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

[Burgey]

Im similar

Yeah

 

[chunksafc]

Hello my mate Chunks. Great to see you. Hope you are well. I’m enjoying it so much on here

Afternoon mate, been trying to register since Saturday. Finally got help via email today.

 

[Preed]

If Chris Hinton thinks we are still favourites I want whatever he is drinking

 

[slippy888]

England gonna lose series 5-0 if they continue to play bazball

 

[CartyDurham]

Yeah

You love me Burgey. We’ve got another 4 tests to bash our heads together

 

[Burgey]

Be hilarious if one is not given now that is out and they wasted all the reviews

It’s how England squared the 2019 series

 

[Burgey]

Cummins is a great bowler but I wish he would pitch the ball up to the tail every now & again

That was never going to happen in this particular instance

 

[Burgey]

You love me Burgey. We’ve got another 4 tests to bash our heads together

Im
Kind of indifferent tbh with occasional bouts of annoyance. Like when a mozzie buzzes around the bed of a night.

 

[CartyDurham]

Afternoon mate, been trying to register since Saturday. Finally got help via email today.

Fantastic. Great to see that avatar again. We had a good chat going about Durham elsewhere on the forum about yesterdays match

the more Durham and safc lads the better on here

you can edit thread titles if you make a mistake as well.

this game is getting tight now for England , we need another fifty or so

 

[CartyDurham]

Im
Kind of indifferent tbh with occasional bouts of annoyance. Like when a mozzie buzzes around the bed of a night.

Hate them critters

 

[Burgey]

No it didn't. It was straight into Lambs boot and bounced up for Gower to catch. Stop lying about stuff all the time you old bore.

Ah was a rank half volley. Just because they claimed it doesn’t mean it was out

 

[Ashes81]

I remember in '85 Wayne Phillips crunched a ball into the deck and it bounced up, hit Gower's shin at silly point and was given caught

I remember it well, it actually hit Gower straight on the foot, so it was out but there's no way the umpire could have been sure of that so shouldn't have been given out.

 

[social]

IIRC last time he was here he bounced the tail out mercilessly almost every time.

Problem is that Robinson is expecting it

Not to mention that we lost a series against India because our quicks went bouncer crazy against the lower order

Just bowl normally as they’re tailenders for a reason

 

[chunksafc]

Supposed to be working but the test is very distracting

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Not over yet by a long chalk

Yes indeed so , history does tell us this..

Australia have only won 28 of the 158 test matches where they needed 200 runs or more in the 4th innings, with 50 draws and 79 defeats .

In England they have successfully chased a 200 run target twice in their history :

1.404/3 v England @ Headingley 1948 (Australia's highest ever run chase in Test Cricket)

2.242/5 v England @ Kennington Oval 1972

 

[CartyDurham]

Nicely played Moeen for four.

228 the lead. Haway my Bonny lad Moeen

 

[CartyDurham]

Yes indeed so , history does tell us this..

Australia have only won 28 of the 158 test matches where they needed 200 runs or more in the 4th innings, with 50 draws and 79 defeats .

In England they have only chased a 200 run score successfully twice in their history :

1.404/3 v England @ Headingley 1948 (Australia's highest ever run chase in Test Cricket)

2.242/5 v England @ Kennington Oval 1972

Great Stats. Cheers, this is going to be a cracker finish

 

[quincywagstaff]

When's the last time Australua chased over 200 to win a Test? Can't think of a recent one off the top of my head.

 

[chris.hinton]

get 300 and declare the Aussies won't handle the pressure

 

[Burgey]

It must be Lyon’s bounce which troubles Moeen because there’s no other reason I can think of as to why he looks so bad against him. It’s Ponting- Harbhajan levels of ugly when he faces him