******Cricket Thread******

[crystal_mais]

Should of bowled first imo, but just shows that batting is not our strength. I still believe the Aussies ain't any better minus Smith and Labuschagne - if we can get into them early enough - we could skittle the Aussies reasonably cheaply

 

[Cityhutch59]

Should of bowled first imo, but just shows that batting is not our strength. I still believe the Aussies ain't any better minus Smith and Labuschagne - if we can get into them early enough - we could skittle the Aussies reasonably cheaply

Usual shambles over there

 

[BM96]

Stayed up till tea for some stupid reason. Definitely should of bowled 1st on that. Some shocking shots went with difficult conditions. Aus will probably declare in there 1st innings now.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Fancy deciding to bat first on that FFS!

Only just seen news of the game, I thought no wonder that ball's lifting, talk about a green track.

 

[jimharri]

Let’s see how we bowl but there is less pressure on the Aussies with that 147 score we need 2/3 5 or 6 early wickets to rattle them.

Fixed that for you.

 

[andyhinch]

Maybe so Waspish- guess we will never know.

Well he said he would have at the toss.

 

[bavarian blue]

Can we not use the excuse of the lack of warm up matches? ..Maybe not.

 

[bluemoon32]

Balls the size of peas, abject batting performance

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Balls the size of peas, abject batting performance

No wonder we couldn’t score!

 

[Trojan1962]

No pride in Test Cricket by the ECB. This is a top down issue.

The players are professional sportsman playing for their country that should always be enough

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

We were always likely to get mauled in this test. Hugely under cooked.

Some players have never played in Aussie conditions ever.

The Aussie bowlers are much better than our bowlers.

Our batsmen have been abject, Root aside, for about 5 years.

 

[Claytop]

Went well I see.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Bar possibly the dismissals of Root and Buttler, no one got out to particularly good deliveries.

Burns and Pope played horrendous shots. Any half-decent opener hits that first ball through mid-wicket for a boundary.

 

[Bill Walker]

Went well I see.

Interesting day tomorrow

 

[Protein Junkie]

Well he said he would have at the toss.

There’s hope for us yet then :-)

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I'm amused that a snooker player got 31 more in one frame than England did in the first innings.

 

[DMA's]

Interesting day tomorrow

Maybe for the Aussies. As an England fan we have seen this so many times. Australia will be around 375/4 with smith still batting at close of play tomorrow. Innings defeat looms

 

[melrose40yarder]

Ohh that looks like a track where you would win the toss,bowl first and use Anderson and Broad.

Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder would have bowled.
Dont u know we are saving Jimmy and Broady for when we are one down.

 

[bavarian blue]

Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder would have bowled.
Dont u know we are saving Jimmy and Broady for when we are one down.

That will teach them.

 

[Bill Walker]

Maybe for the Aussies. As an England fan we have seen this so many times. Australia will be around 375/4 with smith still batting at close of play tomorrow. Innings defeat looms

Massive storms and a ton of rain last night.