*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[Burgey]

Yes but if, as you suggest, the England batsman aren’t confident with the shot then it’s highly unlikely they’ll execute it well and be successful, therefore the approach is all wrong. The poor execution is inevitable.

How long did Aus do the short pitched thing for?

 

[Burgey]

It was just 85-90mph into the chest, the stuff batters deal with all the time

Kevin, just out of interest, how many 90mph chest-head high balls have you had to deal with over the years? Cos they aren’t fun, no matter who you are.

 

[halba]

4 wickets on day 2. that beat expectations..by one wicket. lol

 

[Ashes81]

Fell asleep just after lunch and saw bugger all. Very good day for England by the looks, the Lyon injury mid-match blows but Murphy will be fine for the rest of the series. Kid’s quality.

Heard Marnus dropped a dolly off Brook. Was it as easy as they made out?

Game is well poised now. With Lyon out Aus will probably only win by a hundred or so instead of 250 given the pitch seems to have flattened out. At least it was an external injury so presumably he can bat at three as usual this afternoon England time.

The Labushchagne chance wasn't a dolly - it was straight at him but Brook really hammered it.

You missed one heck of a day. The last session was truly unbelievable - in all my years of watching cricket the last hour or so is the most unusual I've ever seen.

Even with our attacking approach, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Jim Maxwell called it
This is the weirdest, most bizarre hour of cricket I've ever seen in the Ashes."

I agree 100% with that.

 

[Burgey]

Haha cheers mate. I’ve got to pop out for a bit but I’ll try to catch the last session through the day. Sounds insane

 

[Son Of Coco]

Murphy did pretty well in India and he may well perform well in the next Test or so.

But he isn't Nathan Lyon. We will obviously go after him and it'll be a massive task for him to withstand the barrage that will come his way.

It's a massive shame for Lyon, and come the end of the series, his injury may prove to be one of the pivotal moments of the whole series.

Murphy has played quite a lot of Twenty20 I think, so that might be a plus facing this kind of batting.

On the downside, his test experience is minimal and his Ashes experience zero.

The bowling on both sides has been largely underwhelming, and both have serious issues to address from here on in.

 

[Ashes81]

Haha cheers mate. I’ve got to pop out for a bit but I’ll try to catch the last session through the day. Sounds insane

Mate you really won't believe what your watching. Absolutely brainless from us.

 

[GIMH]

I listened to from Duckett getting out through to close on TMS trying to navigate my way around Cheshire (lorry and car collision on the M56. No fatalities it seems so I don’t feel too bad about my indignance at the terrible journey). Maxwell was annoying as ****. I’ve usually enjoyed him but he just kept doing this American accent when talking about ‘Bazball’. Terrible

 

[GIMH]

Bit gutted about the Lyon injury, Burgey will bring it up until the end of time to excuse the 4-1 mauling

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Was this like that NZ-SL game where everyone just kept playing hook shots to short balls no matter what?

 

[GIMH]

Was this like that NZ-SL game where everyone just kept playing hook shots to short balls no matter what?

People are exaggerating. Only three out hooking. Crawley was stumped charging the spinner

 

[Starfighter]

On the downside, his test experience is minimal and his Ashes experience zero.

Everyone has to start somewhere. I'm just glad that we have a back up spinner who isn't a complete hack for once.

 

[Ashes81]

Was this like that NZ-SL game where everyone just kept playing hook shots to short balls no matter what?

Yeah. Root was the worst offender. He was out 3rd ball hooking, caught behind off his gloves off a no ball. Pope had already got out hooking.

Then Duckett got out hooking for 98. Root ducked about 2 bouncers then got out again hooking.

The Aussies had 3 or 4 fielders waiting for the mis timed hook and we just carried on hooking.

Then Harry Brook came in and was teeing off like it was a benefit match.

I'm lost for words - I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah. Root was the worst offender. He was out 3rd ball hooking, caught behind off his gloves off a no ball. Pope had already got out hooking.

Then Duckett got out hooking for 98. Root ducked about 2 bouncers then got out again hooking.

The Aussies had 3 or 4 fielders waiting for the mis timed hook and we just carried on hooking.

Then Harry Brook came in and was teeing off like it was a benefit match.

I'm lost for words - I've never seen anything like it.

Sounds completely bonkers. Who bowled the No ball?

 

[duffer]

The Labushchagne chance wasn't a dolly - it was straight at him but Brook really hammered it.

You missed one heck of a day. The last session was truly unbelievable - in all my years of watching cricket the last hour or so is the most unusual I've ever seen.

Even with our attacking approach, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Jim Maxwell called it
This is the weirdest, most bizarre hour of cricket I've ever seen in the Ashes."

I agree 100% with that.

Cliffs?

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah. Root was the worst offender. He was out 3rd ball hooking, caught behind off his gloves off a no ball. Pope had already got out hooking.

Then Duckett got out hooking for 98. Root ducked about 2 bouncers then got out again hooking.

The Aussies had 3 or 4 fielders waiting for the mis timed hook and we just carried on hooking.

Then Harry Brook came in and was teeing off like it was a benefit match.

I'm lost for words - I've never seen anything like it.

Reminds me a bit of the sweepathon.

 

[Cricket CoachDB]

The Labushchagne chance wasn't a dolly - it was straight at him but Brook really hammered it.

You missed one heck of a day. The last session was truly unbelievable - in all my years of watching cricket the last hour or so is the most unusual I've ever seen.

Even with our attacking approach, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

Jim Maxwell called it
This is the weirdest, most bizarre hour of cricket I've ever seen in the Ashes."

I agree 100% with that.

Jim Maxwell has been superb to listen to, as always.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Chris.Hinton's Appriciation File
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Records for Fastest 1000 Test runs : Sir Donald Bradman in 7 test but (13 innings, )

Player	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Debut	Time	Mat	Inns	Scorecard
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	14 Jun 1924	0y 244d	9	12	Test # 161
ED Weekes (WI)	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	21 Jan 1948	1y 14d	9	12	Test # 311
DG Bradman (AUS)	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930	30 Nov 1928	1y 223d	7	13	Test # 196
RN Harvey (AUS)	v England	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	23 Jan 1948	2y 312d	10	14	Test # 327
VG Kambli (IND)	v West Indies	Wankhede	18 Nov 1994	29 Jan 1993	1y 293d	12	14	Test # 1274
Brooks ( eng)	V Australia	Lords	08 Dec 2022	30 june 2023	0Y 181d*	9	14*	Test # 2508

Harry Brook (9th test 14 innings*)need 55 more to joins Herbert Sutcliffe (14 innings) & Everton weeks(14) innings

Ind's Gavaskar scored 774 in his 1st 4 test but it took him 7 more test for 226 more runs!
Sutcliffe took 244 days while Brooks if scored 55 today reaches fastest by days 181 days only.

 

[Bahnz]

Sounds completely bonkers. Who bowled the No ball?

Green, he bowled at least a half dozen of them.

 

[Burgey]

Green, he bowled at least a half dozen of them.

Having a good game