spark]

Wha... why is Root bowling

 

[benchmark00]

Wha... why is Root bowling

Light, worth a go with Rogers in.

 

[Spikey]

Wha... why is Root bowling

do you want cook to be funky or not

 

[Son Of Coco]

That piece bowling from Harris to Cook is as fine a piece of execution in test cricket as you're likely to see.

Yeah, that's the exact spot you should be bowling to him. It makes our efforts to him in 10/11 so bewildering.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Pathetic batting from both sides it must be said, even combining their totals you're still about 170 runs short of a par score.

You'd be happy with 170 under par if you were playing golf though.

 

[benchmark00]

n00fers, Jordan (Finlayson) from Beauty and the Geek a few seasons a go is the quintessential PR.

 

[JontyPanesar]

At the risk of sounding like a nub here, why did KP pretty much stop bowling altogether? At least he'd give it a rip and would extract some extra bounce b/c of his height. I hate watching Root bowl

 

[morgieb]

You can tell where Rogers learned his cricket