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

[Stig O'Hara]

Pretty sure that one hit the roof.

 

[Westend]

well batted pat

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Even stevens really

 

[mattsk88]

Would have been nice to have the lead

 

[Substance]

Solid 38 from the captain. Top order needs to step up next innings.

 

[largebus]

All over. 7 runs either way is nothing

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

People seem to be under the impression Lyon can bat.

After 120 tests and no 50s I think it’s fairly obvious he can’t.

Thing is he should be better than he is IMO. Work on your batting and not treat as a chore because your in the side for your bowling. He used to actually be ok defensively but has no idea these days and just plays the hook to every ball

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

He has claims to be a genuine bowling all-rounder

I don’t expect him to hit a highlight reel century at 8 or whatever but being able to be one more person who can comfortably bat with and rotate the strike for green or Carey or whoever’s left is good.

 

[Anzacpaul]

C'mon Pattie, put us in front even if by 1

 

[010203]

England have a first innings lead but it could have been a bigger lead if they batted until they were bowled out.

 

[k31th]

trailing by 7 is a reasonable result in the circumstances of 3 of the top 5 scoring sweet FA.

 

[Speck]

Had to go for it.

Early wickets the key.

 

[Bedi]

Game is the balance. Very good test match

 

[The hands of stone]

If that was a send off to Boland thats pretty poor .
The guy is the quitest fella you will meet . Barely even talks on the field .

 

[Donakebab]

Cumball lasted all of about 30 seconds as expected.

 

[Andronicus]

On your bike Boland.

He was like a deer in the headlights against Broad.

Bowler gets bowler out.

Def not worth the send off pope gave him, and you do the same from the keyboard.

 

[barrackers]

Khawaja played brilliantly but this is kinda his fault.

Yep, a shit shot is still a shit shot whether you’re on 0 or 140.

 

[peternorth]

Need early wicketsw

 

[FreoRicci]

Meek effort in the end. 5 wickets for crap

 

[Moonwatcher]

And we let them get the entire lunch break to prepare.

 

[freo_leo29]

It will take some brilliant bowling to win this youd think

 

[Southerntakeover]

So the poms put fielders back and bowled tepid medium pace bouncers and our piss weak team lost four wickets for nothing against it?

Disgraceful.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Day 1, Session 1	ENG 3/124	Level	Only level because of a wicket on the last ball
Day 1, Session2	ENG 2/116	England
Day 1, Session 3	ENG 3/153, AUS 0/14	Level
Day 2, Session 1	AUS 3/64	England
Day 2, Session 2	AUS 1/110	Australia	Massively
Day 2, Session 3	AUS 1/123	Australia	Massively
Day 3, Session 1	AUS 5/75 (assuming lunch)	England

Very early in the series, but so far England win the first part of the day and Australia seems to have to play catch up from that point.

 

[Sphynx]

Moeen going off was a god send for England.

 

[Santana]

Disappointing session.