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

[Gazwag]

Lunch 58-4

 

[The Wizard]

And so it begins. Burns gone half fending at a short ball, looped up for an easy catch. 19:1

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Looking like a big day for Cummins - and goings

 

[Pavilionaire]

The mission is straightforward - defend the good balls, put away the bad balls, break the day up into small units of time. If we can't bat out the day when they've only got 4 bowlers we have problems.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The wit and wisdom of Boycott on 5 Live Extra 'if you don't have to play anything, don't'. Always worked for him. So much so, that his own team used to try and get him run out

 

[The Wizard]

The mission is straightforward - defend the good balls, put away the bad balls, break the day up into small units of time. If we can't bat out the day when they've only got 4 bowlers we have problems.

I wouldn’t say straight forward, they have Lyon on a ripper of a spinning pitch against an out of form England batting order, Roy is playing an unnatural game to him and that will get him out, Buttler Bairstow and Ali are out of form and naturally attacking players, Root and Stokes are our only players who you feel have the grit to bat the day IMO.

 

[studio150]

Root lbw but reviewing

 

[The Wizard]

Oh **** off Umpires, sub standard absolutely shocking this guy has been dreadful

 

[studio150]

Missing leg stump

At least the Umpires have been consistent (bad)

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The wit and wisdom of Boycott on 5 Live Extra 'if you don't have to play anything, don't'. Always worked for him. So much so, that his own team used to try and get him run out

In today's situation, he is right, though.

Disagree with @pav above, who said all we need to do is 'defend the good balls, and put away the bad balls'. There is literally no need at all to 'put away' anything. A shocking long-hop down the leg side, is better completely ignored, than trying to smash it away for six, if there's even the tiniest chance of offering up a catch.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Root lbw but reviewing

Oh **** off Umpires, sub standard absolutely shocking this guy has been dreadful

Missing leg stump

At least the Umpires have been consistent (bad)

Have they broken the record for most overturned decisions in a match, yet?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Have they broken the record for most overturned decisions in a match, yet?

Yeah I think they have now, sure it was levelled yesterday.

It's almost getting to the stage you start checking Joel Wilson's bank accounts...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Officials have been bloody awful overall.

 

[The Wizard]

This has to be the record for the most decisions over turned against one umpire? 7 of umpire Wilson’s decisions have been overturned on review. Unbelievable.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Will be interesting to see the stats for how many overturned given outs for each team have been given.

 

[The Wizard]

Sorry to correct my last post, that’s Ump Wilson NINTH incorrect decision of the match, 14 between the pair of them.

 

[studio150]

This has to be the record for the most decisions over turned against one umpire? 7 of umpire Wilson’s decisions have been overturned on review. Unbelievable.

Just wait for the new PL season and VAR, you just know that Mike Dean will be way out in front on overturned decisions

 

[studio150]

Great delaying tactic by England, complaining about the stump microphone and having to get the middle stump replaced

 

[The Wizard]

Could do a job

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[studio150]

Root lbw reviewed.... you can guess the rest