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

[Triggaaar]

Overturned yet again, great game for the umpires

The umpires might as well go home

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day Two

England 71-1 (29 overs), trailing by 213

Burns 41* (95 balls, 5 fours) Root 11* (57 balls)

A steady session for England, with a gritty effort from Burns, and a hopefully key moment when Joe Root got a life when bowled by Pattinson!

 

[Mackenzie]

That looked like test match batting this morning. Well done England.

 

[A1X]

Overturned yet again, great game for the umpires

To be fair...I reckon I'd have given that out

 

[Titanic]

A huge session ahead, and not just in this match but the whole series.

If either side can dominate, it will really lay down a marker.

#gameon

 

[pasty]

A huge session ahead, and not just in this match but the whole series.

If either side can dominate, it will really lay down a marker.

#gameon

Would be ruddy marvellous if we could get to tea with Burns and Root still there

 

[Eeyore]

Would be ruddy marvellous if we could get to tea with Burns and Root still there

Burns still being there now is a bonus already.

 

[Titanic]

Rory Burns 53* (110 balls, 7 fours)

His 3rd fifty in his 8th Test Match.

England 84-1 (32.1 overs), trailing by 200

 

[pasty]

Root review on lbw............

Clear inside edge. Another one down to the umpires.

 

[Titanic]

Root given LBW... looked good unless he hit it... reviewed immediately.

 

[Titanic]

He HIT it... another SHOCKER for Dar

 

[studio150]

Overturned not out

 

[Triggaaar]

I've never seen anything like it.

Has someone drugged the umpires?

 

[vegster]

Lovely to hear John Holder in the " Ask The Umpire " lunch break confirm that the Umpire should ( and did ) award 6 runs in the World Cup Final when the ball came off Stoke's bat and went for 4 overthrows... so that's it ! We Won !

 

[Triggaaar]

Lovely to hear John Holder in the " Ask The Umpire " lunch break confirm that the Umpire should ( and did ) award 6 runs in the World Cup Final when the ball came off Stoke's bat and went for 4 overthrows... so that's it ! We Won !

Oh god, don't get me started on this again.

 

[studio150]

Each umpire has had 5 decisions overturned on review. 10 in the match and only on day 2. Impressive

 

[pasty]

Although amusing, not quite sure why the crowd are chanting same old Aussies, always cheating. All they did was appeal, it's the umpire that gave it out. England would have appealed for that too.

 

[the right footed denilson]

Well done Burns. Keep digging in.

 

[Triggaaar]

Although amusing, not quite sure why the crowd are chanting same old Aussies, always cheating.

You've answered your own question.

 

[pasty]

You've answered your own question.

True. True.