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

[Aidan11]

Wait are they still using then old ball?

WTF?

 

[CartyDurham]

Surely not

Was always Australia’s this

 

[GotSpin]

We always lose the close ones so I'm just writing it off and daring the good Lord to surprise me

It’s the way I feel too

 

[Spark]

Excellent batting from Cummins tbh. All the T20 hitting practice at KKR coming in.

I have no idea where this has come from to be honest, he's looked like a legit #11 in Tests for a few years before this game

 

[honestbharani]

Stokes should bump Lyon. Surely a chance or two gonna happen immediately.

 

[Bijed]

He might not have been at his best with the ball, but Cummins' batting in this match has been so important.

Must be close to the most runs he's ever scored in a match?

 

[Aidan11]

Stokes out!

 

[CartyDurham]

Still the old ball

broad on interview said the old ball is harder to hit but at this stage it’s rubbish

 

[Spark]

He might not have been at his best with the ball, but Cummins' batting in this match has been so important.

Must be close to the most runs he's ever scored in a match?

He hit two fifties against India in Boxing Day Test one iirc

 

[honestbharani]

I have no idea where this has come from to be honest, he's looked like a legit #11 in Tests for a few years before this game

He has always been a good hitter at least in the IPL for KKR. He brought a game they had no right to be in, to the last over in 2021. His defense maybe shot but his hitting has actually improved.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Still with the old ball

 

[OverratedSanity]

He might not have been at his best with the ball, but Cummins' batting in this match has been so important.

Must be close to the most runs he's ever scored in a match?

Got Australia really close in a similar kind of test match vs India in the 2019 tour.

 

[Saket1209]

take the new ball man

 

[GotSpin]

Lyon needs to turn his batting brain on

 

[Spark]

He has always been a good hitter at least in the IPL for KKR. He brought a game they had no right to be in, to the last over in 2021. His defense maybe shot but his hitting has actually improved.

He's looked good defensively too though

 

[Aidan11]

I can't watch.

 

[Burgey]

Aus can just play sensibly from here

If they do they’ll get out

 

[silentstriker]

Wait why no new ball still?

 

[CartyDurham]

This is still a long way compared to 2005

 

[Saket1209]

make this a little more interesting especially for neutral viewers like me