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

[CartyDurham]

Carey you ****ing muppet what is wrong with you.

Pressure really. Must have been feeling the nerves of getting over the line

 

[silentstriker]

Anyone know why Travis head has that mustache? It’s gotta be for charity or something - he can’t possibly think it looks good.

 

[Aidan11]

Does everyone remember when Stokes was crazy to declare?

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Fantastic from Root!

 

[Nintendo]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...alia-vs-india-1st-test-1144993/full-scorecard Hopefully we get this gaz tonight.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

it’s all yours now England

 

[Burgey]

Does everyone remember when Stokes was crazy to declare?

Yep

 

[Spark]

That was a truly dreadful innings

Dare we call it ATG bad? It honestly feels like it. That was revolting batsmanship from start to finish

 

[Aidan11]

Fantastic from Root!

Deserves a knighthood.

 

[CartyDurham]

I’m starting to believe

it’s the hope I can’t stand

 

[Alex0paul]

Play for the draw now?

 

[Socerer 01]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...alia-vs-india-1st-test-1144993/full-scorecard Hopefully we get this gaz tonight.

you guys still lost

 

[Cricket CoachDB]

Anyone know why Travis head has that mustache? It’s gotta be for charity or something - he can’t possibly think it looks good.

I love it, although it is stupid!

 

[wpdavid]

I think Warner is done. Smith and Labu will feel the pressure. They aren't going to be facing 80 mph dibbly dobblers in the next test I hope and we might get a proper spinner in.

I was thinking more about Smith Labu and even Head than Warner. I know Head got 50 in the first innings, but normally he'd go on with it. And I have no idea which spinner we could bring in, which is why Moeen came in for this one. Anyway, perhaps best left until after this game is finished.

 

[silentstriker]

Does everyone remember when Stokes was crazy to declare?

If you give a team that exact situation 10 times (without knowing the future), not declaring there would be the better (or at worst, neutral) decision at least eight out of ten times.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Alex Carey ? More like Jim Carey the way he was batting in that innings ..

 

[trundler]

Pretty embarrassing outing for Mo all things considered. Leach ain't much but one wonders how much of a difference he'd have made here. A big one I suspect.

 

[CartyDurham]

Play for the draw now?

Have to don’t they ?

 

[GotSpin]

Sigh.

 

[slowfinger]

i'd let Stokes **** my girlfriend if he felt like that was the right decision at this rate