[Cricket] First Ashes Test Australia vs England Brisbane 23rd-27th November

[Lady Whistledown]

Run rate not an issue for me at the moment. Think it's more important to keep them out in the field for a couple of days and psychologically grind them down.

Exactly this. If the Australian media are bleating about the run rate (which some of them were after day one) then it's because their bowlers haven't done as well as they'd expected them to, and England are getting to them. Put it this way, if England had been 196/8 at the close (instead of four), they wouldn't have been whining about slow scoring

 

[Simster]

This is going along nicely isn't it? Malan thoroughly deserving his 50.

Totally agree with Swan talking about Lyon looking pretty. He's bowled about five genuinely threatening balls IMO.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

This is going along nicely isn't it? Malan thoroughly deserving his 50.

Totally agree with Swan talking about Lyon looking pretty. He's bowled about five genuinely threatening balls IMO.

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The Lyon sleeps tonight?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Doh....

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Come on Jonny.

 

[Da Man Clay]

The inevitable ‘one brings two’

 

[Pavilionaire]

Oh dear, two in quick succession 249-6., cool heads required. 300 is a decent score on this wicket and we have to get there after the hard work we've put in..

 

[Billy the Fish]

Dreadful shot from woakes. In a bit of trouble now

 

[Pavilionaire]

Woakes you f**king knob! Exactly NOT was required.

 

[happypig]

Oh dear, two in quick succession 249-6., cool heads required. 300 is a decent score on this wicket and we have to get there after the hard work we've put in..

about that....

 

[Da Man Clay]

And another

 

[hart's shirt]

This is going along nicely isn't it?

Well it was...

 

[Simster]

Well it was...

Sigh.

Woakes is a cock.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Need some swashbuckling from Bairstow. Broad won’t last long with bumpers.

 

[Pavilionaire]

270-8, Bairstow gone. Start the car!

 

[hart's shirt]

Can we get to 280 now?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Wow, 13 off that Lyon over, go Jake Ball, but not a good idea to have pinched that single off the last ball

 

[hart's shirt]

Jake Ball - 13 off the over.

It's entertaining for sure.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Good catch to end the session (or not - forgot the extra half hour). Hopefully get to 300 but unlikely

 

[hart's shirt]

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