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

[ashley bach]

The Storm has calmed

 

[Burgey]

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

That analysis has been doing the rounds for more than a decade on cricketweb.net/forums

 

[Croadymeister]

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

Exactly

 

[Kraken]

The deep point in particular to Crawley is weird - just trust your bowlers to bowl better when the ball is new ffs

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Crawley or Tang Chanderpaul? (Better test opener)

 

[Starfighter]

As soon as I arrive we stop taking wickets

 

[Burgey]

Christ that flew

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

"Crawley is a much better looking player than his record suggests". Looks can be deceiving, Junior. And so can bookies

 

[King Kane]

I genuinely cannot remember a time Crawley has batted with Root

Crawley is usually out before Root gets in but they could complement each other here with their different styles of batting.

 

[morgieb]

2/43 is hardly a poor position but I feel like the Neser spell was a waste. Crawley does strike me as the sort of player that if he doesn't get out cheaply will cause damage.

 

[slowfinger]

if crawley gets his obligatory 70 this innings ill happily take his dross for the rest of the series

 

[Spark]

2/43 is hardly a poor position but I feel like the Neser spell was a waste. Crawley does strike me as the sort of player that if he doesn't get out cheaply will cause damage.

Yeah was very poor. No consistency in line or length despite ample assistance from the pitch

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

I genuinely cannot remember a time Crawley has batted with Root

This is the 3rd time they are batting together this year.

 

[slowfinger]

boland jamming it in the corridor

 

[Burgey]

One hopes Neser does what Boland did last test and comes good as the match goes on.

 

[Spark]

He's hit his own pad there

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Root in double digits. We are so back!

 

[Starfighter]

I've been watching for 25 minutes now and the bowling has not been that good at any point

 

[cascade]

Neser's usually at his best early IMO so not ideal. Hopefully he's better later in the day (if required).

 

[Burgey]

Is the outfield a bit slow or are there a lot of balls not quite timed here?