2019 1st Ashes Test - Edgbaston 1-5 August 2019

[Pakenhamsaint]

Bairstow "CATCH THAT"

> Ball is literally rolling along the ground...

He's refering to an ant fielding at silly mid pitch.

 

[FreoRicci]

Maybe don’t pick bowlers with injury clouds. They gambled and it backfired

No idea why they didn’t just rest him. Archer is just as competent cover.

 

[Blue1980]

Been in and out today - why didn’t Woakes bowl before lunch?

Wasn’t swinging, feigned injury

 

[skipjack]

Spinnnnnn

 

[kozi]

Someone here put $500 on them @ 1.6...

He’ll be eating noodles for dinner this week.

 

[sirlothie]

Wrong

Look at him hanging the bat out there for it with no footwork.

 

[LouderNowBlue]

**MISSING**

Eddiesmith and Xtreme

Please call local authorities if you find them.

 

[smasha]

Wade doing a great job out there,needs to make a 50 now.

 

[skipjack]

No idea why they didn’t just rest him. Archer is just as competent cover.

But didn't Archer FAIL a fitness test? At least Anderson passed his.

 

[k31th]

Look at him hanging the bat out there for it with no footwork.

just dead-batting a few to take away the risk of a spinning delivery is not "ugly"; it's smart batting.

 

[Blue1980]

Been in and out today - why didn’t Woakes bowl before lunch?

Not swinging, too hard

 

[StillAtLarge]

I hope we open with lyon. He will take 5 wickets, minimum

 

[Richard Pryor]

Ali a real throwback to the 90s for England. Looks like a specialist bat when bowling and a specialist bowler when batting.

 

[VirgilHilts]

Mo being given the chance here to finalise Jack Leach's selection for the next Test.

 

[sirlothie]

just dead-batting a few to take away the risk of a spinning delivery is not "ugly"; it's smart batting.

To the quicks he does it. His footwork is largely non existent.

 

[OffTheBit]

Been in and out today - why didn’t Woakes bowl before lunch?

He said that if Jimmy didnt have to then he didnt either

 

[LukeParkerno1]

No idea why they didn’t just rest him. Archer is just as competent cover.

So is Curran or Ollie Stone

 

[HBF]

Ali almost looks dis - interested

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I hope we open with lyon. He will take 5 wickets, minimum

If England had a few more lefties Smith might take five.

 

[Hamingja]

But didn't Archer FAIL a fitness test? At least Anderson passed his.

Yep. Archer under an injury cloud too.

 

[FreoRicci]

Is Buttler moving before Ali releases the bowl? Surely you can’t move that quick before the ball is released

 

[Sylvia Saint]

It's probably been said but Wade shouldn't be picked as a specialist batsman. He doesn't have the class of a proper batsman. He still bats like a keeper. He won't average more than 30 at Test level. You have to be a proper, world class batsman at this level and he's not. He looks ugly out there.

I don't really care if he's a long term option.

Obviously 6 Smiths would be ideal but we don't have that luxury. Players who can score 30/40/50 in England will do while Smith is playing like this. Wade has failed once and passed once. He stays.

Bancroft is the real worry.

 

[Eagleboy68]

It's probably been said but Wade shouldn't be picked as a specialist batsman. He doesn't have the class of a proper batsman. He still bats like a keeper. He won't average more than 30 at Test level. You have to be a proper, world class batsman at this level and he's not. He looks ugly out there.

He's looking pretty good to me.

Right now he's doing better than Warner and Bancroft combined

 

[Blue1980]

Yep, I remember heaps of people letting Swann off the hook for abandoning his last Ashes campaign because he could barely use his arm. Maybe if you can't play don't declare yourself fit expecting the side to carry your injured carcass over the victory line! Same goes for Michael Clarke in the doldrums of his career.

Clarke should barely have played 2015 World Cup, let alone 2015 ashes

 

[SSwans2011]

Ali almost looks dis - interested

Must be hard to be engaged when your fans and media are constantly shitting on you.