*Official* Second Test at Lord's

[King Pietersen]

Not over yet. Bell always performs when under pressure. Him and Trott are going to put on 300 here.

 

[Pizzorno]

Well it looks as though Bresnan can attempt to justify his selection a lot earlier than planned. Dreadful England.

 

[MW1304]

People watching, how much swing is there?

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I want to donate my knee to Harris. Deadset.

 

[Spikey]

Yeah I am going to forget about going to the 5th day.

We thought there was no chance of the first test going to day 5 after the first day..

 

[Zinzan]

Im calm and I watched them all. I dont believe that hit pad first.

Uncharacteristically poor call Goughy.

 

[King Pietersen]

People watching, how much swing is there?

It's hooping round corners. Been unplayable.

Nah, there's a bit of movement, but nothing extreme. Australia just bowling good areas, and England playing poor shots.

 

[Spark]

People watching, how much swing is there?

Quite a bit

 

[vic_orthdox]

Has anyone said that it's a batting day so far?

 

[Spikey]

it needed a clear edge noise to get overturned, and it wasnt there

 

[Woodster]

Stunning start from Australia, England need to get through this period with the new ball doing a bit and Australia obviously buoyant. Expect a different type of innings from Bell today if he stays around for a while, think he'll be a bit more fluent and free in his strokeplay if he can get himself in and set. Not going to be easy though, Harris bang on target here and Pattinson rightly back into the attack.

 

[Maximas]

That was the kind of captaincy that separates Clarke from Cook IMO

 

[Riggins]

I imagine it'd come back inconclusive and hence on field call stays

yeah, i mean not with drs, just in general, in theory.

 

[Spark]

Has anyone said that it's a batting day so far?

Hear that the sun is out

 

[uvelocity]

yeah, i mean not with drs, just in general, in theory.

needs to hit pad first to be out. ie simultaneous is not pad first

 

[Ruckus]

bairstow looking scared to come out into the sun

 

[Cabinet96]

Good toss to lose? Day one always seems the best time to bowl at Lords, and given that it basically just doesn't deteriorate there's no demons batting last.

 

[Pizzorno]

Any England batsman who can drag us out of the **** today gets my first born named after him.

 

[irfan]

People watching, how much swing is there?

Pattinson and Watto got a bit of inswing into the Cook and a few outies into the right hander. Not prodigious but just enough

 

[MW1304]

I went to see us play Sri Lanka on day 1 at Lords in 2011. We were 3 down in half an hour but ended the day 300-odd for 6, with Prior and Broad hitting fifties. Only difference is the opposition attack included Welegedara, Lakmal and Maharoof...

Edit: Morgan and Cook got 50s too, Broad's might have come the next day actually.