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

[Foucault1989]

"Bazball" lol

I'd love to win this game more than anything. I'd give my left nut

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Not one of these Pom top order bats have scored 50 in the 2nd dig.

 

[DamoESP]

Need to get one of these two out cheaply, we know they can both pile on runs quickly if we’re not careful

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I expected that wicket to lead to a slightly early lunch. Game is roughly even again, pulled back in the second hour.

 

[swanssince2002]

They were probably instructed to consolidate after Root was out trying to whack Lyons ball over the fence and it didnt work shrugs

 

[Westend]

Just genius field setting

yeah but you will never hear it from the English pricks in the box

 

[Anzacpaul]

Bring the whole field in and attack till tea.

 

[k31th]

s**t? Nothing wrong with the delivery after overs of tight bowling.
The guy is a legend who is still very under appreciated by some.

Yes, it was a shit ball that should have been put away for 4. It was not a hard one to put away, he just put it away straight to Labs

 

[Gough]

Boland in is a good call.

 

[corbies]

Lack of INTENT from Stokes is what cost Brook there.

Cummins is a genius though for having a fielder where the ball was then caught. Phwoar!

 

[apollo_creed]

I know Bazball and everything blahblah. But what am i watching?
All they have to do is post 300+ against Lyon throw downs and they're pulling this stuff out

Lyon throw downs? this board sometimes... he’s nearing 500 test wickets..

 

[Plugger35]

Those 50 runs missed in the first innings are going to hurt here

Yeah it was a dumb decision from Stokes to declare early and it's looking even dumber now.

He needs to make a good score here to make up for it, if England lose this test he will get fried for it.

 

[Altum Volantes]

For the record - my wife gets Bairstow and Stokes confused, because they are both Gingers….

….and she also went a decent length of time under the impression that his name was ‘Bear Stowe’ (like Bear Grylls apparently?).

So Bear Stowe and Ben Stokes - quite similar!

I now call him ‘Johnny Bear’ to annoy her.

 

[Foucault1989]

yeah but you will never hear it from the English pricks in the box

That would involve admitting Australia did something well. Can't do that. Bazball

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

One of these two go cheaply and Poms be sweating

 

[Bareth Garry]

Stokes playing Tavareball

 

[JuniorWatch]

Lyon throw downs? this board sometimes... he’s nearing 500 test wickets..

He's a great bowler but it doesnt take much work to noodle him around on this deck. You don't have to play cross bat swats to length balls.

 

[largebus]

Boland has been crap today

 

[scottywiper]

Brook=Hick

 

[showusyacunningt]

Moreso in the context of the series we can't let Stokes play himself into form here

 

[Corn Cobbers]

I'd love to win this game more than anything. I'd give my left nut

Must admit I'm a little insulted that a team would try this approach against us, in any era

It's rubbish, they've had 3 stumpings already, plus declared too early, it's kamikaze cricket

 

[RandB]

We actually want Ali to bowl you know

Fair to say if he had a crap spell theyd take him off anyway.

 

[freo_leo29]

Damn, wouldve been real nice

 

[LukeParkerno1]

That's Stokes' wicket for batting like a crab.

You mean batting like it’s a test match? Brook being as dumb as dishwasher is the reason he’s out

 

[troybe]

Stokes playing Tavareball

Stop Taunton him