2019 2nd Ashes Test - Lords 14-18 August 2019

[The King!]

ouch

 

[Charlie_s123]

Aww my dick!!

 

[Kappa]

25k people in to watch the ashes in a country of 80 million

"Brilliant crowd in"

 

[jr4jane2004]

Great captaincy from Paine Lyons almost 5 runs away from his century. Looking forward to seeing Davey Warner bat shortly

 

[Wolfs]

250 I reckon is the target.

 

[omarlittle1]

Hazlewood is suffering from the same syndrome Pattinson did. Bowled a fantastic first innings back but stiffened up a bit in the second.
To be expected after such long layoffs i suppose.

 

[frankrizzo]

Has to be 50 overs they are thinking about.

 

[Westend]

bowling sidds

 

[Present Not Past]

How do you work out that they wont be under much pressure? In the back of their minds they know they haven't scored any meaningful runs this series and they know that the best bat is currently sidelined

Maybe I'm just stupidly negative but I haven't seen anything that gives me much confidence we can bat this out

Correct.
Middle order English batsmen are currently cruising on the pitch.

 

[The King!]

australia not allowed to have a crack

 

[kozi]

Root looks like a school boy in the naughty corner.

 

[BlueBayou]

Time for a Davie Warner special?

what? double figures?

 

[dumb]

timmy needs to do an england and slow the over rate

 

[melanChronic]

Any chance of a third man T-Pain?

 

[The King!]

smith confident he will be in for next test

 

[yakka man]

Correct.
Middle order English batsmen are currently cruising on the pitch.

If you think the draw is a sure thing then you haven't been paying attention. The ball will undoubtedly start hooping when England bowl.

 

[omarlittle1]

The momentum is certainly with the poms right now. God i hope Smith pulls up ok.

 

[k31th]

Paine should have got that one.

 

[SherbertLemon]

This is ******ed

 

[Visions]

250 I reckon is the target.

They have enough already. Australia aren’t going to even bother trying to chase.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Horrendous stuff this.

Can see Broad and Archer pulling off something special here.

 

[Coasters7]

Has to be 50 overs they are thinking about.

Turns it into an ODI on a day 5 pitch. Fair game to whoever wins. Don’t know whether Root would risk going 2-0 down though. Especially with Smith in doubt for the next test.

 

[k31th]

Turns it into an ODI on a day 3 pitch.

EFA

 

[Visions]

Australia let it slip last night with poor fielding and captaincy.

 

[omarlittle1]

Horrendous stuff this.

Can see Broad and Archer pulling off something special here.

Agreed. We've been awful today.