1st Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[flibbertyjibber]

God I love a bit of whinging about bad luck.

Thought it was us POMS who whinged?

 

[morgieb]

Thing with luck is that things tend to be a bit of swings and roundabouts. For all we know Australia could get a fluke wicket or get another favourable umpiring call that England don't review.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

'Bad luck' ain't necessarily a whinge.

Just ask Doug Wright

 

[91Jmay]

42 off the last 10. Really good stuff.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Seems ages since our top order players have had a century partnership away from a nightwatchman playing the innings of his life to help it.

 

[MW1304]

'Bad luck' ain't necessarily a whinge.

Just ask Doug Wright

Does always seem to be when social does it.

 

[stephen]

Burns' picture makes him look like a movie villain.

 

[Uppercut]

Thing with luck is that things tend to be a bit of swings and roundabouts. For all we know Australia could get a fluke wicket or get another favourable umpiring call that England don't review.

Yeah England have got the rub of the green today but I don't think the current game state is far off a fair reflection on how well each team has played.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

How can the ball be out of shape, hardly smacked it about.

 

[Uppercut]

How can the ball be out of shape, hardly smacked it about.

If they're going to punish teams for poor over rates can they not come up with a test for a misshapen ball that doesn't require the umpires to spend 5 minutes conferring?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

If they're going to punish teams for poor over rates can they not come up with a test for a misshapen ball that doesn't require the umpires to spend 5 minutes conferring?

Felt closer to 10.

 

[mr_mister]

Thought the Oval would have been too prestigious to get a ****** Kia sponsorship in its name

Ladbrokes Lords by 2025

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah England have got the rub of the green today but I don't think the current game state is far off a fair reflection on how well each team has played.

Burns being out long ago would be a much better reflection on both the bowling and batting in the first session.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah England have got the rub of the green today but I don't think the current game state is far off a fair reflection on how well each team has played.

Yeah they've definitely looked a lot more solid with the bat than us (these two anyway) and their bowlers (Woakes and Broad anyway) seemed to get more out of the wicket (though that might have something to do with when they bowled?)

It's just kind of frustrating as we've bowled a lot better than 1/123 states. I do get the vague suspicison that if one wicket falls then Australia gain momentum but it just feels like it's miles away from happening.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Edgbaston doesn't get a sponsor name.

After all, what company would want to be associated with the place or the city it's in?



(Not that I support sponsor names in general)

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Thought the Oval would have been too prestigious to get a ****** Kia sponsorship in its name

Ladbrokes Lords by 2025

Been sponsored for ages now.

 

[Starfighter]

Edgbaston doesn't get a sponsor name.

After all, what company would want to be associated with the place or the city it's in?



(Not that I support sponsor names in general)

Birmingham, Alabama >>> Birmingham, England.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Australia seemed to lose a bit of patience that last half hour as the stubbornness of this partnership began to wear them down mentally.

Also, Lyon a bit off his usual standards giving easy runs with at least one ball every over that spell.

 

[Flem274*]

this has been refreshingly solid batting from an ashes top 3

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Is there a country that produces bowlers with less variation than Australia?