**Official** Ireland in England 2019

[ajdude]

Yup, I give him so little of a chance to make it.

his good shots are good (the cover drive later in the over was nice) but i don't have much faith when i see shots like that

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The pitch looks flatter, the outfield is fast and the attack is fodder. No excuses today.

 

[Jarquis]

Should've picked Gregory on the basis that Somerset men are just inherently the greatest.

 

[Flem274*]

this is terrible from rankin

 

[Jarquis]

Farming the strike like a champ.

 

[Groundking]

his good shots are good (the cover drive later in the over was nice) but i don't have much faith when i see shots like that

I just think he's too bottom handed and too loose to consistently do well.

 

[OverratedSanity]

this is my first look at burns and i think compton, lyth and carberry were all better

Carberry was legitimately decent.

 

[Bijed]

Carberry was legitimately decent.

Compton did some good stuff too, probably rate him the highest post-Strauss

 

[Flem274*]

roy is awful

 

[Raffski]

Carberry was legitimately decent.

Carberry probably would've been persisted with if he'd been younger. Can definitely feel a bit hard done by though.

 

[Flem274*]

hard to believe it's the same batsman that was a leader in the wc tbh

 

[King Pietersen]

Mitchell Starc's going to be quaking in his boots watching this.

 

[ajdude]

back in the day i'd always get jack leach and jack leaning mixed up, so it's mildly amusing to me that jack leach is opening the batting for england and jay leaning has made 3 ducks in his last 3 FC innings and has 8 wickets in his last three second XI matches

 

[cnerd123]

Jack Leach's 43 is now the joint second highest score by an English opener in their last 6 Tests.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Mitchell Starc's going to be quaking in his boots watching this.

Course he will without sandpaper to help.

 

[Burgey]

Carberry was legitimately decent.

Yeah Carbs was always up for it. Was unlucky to walk into Johnson in 13/14 and then he got crook a few years later didn’t he?

 

[tanglewood]

Roy looks so nervous and uncomfortable out there. Complete contrast to how supremely confident he looked in the WC.

 

[Uppercut]

Loving the "if this is how tough Roy finds it against 75mph bowling, just think how bad he'll be against 90mph bowling in the Ashes!" thought process. Because that's exactly how cricket works.

 

[Flem274*]

Loving the "if this is how tough Roy finds it against 75mph bowling, just think how bad he'll be against 90mph bowling in the Ashes!" thought process. Because that's exactly how cricket works.

i get what you're saying but he looks to have no plan beyond swing and hope. doesn't appear to trust his defence at all.

 

[morgieb]

The **** has Leach got nearly 50?