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

[Socerer 01]

what the **** root

 

[Adders]

With Stokes' current form might be time for a new profile pic

**** off you complete and utter muppet

 

[Chin Music]

AliTT, two PLFs that really were classics of their genre from Crawley and Bairstow. Can’t help thinking 450+ is a minimum though.

 

[Spark]

Why are they praising Cummins for not taking that review when it was obviously Carey who very firmly overruled Smith?

Captain's decision in the end tbf. He gets the blame when it goes wrong, so he should get the credit when they get it right. If he's just palming it off to someone who actually knows what he's talking about then he should get credit for that too.

**** me that's a good shot.

 

[grecian]

I think he’s a slow wicket specialist plodder who doesn’t like it up him, but he deserves a hundred today. Batted very well.

well your view is so ridiculous, who gives a **** if you wish him well, just pumped a 97mph ball for 6.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Have to say that he plays that shot the best in the world. He times it immaculately.

 

[ashley bach]

This game is just insane, living up to all expectations.

 

[Burgey]

Mate, I've just skim read the last few pages and it's horrendous from your lot......like eye bleedingly bad........and thats not even the wicket talk. Can hardly blame FJ for harking up here tbh

All anyone’s done is say the deck is flat, that and rightly call out the back fraud over rated batsmen.

then it’s been suggested in reply it’s actually the fusarium deck from 1972.

It’s been a weird day because the bowling has been very patchy on a generally unhelpful deck, but so has the batting. That’s the price you buy it at though.

 

[grecian]

All anyone’s done is say the deck is flat, that and rightly call out the back fraud over rated batsmen.

then it’s been suggested in reply it’s actually the fusarium deck from 1972.

It’s been a weird day because the bowling has been very patchy on a generally unhelpful deck, but so has the batting. That’s the price you buy it at though.

that never remotely happened though

 

[Burgey]

Why are they praising Cummins for not taking that review when it was obviously Carey who very firmly overruled Smith?

Because it doesn’t matter what Carey says if Cummins decides he wants to take it

 

[honestbharani]

Captain's decision in the end tbf. He gets the blame when it goes wrong, so he should get the credit when they get it right. If he's just palming it off to someone who actually knows what he's talking about then he should get credit for that too.

**** me that's a good shot.

Fair enough but Carey should get more credit for being the voice of reason with Labu and the Chump right next to him.

 

[Spark]

All anyone’s done is say the deck is flat, that and rightly call out the back fraud over rated batsmen.

then it’s been suggested in reply it’s actually the fusarium deck from 1972.

It’s been a weird day because the bowling has been very patchy on a generally unhelpful deck, but so has the batting. That’s the price you buy it at though.

The deep fielders do **** me and I feel for the bowlers trying to bowl to a plan when there's singles all over the place. But to Cummins' credit Australia have never really lost control of the tempo of the game - which has nevertheless been very fast - in the way that past Australian sides have done so. It's clear that they really wanted to avoid the situation where a flurry of boundaries creates its own momentum, the crowd gets involved, heads start spinning etc etc.

It's very conservative cricket but there is a logic to it. I do wonder how it would have gone had England not been so... generous... in some of their batting though.

 

[kevinw]

Can we please have an hour of Broad batting?

 

[Burgey]

well your view is so ridiculous, who gives a **** if you wish him well, just pumped a 97mph ball for 6.

You already hungover mate? Because even by your standards you’re being a surly bell end.

 

[Jfry]

So streaky

 

[loterry1994]

Lol broad thinks his kp now least Starc ain’t there to break his nose again

 

[Howe_zat]

I know we've lost too many but I'm weirdly stoked to get home in time to watch Broad bat

 

[Burgey]

Broad meme batting is the best Broad batting

 

[Spark]

Lol broad thinks his kp now least Starc ain’t there to break his nose again

what

 

[Howe_zat]

It's very conservative cricket but there is a logic to it. I do wonder how it would have gone had England not been so... generous... in some of their batting though.

Chicken/egg innit. If England didn't decide they were doing this you'd do something different.