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

[Plugger35]

Is it time for neutral DRS operators, along with neutral umps?

Erasmus is a decent umpire, the other bloke Raza from Pakistan is the dodgy one.

Gaffaney from NZ is the tv umpire and he is impeccable like Billy Bowden.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

What’s this a maiden

 

[Foucault1989]

Stokes is a weak coward. Expect your boys to go out swinging while you block.

 

[BlueBayou]

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.

Firstly, as an old bloke, clouds don't offend me

Secondly that Warnie things looks poorly acted, produced, very cheap and low class. I have not had my TV on ch 9 for decades. It has not improved.

 

[k31th]

Good start after lunch by Lyon

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Erasmus is a decent umpire, the other bloke Raza from Pakistan is the dodgy one.

Gaffaney from NZ is the tv umpire and he is impeccable like Billy Bowden.

No one is as bad as the blind bat Joel Wilson

 

[A Pom]

No it isn't. Take for example, smith plays a ball back to the bowler, and tracking shows it's hitting the stumps. File that one away for the next appeal. Done.

If a completely different ball tracking was played over the footage of the LBW appeal it would be obvious to anyone and easily proven with a simple screenshot.

 

[BlueBayou]

Erasmus is a decent umpire, the other bloke Raza from Pakistan is the dodgy one.

Gaffaney from NZ is the tv umpire and he is impeccable like Billy Bowden.

Billy Bowden cost us the Ashes in '05....

 

[Foucault1989]

Has Nasser been reading big footy?

 

[Sphynx]

heck me, if he top edged that to the field Bazball was dead for eternity

 

[Moonwatcher]

A bunch of 15-20 type scores builds a total pretty quickly

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Stokes wont last long

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Scotty B going to run through them here I reckon, he's got that zing going

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Bowl. It. Full. And. Straight.

 

[RandB]

Boland has to cramp Stokes up for space. Aim a few at the body.

 

[Aussie pie]

Prince Harry got lucky before lunch let’s see if it lasts.

 

[Foucault1989]

* me, if he top edged that to the field Bazball was dead for eternity

So lucky. Could have gone straight up

 

[Plugger35]

Billy Bowden cost us the Ashes in '05....

As an NZ supporter that barracks against the Aussies in the Ashes I thought he umpired superbly in that series.

 

[grumbleguts]

If a completely different ball tracking was played over the footage of the LBW appeal it would be obvious to anyone and easily proven with a simple screenshot.

You understand sarcasm yeah?

 

[danstar]

Boland needs to be dropped for next test, bring Neser in

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Warner with the custard arm.

 

[010203]

Nasser: ''Bairstow is quick" Doesn't look like it.

 

[1990crow]

Boland needs to be dropped for next test, bring Neser in

 

[BlueBayou]

Was it anything more than interesting that Harry Brook had a MLB sticker on his bat?

It reminds me of what 'Bazball' is. Swing and a miss batter batter. None of the grace and class of Test Cricket. No tension if there are no concequences.

 

[Coasters7]

I think it's clear to anyone that they're playing with a different level of intent to any previous team. That doesn't mean they also can't stop and occasionally play the situation at times when needed as they have done on several occasions.

The old "Oh let's wait for X then it won't work" from the whiners who can't accept that it's working is getting boring now..

It requires very specific conditions to work. Hence why they made sure the pitch was an ODI wicket. They know if they served up a bowler friendly wicket against this attack that they’d struggle to get past 100