*Official* First Test (Edgbaston, Birmingham) 16–20 June

[ashley bach]

He wouldn't last against the great Matthew Hoggard.

Hoggard>>>>Lillee

 

[trundler]

Should have been a sign to Burgey that he was wrong.

You forgot to drive this home with a wink.

 

[slowfinger]

Who would you even sub him in for?

I hate it anyway. Eleven players is plenty.

get Jimmy off mate he's looking so geriatric right now

surely makes more sense in Test matches than t20 anyway with endurance and stuff...

any way just a thought, i'm not a fan of substitutions in cricket anyhow

 

[CartyDurham]

Only a cop, or even worse, an Australian player from the early to mid 2000s, would disagree on Usman being the greatest opener ever

I’m worse and he isn’t the best Aussie opener I’ve seen

he’s playing well today though

I go back to last century plus

 

[Nintendo]

Usman needs 91 more this innings to outscore the combined run tally of bancroft, warner and harris from the last ashes.

 

[trundler]

If usman keeps this up for the series and has a big series opening where does that leave him in the pantheon of Australian test openers?

Ahead of Taylor and Warner for sure. Maybe even Langer.

 

[wpdavid]

He wouldn't last against the great Matthew Hoggard.

Maybe, and our 2005 attack was very good. But Hayden didn't do a thing against our Hoggardless attack in 2001.

 

[CartyDurham]

Usman needs 91 more this innings to outscore the combined run tally of bancroft, warner and harris from the last ashes.

Good stat but hoping he fails

 

[G. S. Kohli]

17 International Hundred For Usman Khawaja

15* in test

 

[Prince EWS]

Hoggard>>>>Lillee

No doubt. Khawaja would have no problems with Lillee but struggle big time against Hoggard.

 

[Spikey]

I’m worse and he isn’t the best Aussie opener I’ve seen

he’s playing well today though

I go back to last century plus

The numbers don't lie. He averages 10 more than any other Australian opener. He's basically the Bradman of Australian openers. Or maybe Bradman is the Usman of #3's.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Test match century number 15 Usman Khawaja since being recalled at the SCG v ENG in January 2022: 1,723 runs at an average of 69 in 18 Tests with seven centuries and seven half-centuries.

#Ashes

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Carey should make some runs on this

He will

 

[cricman]

When's the last time an opener batted through an innings in an Ashes Test?

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

I’m worse and he isn’t the best Aussie opener I’ve seen

he’s playing well today though

I go back to last century plus

Probably in the top 10 for Aussie openers in Test cricket? We have had some good ones over the years

 

[Nintendo]

I'm gonna be honest, looking back in hindsight ussie really was hard done by in that 2019 ashes. He was pretty poor that series in the games he got and had struggled between the series opening in PAK and that ashes bar a down hill ton vs sri lanka at home, but he still did way better than harris, warner and bancroft in that series. Averaged 20 and made 120 runs. Probably should have been opening with warner by the end of the series.

 

[Prince EWS]

Torn a bit here between wanting Stokes' declaration to backfire and thinking Carey is a bit of a hackfraud.

 

[slowfinger]

cor that was close

 

[Nintendo]

Proactivity my ass there's still 3 days and half a session left in the game. Grind them into the dust uzzie.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Aus dismissed india for 36 but no one know that Aus also dismissed (36)from 48/0 to 84 all out when i was 1 year old