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

[Son Of Coco]

I personally think root is under bowled as a spin option.

anyway. That’s me off for a bit. The mrs has shouted her daily instructions

see you later hopefully

I assume the instructions were 'stop making erroneous comparisons between Jimmy Anderson and Glenn McGrath! Oh, and mow the lawn'.

 

[Burgey]

There’s a few holding up in the deck this morning.

 

[Gnske]

England managing to make another bowling change take a year.

They haven't earned the right to be aggressive in their over rates yet. McCullum will give the signal when its time.

 

[Calm_profit]

Ollie must bowl offies if he is bowling in 120's.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Given the amount of effort that goes into a Robinson delivery, I am surprised he ever gets injured.

I do like the flowing motion of his run up and delivery, and he obviously has skillz, but it just seems such a waste of a tall body. Extra bounce at 125kph is handy though.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Australians who think Moeen was a completely terrible selection really don't understand how bare the spin cupboard is.

It was a risk that didn't work but it wasn't an unnecessary risk at all. I would've just picked Wood or Woakes and let Stokes rest his knee from bowling for another Test but if they wanted to pick a spinner I do think he was the least bad option. We all know it was a bad option but when faced with a bad option or a worse one, you take the bad option.

I would rather pick Parkinson

 

[Prince EWS]

I would rather pick Parkinson

Not even his county does this.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Channel 9 really doesn't want me to drink drive


fine I won't, **** me

 

[wpdavid]

You forget that the hate is warranted. Some of us still remember when Pietersen bravely called them both out in his memoir for bullying him

KP playing the victim card. Who'd have thought it?

 

[Gnske]

Conspiracy theory: Lancs have told Parkinson to learn how to bat or he won't get selected

Spinners who can't bat are like hookers who don't spit

 

[Aidan11]

Is there a rule I don't know about where we must not get Khawaja out?

He's going to bat forever here.

 

[social]

Broad seems like a decent fella and is also a really good commentator

I saw a clip of a show called something like “Test v Club” where he bowled to a club cricketer in the nets

Batsman said “That’s quick” and Broad responded with “Thank you. You’re the first person to say that to me since 2010”

 

[Calm_profit]

Conspiracy theory: Lancs have told Parkinson to learn how to bat or he won't get selected

Spinners who can't bat are like hookers who don't spit

You mean swallow?

 

[CartyDurham]

I assume the instructions were 'stop making erroneous comparisons between Jimmy Anderson and Glenn McGrath! Oh, and mow the lawn'.

 

[Croadymeister]

Tbf four of your blokes got lives, they just didn’t make Aus pay as much as Carey, or even Green did.

Yeah absolutely fuming we never punish the opposition when given a let off. Yet whenever it's the other way around England always suffer

 

[trundler]

It's crazy how despite the spam only 2 English cricketers have 30 tons. Obviously, moderately above average players like Bell and Broad have benefitted massively from test spam to accrue big aggregates at modest averages but England having the most players to play 100 tests and yet only having 2 guys with 30 tons shows you how poor their batting stocks over the years. And one of those 2 is Cook. Not exactly ATG.

 

[Athlai]

Imagine declaring

 

[Croadymeister]

78/3
362/6

Test match heading for tame Draw

Nope England defeat for total sloppiness

 

[TheJediBrah]

I personally think root is under bowled as a spin option.

anyway. That’s me off for a bit. The mrs has shouted her daily instructions

see you later hopefully

enjoy mate

Mine is milking herself atm leaving me free to terrorise these forums for a bit longer

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

although Foakes would've scored less than Bairstow, one dropped chance at this level is 75-100 runs or so.

Bairstow’s test average is 37, Foakes’s 32.2.

We're lacking in spin options.

Then something should be done about it!