1st Ashes Test England v Australia June 16-20 1930hrs @ Edgbaston

[LukeParkerno1]

come on ussie digging a hole atm

Still in and what’s the rush

 

[Plugger35]

Stokes wearing a helmet now, not often you see a captain wearing a helmet in the field.

 

[ptrg]

Yeah... that's negative bowling

 

[tombomb]

Fitness issues me thinks

Then why play him ahead of Wood?

I thought he was the one pace bowler who could really bother the Australians in English conditions.

 

[Sir_Loin]

England player Moeen Ali has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct on day two at Edgbaston
for using a "drying agent" on his bowling hand in his Test comeback in the Ashes series opener.

Seems worse than a mere 25% match fee hit.

Wat

 

[Struggle]

Didn't take the Poms long to turn to coward tactics.

Body lining a tail ender.

Is it really body line? Theyre bowling 130km. It would be like us doing it with Marsh bowling.

Just seems like a waste of energy all round

 

[ams4crows]

Note the difference between their quicks economy rates and ours. Tells a story.

A story of patience as it was a more aggressive field??

 

[Anzacpaul]

Still in and what’s the rush

As long as he's comfortable and not in a rut.

 

[Sphynx]

It is an interesting factor with England’s tactics that hasn’t really been discussed. Our bowlers are going to bowl a lot less overs then theirs, and have a lot more time sitting down as we’ve already seen so far this match. It’s the first time BazBall has played a 4-5 match series, with so much cricket in so little time does that have an impact?

It’s not just their batters that get embarrassed here.

Anderson worst away record in a foreign country is in Australia.

Broad is nowhere near the same player in Aus than England.

It’s why serving up flat pitches reminiscent of an Aus pitch is so bizarre.

Robinson was embarrassing last tour.

They don’t have the bowlers to bowl on 6 weeks of back to back flat pitches and they don’t have a test quality spinner.

 

[Santana]

Stokes wearing a helmet now, not often you see a captain wearing a helmet in the field.

With the amount of batting he's done he needs a reminder how it feels

 

[TigerCraig]

Boring leg theory from England, come on, be aggressive you baztards

 

[troybe]

Stop cheating Jonny

 

[RandB]

Singles are ok along with punishing the odd bad ball.

Make the pricks keep bowling and frustrate them.

 

[Foucault1989]

They have a concern over Ali and 2 geriatrics and a fatty. Batting time and slowly getting a lead is smart.

No rush

No rush at all. We could bat all day if we can survive. Robinson's body is dodgy, Anderson and Broad no springs chickens, stokes has a bad knee and Ali already injured. Just keep batting

 

[Stax on the mill]

Yeah ok

Interpretive skills lacking is how I’d describe you. Jog on mate.


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No, you can jog on and take the dark cloud with you.

About time you 2 went and got a room together. It’s not compulsory to have the last word.

 

[k31th]

The missus:

Don't need to go upstairs to give Mrs. Palmer and her five daughters a go

 

[Plugger35]

Punter is a GNR fan, just when I thought I couldn't respect him more than I do, he raises the bar again.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

As long as he's comfortable and not in a rut.

He is just waiting till Moen’s rubbish is back

 

[deedog2]

Stokes wearing a helmet now, not often you see a captain wearing a helmet in the field.

Nor a new zealander...

 

[Jimmy#17]

I'm kind of surprised by how lifeless Robinson has been in this innings.

He runs in like he is doing England a favour by being there.

He wasn't exactly impressive in the last ashes was he? Not exactly shocked.

 

[Foucault1989]

England player Moeen Ali has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct on day two at Edgbaston
for using a "drying agent" on his bowling hand in his Test comeback in the Ashes series opener.

Seems worse than a mere 25% match fee hit.

But but but...SaNdPaPeR

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Moen is back on the field good news

 

[Iceman!]

No rush at all. We could bat all day if we can survive. Robinson's body is dodgy, Anderson and Broad no springs chickens, stokes has a bad knee and Ali already injured. Just keep batting

Yeah, much rather put runs in the board now than try and do it batting last.

 

[010203]

Australia getting a meaty 1st innings lead will make Stokes regret that rash and reckless declaration on day 1.

 

[Belnakor]

I’d like to see Cummins get a bit more aggressive. His defence isn’t as good as he think it is.