2nd Test, Lord's, London

[SillyCowCorner1]

Looks like a 1950s West Indies scorecard where the Great Everton Weekes was the top-scorer

 

[trundler]

Where to? Tierra del Fuego is nice at this time of the year.

He's English. Anywhere with a climate would do.

 

[mr_mister]

Would be great to see him come out and field

 

[trundler]

Looks like a 1950s West Indies scorecard where the Great Everton Weekes was the top-scorer

Weekes had Worrell and Walcott though

 

[old_kookaburra]

I got the feeling that Smith started batting aggressively against Archer because he feels that as Australia's best batsman it's his responsibility to stamp his authority on the guy who hit him. Don't want the dressing room to get the willies because Archer scares Smith.

It's a bit of a macho thing more than anything else.

Uh Huh, no spaniard culture here

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Are they gonna open with Leach?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Why did Bairstow just hug the umpire?

He's a weird ****?

 

[trundler]

Haze when he's breathing fire is truly top notch. Must be pumped up now.

 

[Starfighter]

Are they gonna open with Leach?

That would put a cherry on the day.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Why did Bairstow just hug the umpire?

Very fun session. Time looks like the enemy of the game but with both sides having extremely fragile batting lineups (and Australia now probably without Smith) it's interesting to see how this game progresses. Are England prepared to lose to win?

It looked like they were laughing about the earlier review.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

David Gower sounds drunk

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Haze when he's breathing fire is truly top notch. Must be pumped up now.

Channeling his inner McGrath

 

[Spark]

Somehow we had a good session there.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That would put a cherry on the day.

Quite right

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The ghosts in the Lords Long Room also applauded Steven Smith

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Any takers on a pair for Roy?

 

[trundler]

Any takers on a pair for Roy?

God I hope so.

From Hobbs and Sutcliffe to Roy and Burns. Delicious.

 

[fredfertang]

Has Leach turned one yet? I was hoping he’d go wicketless so he’d get dropped and could go back to doing my tax return

Get your accountant to do it

 

[old_kookaburra]

I'85-86 mph .

Don't you mean Kph?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

God I hope so.

From Hobbs and Sutcliffe to Roy and Burns. Delicious.

Quite the turnaround...Wonder how Hobbs would have fared in the white ball stuff