[Cricket] The Ashes- England v Australia- 2nd Test, Lords, June 28 - July 02, 2023

[Bold Seagull]

Aussies have 8 wickets in hand, lead of 259, and they’re playing like they’re batting to save a match. It’s almost like they’re taking a notion of anti-Bazball too far. They can have a go here, really humiliate England in the field and give themselves 4.5 sessions to bowl us out.

Decent shot by Khawaja as I type…

FFS Bairstow looked like Peter Shilton then trying to stop that deflected shot off Paul Parker in the 1990 WC semi final.

 

[The Wizard]

Well, this is going swimmingly.

Robinson bowling 77mph bouncers Root bowled one nearly as fast the other day.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Aussies have 8 wickets in hand, lead of 259, and they’re playing like they’re batting to save a match. It’s almost like they’re taking a notion of anti-Bazball too far. They can have a go here, really humiliate England in the field and give themselves 4.5 sessions to bowl us out.

The best side in the world absolutely ripping us a new one, I think they MIGHT know what they're doing.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The best side in the world absolutely ripping us a new one, I think they MIGHT know what they're doing.

BORING


but effective sadly

 

[seagullwedgee]

Currently 271/2 in a one innings match that has about 130 overs left. Stuffed, humped, shafted, outthought, outplayed, humiliated.

 

[The Wizard]

It seems on this pitch the faster you bowl the more movement you get, Anderson/Broad/Robinson have offered practically nothing, Tongue gets a bit of movement.

It’s one of them pitches where if England weren’t silly, a draw would be looking very likely right now but I can’t see us having the game management to think alright we aren’t going to get 500 in 100 overs, let’s just play this out on a dead pitch.

 

[knocky1]

Currently 271/2 in a one innings match that has about 130 overs left. Stuffed, humped, shafted, outthought, outplayed, humiliated.

165 overs left.

 

[The Wizard]

Khawaja doing a bazball

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Khawaja doing a bazball

Bad shots have always existed in cricket.

 

[vegster]

Sir Alistair has effectively called this 2-0 to Australia in the next 48 hours...its inevitability is quite sad.

 

[The Wizard]

Anderson drops ANOTHER

 

[KZNSeagull]

Head dropped first ball by Jimmy.

 

[dazzer6666]

FFS Jimmy

 

[The Wizard]

Smith out hooking

 

[KZNSeagull]

Smith out. 190-4

 

[dazzer6666]

Poor from Smith. Should have been 2 in 2 though

 

[Is it PotG?]

Anyone think they already have enough?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Smith !!!!

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Poor from Smith. Should have been 2 in 2 though

Smith wouldn’t be out if Head had been caught. Well played Jimmy

 

[KZNSeagull]

Having called Bazball dumb for 3 days, KP says that it is now the wicket that is the problem.