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

[Matera92]

How good is it seeing a proper Aussie total in an away series again?

 

[Cuzz09]

I’ll stay up to the arse crack of dawn any night just to catch a glimpse of that sort of anguish on Pom faces.

Yep staying up now. Stuff it

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[k31th]

just declare overnight, imho. lead by 400 if necessary

 

[TigerImposter]

Batting looking a bit too easy here

New batter Paine hasn't raised a sweat vs the new ball

Might make us reluctant to aggressively set a chase

I remember Gilly declared early in a dead rubber and they got them easily
Looks like a road that wicket.

 

[k31th]

400 up, Moonwatcher where are you

 

[Matera92]

Shift work pays off, don't have to work til 9pm tomorrow

 

[carnthemlions]

Archer's left armers would be more threatening than Ali

Jimmy Anderson says he wants to bowl left arm spin at first class level before he retires. If he'd stayed on the field long enough he might've been able to have a go in a test.

 

[Cuzz09]

Go the tonk. Get 370 up.

Have 10 over at them

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[ams4crows]

350 is more than enough surely!

 

[sirlothie]

Have to be close to the record 3rd innings total at this ground I reckon.

 

[SSwans2011]

2/276 so far today. Incredible performance.

 

[Cuzz09]

Shift work pays off, don't have to work til 9pm tomorrow

Same

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[sirlothie]

Shift work pays off, don't have to work til 9pm tomorrow

So does Centrelink.

 

[k31th]

ouch; that would hurt on Paine's shoulder

 

[kozi]

Yep staying up now. Stuff it

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Made extra space under my desk at work to sleep George Costanza style

 

[Cuzz09]

Also didn't Sth Africa chase some world record v is at the waca??

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[Art Vandelay_]

Ladies and gents, we have ourselves a middle order

I vaguely remember what one of these are.

 

[ams4crows]

Do we really want our bowlers wasting engergy batting? I think these two just make a go of it and once one of them gets out we send england in

 

[Cuzz09]

Made extra space under my desk at work to sleep George Costanza style

Theres a bomb!!

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[Scotland]

How many overs left? 2 lost for a change of innings.

I reckon declare with 7 left. 2 Patto, 2 Cummins, 1 Lyon with the hard ball.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

How good is it seeing a proper Aussie total in an away series again?

We could see two days of this test where we haven't bowled

Doesn't feel like that's happened too often

 

[Far Kern]

Will be harder to bat on day 5

Maybe, but we need runs.

My feeling is that this pitch is getting easier to bat on.

I am an opener, I’m happy with the ball flying past my head. Go for it. Once everything slows down I will score. That’s this pitch. We can’t declare. What we need is lots of runs.

 

[Cuzz09]

I vaguely remember what one of these are.

Remember the days when Haydos amd Langer were 0-200 for fun.

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[Badesumofu]

Batting does look easy, but then England have been absolutely wretched today. They've allowed it to be easy. If we bowl properly I think batting will be much harder for them.

 

[Sprout]

None of this maiden BS lads. Need to start having a go now.