[Cricket] **** England v Australia, 1st Specsavers Ashes Test, Edgbaston. Official match thread ****

[vegster]

None left? There must be one down here .....

https://museum.wales/bigpit/

Probably Welsh though - does that count?

No ! meant to be in Yorkshire.

 

[GT49er]

I've been down that pit. It was fascinating. There's another one at the Mining Museum near Huddersfield.

Well, that's it then - there must be a new cricket captain down there somewhere!

 

[knocky1]

I doubt we will know for sure either way. I think Archer will almost certainly be back for 2nd test provided no reaction tomorrow night.

Momentous occasion returning for his first test appearance.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Seems madness we risked Anderson given he missed the Ireland game with this calf problem. He tore it on 02 July, he's 37, injuries simply don't heal up as quick as a decade before. I was sure he wouldn't make this test.

This is a 5 day Aussie test match and he's lasted 4 overs. Has he kept it to himself that it would be fine? Have the medical staff missed it in fitness tests? 4 weeks seems a very short amount of time to be cleared for a 5 day test match. Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course, but can't help think someone should have made the tough call on this one.

He was supposedly fit but rested as a precaution against Ireland. He should have played that game to test out his calf

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Well those of you who think Smith/Warner deserve nothing, you’ll be pleased to know the Hollies stand gave them nothing but shit all day. But yes, let the blokes who premeditated tampering with a ball just waltz back into test cricket as if nothing happened.

 

[BensGrandad]

We need a score of around 400 in our first innings. Is this the beginning of the end of Jimmy Anderson?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Fascinating second day in prospect

 

[schmunk]

Is this the beginning of the end of Jimmy Anderson?

He is OLDER than MURRAY.

 

[Easy 10]

Obviously I don't wanna endlessly argue over these things, but I would actually say dirt is very similar to sandpaper.

Remind me not to let you prep a sideboard before the primer.

 

[pasty]

Fascinating second day in prospect

As well as a little scary. I'm worried.

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Yesterday was a little disappointing, granted, but today I have woken up with much optimism.

We lost the toss, it looks a decent batting wicket with good carry, we lost our main bowler but still kept them to less than 300 and didn't lose a wicket last night.

If we can bat for the whole day today, blunt their 3 quicks, with the batsmen we have at our disposal, we'll be taking a lead into tomorrow. Lets do this England!

 

[crodonilson]

Given the fragility of our batting line up and having to bat last I am surprised to see We are odds on favourites still to win the test. I've gone LARGE on Australia at 11/8.

 

[pasty]

Anderson up and running in the outfield this morning. Doesn't mean he is anywhere near fit to bowl yet of course, but a good sign nonetheless

 

[Bold Seagull]

Is it me or is Sky insanely biased toward the Australians?

I turn on this morning and it's a feature on Steve Smith. Not one question about sandpapering cricket balls.

This wouldn't happen in Australia, they would be solely focused on their team. What are Sky proposing during the Ashes for us? Raking over the Pietersen Saga, feat. Piers Morgan, great, what a boast.

I'm sick of how accommodating we are being. The Australians perfected arrogant superiority going well over the acceptable line for over 2 decades. The whole 'baggy green' we do everything better, blah blah blah and they get caught cheating and after a year, we're supposed to be all forgiving and accommodating "why are people booing Smith's century" – do people have no idea how they've been over there in the past? And Sky then put on a feature on Smith on the 2nd day of the first Ashes test of the series. **** off Sky. Just **** off.

 

[pasty]

Is it me or is Sky insanely biased toward the Australians?

I turn on this morning and it's a feature on Steve Smith. Not one question about sandpapering cricket balls.

This wouldn't happen in Australia, they would be solely focused on their team. What are Sky proposing during the Ashes for us? Raking over the Pietersen Saga, feat. Piers Morgan, great, what a boast.

I'm sick of how accommodating we are being. The Australians perfected arrogant superiority going well over the acceptable line for over 2 decades. The whole 'baggy green' we do everything better, blah blah blah and they get caught cheating and after a year, we're supposed to be all forgiving and accommodating "why are people booing Smith's century" – do people have no idea how they've been over there in the past? And Sky then put on a feature on Smith on the 2nd day of the first Ashes test of the series. **** off Sky. Just **** off.

I thought pretty much the same thing during the World Cup and Sky's love-in with India.

 

[BensGrandad]

Is it me or is Sky insanely biased toward the Australians?

I turn on this morning and it's a feature on Steve Smith. Not one question about sandpapering cricket balls.

This wouldn't happen in Australia, they would be solely focused on their team. What are Sky proposing during the Ashes for us? Raking over the Pietersen Saga, feat. Piers Morgan, great, what a boast.

I'm sick of how accommodating we are being. The Australians perfected arrogant superiority going well over the acceptable line for over 2 decades. The whole 'baggy green' we do everything better, blah blah blah and they get caught cheating and after a year, we're supposed to be all forgiving and accommodating "why are people booing Smith's century" – do people have no idea how they've been over there in the past? And Sky then put on a feature on Smith on the 2nd day of the first Ashes test of the series. **** off Sky. Just **** off.

Isnt Sky owned by an Australian Rupert Murdoch so understandably biased towards them to keep 'the boss' happy.

 

[Mileoakman]

Isnt Sky owned by an Australian Rupert Murdoch so understandably biased towards them to keep 'the boss' happy.

As usual your a bit late with the news! Murdoch sold Sky to a US cable company months ago.

 

[BensGrandad]

As usual your a bit late with the news! Murdoch sold Sky to a US cable company months ago.

But they will still have an allegiance to him I would think

 

[studio150]

Roy caught at slip 22-1

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

And Smith Must Catch...