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

[Moonwatcher]

Radar looks like once this clears we'll get plenty of cricket. Gives England a big advantage as it will be easier to take 7 wickets than to make 180 in limited overs.

 

[Plugger35]

Reminds me of my misfortune arriving in Scotland and driving in the dark, ice and rain only to see some lunatic walking his dog. It was only after two weeks there that I realised you either walk you dog in the dark, ice and rain or you literally never walk your dog.

Me and a mate went on a road trip up to Scotland in the middle of summer and it was still cold, gloomy and wet for most of the time we were there.

 

[Zevon]

Maybe 3 hours of play will be available in a late session. But that would mean AUS would just be surviving and have no chance of winning.
That could be a naughty session for them .

Going to be a lot more than 3 hours available as far I can tell. More likely to be two full sessions or very close to it

 

[serial_thrilla]

English summers hey

What a ****en miserable place

Reminds me of Sydney.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Typical of this dreary shithole to ruin what would of been a potentially epic day 5

Good enough for us a draw suits us anyway.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

So it's not a myth then?

Sydney and Melbourne both have an average of approximately 100 days of rain per year, but the average rainfall in Sydney per year is double the volume in Melbourne! So, when it rains in Sydney, it tends to be torrential!

 

[Peter Bixley]

Isn’t the match in Birmingham
And Sydney gets a shitload more rain than Melbourne, so what’s your point?

Just pointing out that rain isn't unique to England. And Birmingham is as close to Manchester as Geelong is to Melbourne.

 

[AJ_2000]

If we move the Sydney test by a week to v
Boxing day we'll get less rain as it's in December not January

 

[Mr Meow]

It will still be raining in 3 hours , remember any kind of drizzle means they cant take covers off

You're starting to look like a fool now. The radar has zero rain above Edgbaston from 12:30pm onwards. Another post and I will be forced to add a screenshot.

 

[Bedi]

Going to be a lot more than 3 hours available as far I can tell. More likely to be two full sessions.

hopefully this replay of final session blends seamlessly into start of Day 5

 

[LukeParkerno1]

You're starting to look like a fool now. The radar has zero rain above Edgbaston from 12:30pm onwards. Another post and I will be forced to add a screenshot.

Will still need a good hour to clear the ground even if it stops at 12:30

 

[Mr Meow]

Me and a mate went on a road trip up to Scotland in the middle of Summer and it was still cold, gloomy and wet for most of the time we were there.

Scotland has crazy levels of rain and cloud compared to even England, especially up North. It'll have its nice period but you may have 3 weeks plonked in the middle of July where you have driving rain every day.

 

[gordo2016]

Good enough for us a draw suits us anyway.

Are you on the draw at $9 Luke?

 

[Mr Meow]

Will still need a good hour to clear the ground even if it stops at 12:30

Agreed. Its just the idea of a few more hours of rain which is silly. I'd say 1:30 or 2pm until 7 seems a solid expectation for play. With a tea sized break and 2-3 drinks sessions. That's 50-60 overs.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Are you on the draw at $9 Luke?

Yep. $9.75 was too good to refuse

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Just pointing out that rain isn't unique to England. And Birmingham is as close to Manchester as Geelong is to Melbourne.

Not quite
140 km as opposed to 75km

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Agreed. Its just the idea of a few more hours of rain which is silly. I'd say 1:30 or 2pm until 7 seems a solid expectation for play. With a tea sized break and 2-3 drinks sessions. That's 50-60 overs.

I’m going off 50 overs max bare in mind it’s last hour rules though

 

[Peter Bixley]

Not quite
140 km as opposed to 75km

Yes, you're right. My mistake.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Just wait till Wimbledon and it’s a 30 degree scorcher every day

 

[VIVE WCE!]

No, I’ll give it a try. When they put the satellite in we stopped being able to get the FTA HD channels. So we can still get the SD versions of 2, 7, 9, 10 etc, but not the HD versions or HD only channels like GEM (if GEM is HD only, I just assumed it was because we weren’t getting it any more).

They said we had to get a new antenna put in or whatever to get those HD channels again.

Okay, I get both SD & HD FTA channels, IQ4. That's about all the advice I could offer, Im not exactly tech savvy sadly, hope you get it sorted though.

 

[Mr Meow]

Edgbaston is pretty much bang on that white dot signifying Birmingham and the rain is moving further North. So it'll just be a case of how quickly they can dry it out from here really.

 

[badgrill]

hopefully this replay of final session blends seamlessly into start of Day 5

Getting ready to switch it off shortly...

 

[western royboy]

Grey skies overhead according to my man on the ground, only two outcomes he thinks

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Surely it’s time for MASH

 

[Plugger35]

Scotland has crazy levels of rain and cloud compared to even England, especially up North. It'll have its nice period but you may have 3 weeks plonked in the middle of July where you have driving rain every day.

Scotland has amazing scenery up in the Highlands. much better scenery than England but weather wise it makes England look like Spain.in comparison.