*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

[morgieb]

Starc's pre-lunch bowling was genuinely pretty good, but this is a shocking over TSTL. Gonna bowl himself out of the side.

 

[sledger]

Anyway, time for Crawley to do his usual innings:

1) A few nice shots early on (probably cover drives).
2) Scoring rate slows.
3) 3-4 horrible play and misses.
4) Temporary regaining of composure.
5) Out.

Ok we are now comfortably into stage 1.

 

[Spark]

Starc's pre-lunch bowling was genuinely pretty good, but this is a shocking over TSTL. Gonna bowl himself out of the side.

He's bowling balls on a length where it has to swing to pose any threat, but bowling with a scrambled seam so it can't swing. Just wtf

 

[Spark]

Why don't we go over the wicket to Duckett? Get him playing at the ball going across him.

EDIT: Ponting agrees with me

 

[ashley bach]

Starceh has a few problems but the biggest is he just leaks too many runs.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Got to say when Crawley does he play his shots he looks very classy

 

[vicleggie]

surely they should just pitch it up outside off to duckett and wait for him to knick

 

[Stapel]

IMHO the main difference between Eng & Aus is in their top 3. England's openers racing (bazball or not) towards a fifty stand is a nice bonus for England.

 

[Spark]

Once again we are bowling much too full for the conditions

 

[chris.hinton]

EASSSYYY

 

[chris.hinton]

Get on the Attack and Australia are running out of ideas. WE WANT MORE

 

[Gob]

Time for some Green

 

[Uppercut]

You think someone is a bit like McGrath and then they show clips of McGrath and you remember how much better he was than the imitators.

 

[Bahnz]

You think someone is a bit like McGrath and then they show clips of McGrath and you remember how much better he was than the imitators.

Heh, yeah that 05 pitch map is insane. And he did that every ****ing game, my god what a bowler.

 

[morgieb]

**** that would've been something.

 

[Spark]

You think someone is a bit like McGrath and then they show clips of McGrath and you remember how much better he was than the imitators.

Note also the complete lack of half volleys

 

[sledger]

You think someone is a bit like McGrath and then they show clips of McGrath and you remember how much better he was than the imitators.

Haha yeah I always think these sorts of things are just a backhanded way of saying "For a better version of this, please see..."

 

[RightArmMystery]

That's a beautiful straight drive. Does look good when he does stuff like that. Just all the braindead **** he does that outweighs it.

 

[Bahnz]

Imperious that.

 

[Socerer 01]

bazball is in full flow