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

[social]

Marnus looks terrible but it’s ridiculous how different the batting conditions have been for the teams

 

[vicleggie]

Wood has to be managed

Always does, especially in public

 

[Gob]

If estraya get through the next session without losing more than 3, they will be well placed

 

[Croadymeister]

I can get this but it's honestly been really good cricket, absorbing viewing. England are keeping it tight and Khawaja is giving them nothing.

Yeah course it has you are an Aussie,I just can't handle how meekly we surrendered Ashes

 

[honestbharani]

I don't mean to provide false hope here but it does look like one of those 2022 Bazball chase games. Decent first innings lead for the opposition, good start with the bat for them, probably gonna be bowled out with a target on the board that the bowling team will fancy they are favorites with.

 

[Spark]

I don't mean to provide false hope here but it does look like one of those 2022 Bazball chase games. Decent first innings lead for the opposition, good start with the bat for them, probably gonna be bowled out with a target on the board that the bowling team will fancy they are favorites with.

This is precisely why I don't think Aus are that far ahead in the game. We've already seen that conditions here flip on a dime once the sun comes out and the forecast predicts that it will when England come out to bat. Surely, surely, England can't be as profligate as they've been in three consecutive innings now.

 

[Spark]

If estraya get through the next session without losing more than 3, they will be well placed

Oh if they're three down overnight then they're well on their way home. But that's a big if!

 

[honestbharani]

This is precisely why I don't think Aus are that far ahead in the game. We've already seen that conditions here flip on a dime once the sun comes out and the forecast predicts that it will when England come out to bat. Surely, surely, England can't be as profligate as they've been in three consecutive innings now.

If England played the way they have done these 3 innings last year against us, we would have won that test. Bairstow and Root survived a very testing 90 mins or so against Bumrah Siraj Shami etc.

 

[Spark]

If England played the way they have done these 3 innings last year against us, we would have won that test. Bairstow and Root survived a very testing 90 mins or so against Bumrah Siraj Shami etc.

Yeah the theme last year (well apart from the shithouse Dukes) was controlled aggression. There was nothing remotely controlled about the last session yesterday and the morning session today. They scored quickly and dominated, but there was no backing away to square leg and almost getting castled having a slog, like a #10 having a wind-up.

 

[shortpitched713]

This must be painful viewing for the England fans out here. Maybe some disagree with my view that Australia were spooked by Bazball in the first game, but right now, I think England have been spooked by Australia's come from behind win there and they seem to be playing with a very cluttered mind, which I thought was the one thing Bazball was gonna avoid.

You can't play Bazball when you're bowling. And apart from a few flurries, they have been far from great, throughout.

 

[RIcho]

You can't play Bazball when you're bowling. And apart from a few flurries, they have been far from great, throughout.

I thought the bowling aspect of Bazball was funky fields, like the reverse umbrella and the bloke directly behind the umpire.

 

[chris.hinton]

Another great session of cricket

Not for us it wasn't

 

[social]

This is precisely why I don't think Aus are that far ahead in the game. We've already seen that conditions here flip on a dime once the sun comes out and the forecast predicts that it will when England come out to bat. Surely, surely, England can't be as profligate as they've been in three consecutive innings now.

Agreed

 

[Croadymeister]

Our pace bowlers is a sorry state of affairs

Archer (likely never see him again)
Stone (injury prone)
Mahmood (injured
Wood (has to be managed)

Anyone else?

 

[trundler]

I hope no one missed the fact that Div 1 is as strong as Shield

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

If estraya get through the next session without losing more than 3, they will be well placed

They already are.

 

[Nintendo]

When travis head is dressed casually he looks like he shanks people outfront of train stations for ciggies and nikes.

 

[chris.hinton]

I think Anderson needs to go or rested, Anderson and Broad shouldn't really play together anymore

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Our pace bowlers is a sorry state of affairs

Archer (likely never see him again)
Stone (injury prone)
Mahmood (injured
Wood (has to be managed)

Anyone else?

Carse ?

 

[trundler]

Carse ?

Is arse