*Official* 2nd Test (Brisbane) 4-8 December

[Kraken]

Has Starc moved to ATVG status now ?

Surely was already there

 

[Spark]

why the bloody hell would England choose to bat 1st in this test after winning the toss? gurantee it becomes a road 2nd innings too

You always bat first in a d/n game so you can bowl under lights.

 

[Croadymeister]

Right now I'm embarrassed to be English, would say why didn't we bowl but confidence in the bin anyway

 

[DrWolverine]

Has Starc moved to ATVG status now ?

He has a poor record outside Australia.

100+ Tests. 400+ wickets. Great action. Very fast.

 

[slowfinger]

You always bat first in a d/n game so you can bowl under lights.

it looks an absolute green top

 

[GotSpin]

That Pope shot is actually so bad

 

[anonymouskefe]

Onl

You always bat first in a d/n game so you can bowl under lights.

That only works if you bat long enough

 

[Spark]

it looks an absolute green top

Which will make it only more difficult in the night session. They have to get there first obviously but the toss is the least of their issues if they can't even bat 60 overs

 

[Silver Silva]

That Pope shot is actually so bad

There was a big analyis done post the first test on why you should not be playing with an angled bat in Australia

 

[morgieb]

He has a poor record outside Australia.

Not true - his average is 27.80 compared to his overall average of 26.54.

Is kind of reliant on beating up on weaker teams though.

 

[cascade]

Btw are we just doing 13/14 again but with Head as Haddin?

 

[Spark]

Get off his pads ffs

 

[Kraken]

As soon as Neser drops his length back, he looks threatening. Stay there ffs

 

[Croadymeister]

I see no change to the usual programming from the brains trust

They have got no brains, load of dumbasses

 

[slowfinger]

at least the crawley innings will be entertaining

 

[ashley bach]

Crawley 22*(22) @SillyCowCorner1

Australia haven't bowled that well to him

 

[mcgmelb]

Just like in every other series, Ollie Pope put in a stinker in the first Test. Now he’s guaranteed to fail miserably for the remainder of the series. Bazball seriously needs to use its brain and drop him for the rest of the Ashes.

England missed the trick again.

 

[Starfighter]

You always bat first in a d/n game so you can bowl under lights.

With most teams other than England this thinking pretty much means a first innings score of no more than about 280.

 

[Alex0paul]

I genuinely cannot remember a time Crawley has batted with Root

 

[slowfinger]

kind of hard to post 300 when you're essentially 0-2 all the time