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

[Howard Littlejohn]

What is the point of Nine's ****ers in the studio? Does it count toward "Australian content" quota or something.
Every channel does it with any sport they get from overseas providers, and its uniformly shit. (Maybe SBS an exception for soccer)

 

[smasha]

The live view Stokes was straight ,then the replay the ball went wide.

 

[MJG14]

By my count, 5 English wickets have fallen via stumpings in this test.

I liked this stat:

 

[A Pom]

Throws the entire “philosophy” in the bin doesn’t it. Attacking at all costs and progressing the game as quickly as possible isn’t always viable. That’s test cricket.

Absolutely no chance this stays long term. They’re already being forced to concede and regroup and this is the flattest and slowest pitch I’ve ever seen. Next series in Aus will be the end of it. It works when you have the initiative but as soon as it gets challenged it falls to bits

Playing aggressive but adapting to the situation where needed is literally exact what Bazball is. They've shown they're capable of that multiple times since McCullum took over.

 

[DocklandsSaint]

Bloody loved that session...absolutely no luck though...the Lyon LBW shout on Stokes looked plumb, and you wouldn't complain if you were Bairstow given out to Boland. Excellent session...knock over Stokes and it's game on

 

[BlueBayou]

Head and shoulders the biggest cheats in world cricket.

oh, and I forgort the biggest cheat of all...'Lakers match'

Pitch doctored??? NAH....

 

[El Doederino]

Playing aggressive but adapting to the situation where needed is literally exact what Bazball is. They've shown they're capable of that multiple times since McCullum took over.

Yep that’s bazball

Also known as cricket

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Eng throwing their wickets away at 5/155 and getting praised for aggressive cricket. I don’t get it.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

In this up to our eyeballs.

Just try to stop em getting up to 250.

Any more than 270 we are done and are batting for a draw despite Ali and his pie chucking

 

[smasha]

Australia invented "bazball" decades ago with Dean Jones and Gilly.

 

[Scott Tracy]

Bairstow just then .Smith on Day 2

Similar but safe to say Stokes bowled straighter

 

[Browney2006]

Throws the entire “philosophy” in the bin doesn’t it. Attacking at all costs and progressing the game as quickly as possible isn’t always viable. That’s test cricket.

Absolutely no chance this stays long term. They’re already being forced to concede and regroup and this is the flattest and slowest pitch I’ve ever seen. Next series in Aus will be the end of it. It works when you have the initiative but as soon as it gets challenged it falls to bits

So those last 10 overs somehow supersede the last 18 months of cricket, ok.

 

[010203]

You may need a new abacus there

Actually, it's only 3 but it feels like more than that.

 

[Balls In]

That Stokes review made no sense. No way that was missing and the supposed spike started before the ball reached the bat. What's with the extended delays?

 

[BlueBayou]

By my count, 5 English wickets have fallen via stumpings in this test.

Does anyone know the world record? This must be close

 

[BlueBayou]

Was at the ground for the whole 5 days in 2005 for “that” game and can say from personal experience that the crowd are madder than cut snakes, they are quite aggressive and agro too. Great game but I was glad I was in a group because the “lads” were very scary at times not like the English crowd at the other grounds.

And that was decided by another bad decision.....Casper didnt hit it

 

[grumbleguts]

oh, and I forgort the biggest cheat of all...'Lakers match'

Pitch doctored??? NAH....

Yep was the first thing to come to mind.

 

[Browney2006]

oh, and I forgort the biggest cheat of all...'Lakers match'

Pitch doctored??? NAH....

There’s only one country in world cricket who don’t think Australia are the biggest cheats and that’s Australia.

 

[philreich]

Wicked session of Test Match cricket.

Can’t beat it.

Still say it’s evens atm.

Spot on - try telling me with a straight face that the IPL is better than that!!!!

 

[MinerBoy]

Any more than 270 we are done and are batting for a draw despite Ali and his pie chucking

I give us a chance at 300. I reckon we’ll be fairly determined and feel a little hard done by as well as disrespected, by crowd and opposition. Point to prove.

Marnus and Smith don’t miss out too often. Our top 7, Warner aside, are pretty solid these days.


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[Gough]

Showing your age?...haha.

I was around when Barrington was playing. Underrated averaging 58.

Well before my time but his average has always struck me as anomalous with what anyone who'd actually saw him play said about him.

 

[Bareth Garry]

Showing your age?...haha.

I was around when Barrington was playing. Underrated averaging 58.

Amazes me a guy averaging 58 can be underrated but you're right. No one even in England talks about him.

 

[010203]

Does anyone know the world record? This must be close

Former Indian keeper Kiran More snagged 6 stumpings in a test against the West Indies at Chennai in 1988.

 

[Plugger35]

That Ian Chappell v Ian Botham show that Ch9 are promoting now looks better than the Warnie show.

A pity it didn't happen about 40 years earlier though when they were young enough to punch on, now it will be like two old blokes yelling at clouds.

 

[ams4crows]

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Bairstow just then .Smith on Day 2

Similar but safe to say Stokes bowled straighter

There's no way it was swinging that much it absolutely would have hit leg stump

Only needed to clip the bails too