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

[Howard Littlejohn]

This is when things could get interesting, a few might just nip back in a little.

 

[Outshined]

Great to see Nas taking his role as the pitch's official propagandist so seriously.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

I don’t know what the fuss is about… 42 overs to go then Australia chases under lights

 

[11kgm]

Boland nearly hitting 140 wtf

 

[danstar]

LOL!!!!!!!!! tried to tee off on boland first ball and couldnt

 

[k31th]

Scotty Boland hitting that annoying length and line straight away... why didn't he open again?

 

[jackn]

What the **** does nasser hussein think a belter of a pitch is?

 

[11kgm]

Scotty Boland hitting that annoying length and line straight away... why didn't he open again?

Do you know that Victoria isn't in NSW?

 

[Plugger35]

Terrible wicket, I would want to hear about England ever complain about an Indian raging turner. Seriously, wtf is with Stokes telling the curators what to prepare. Not good for the game

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That's the advantage of playing a test series at home, do you think Australian curators don't prepare pitches to suit Australia? Of course they bloody do.

That's one of the reasons test series are so hard to win away from home, the curators aren't going to roll out pitches that favour the opposition team.

 

[11kgm]

What the * does nasser hussein think a bleter of a pitch is?

A road

 

[freo_leo29]

Thats a beaut to finish from Scotty

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Boland just hits an awkward length at will

 

[Westend]

good over boland

 

[ams4crows]

And a play a miss. Gee he's good

 

[outabounds]

If I was the captain, I'd be asking for some chin music every time they want to charge the bowler.

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[Jimmy#17]

Cracking last ball from Boland. Needs to be opening in the 2nd innings I think.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

They're putting that annoying bastard in short.

 

[freo_leo29]

This is interesting

 

[010203]

That's twice now the 2005 test at Edgbaston has been mentioned.

 

[danstar]

take that england, shove your bazball where the sun dont shine

 

[Jimmy#17]

Lyon on. This should be interesting.

 

[The Lobbster]

That's the advantage of playing a test series at home, do you think Australian curators don't prepare pitches to suit Australia? Of course they bloody do.

Pitches must allow for a fair contest between bat and ball. Still early in this match but that doesn’t look likely here. Really sick of this “everyone does it” argument


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[Outshined]

Boland just hits an awkward length at will

It's almost mesmerising watching him amble in and deliver ball after ball in the same spot.

 

[smasha]

Solid debut Ashes over from Boland.

 

[hoopla]

boland is used to playing on a dead MCG wicket been doing it for years

Yep, it certainly used to be like that, but it hasn’t been dead for a few years.