The International Cricket Thread

[Rory]

I think the booing has served its purpose now, and given how he's performed so far this series, it hasn't affected him too much anyway.

[hilts_coolerking]

Smith confirmed out for next match.

Has the Aussie Doctor explained why he was allowed back out to bat in the first innings ?

Because Smith passed the concussion tests.  Apparently in  some cases the symptoms don't manifest until some time after the incident, which is presumably why Smith felt like shit the following morning rather than at the time.

[hilts_coolerking]

Don’t know about that, Broad has been excellent.

Agreed.  Woakes has been slightly below par but Broad has been excellent.  It seems Woakes isn't fully fit and the batch of balls made for this series hasn't swung as much as expected, both of which have reduced his effectiveness.  Still very handy with the bat but I can see why they might go with Curran instead for the next Test.

[taylorsworkrate]

Its an interesting point about the balls. They haven't swung even under floodlights. That can't have been what the English set up expected after deciding to use the same specification as the 2018 balls that swung round corners.

I'd also.say the 2 pitches haven't been anywhere near as green as Englad would have wanted. Its almost like we are trying too hard to make our hosts feel welcome.

[Villafirst]

Smith is out of the 3rd Test. England to win this match I feel. Aussies are so heavily reliant on Smith's runs. Archer will rip through them.

[Villan For Life]

Its an interesting point about the balls. They haven't swung even under floodlights. That can't have been what the English set up expected after deciding to use the same specification as the 2018 balls that swung round corners.

I'd also.say the 2 pitches haven't been anywhere near as green as Englad would have wanted. Its almost like we are trying too hard to make our hosts feel welcome.

I agree about the pitches, at Lords and Edgbaston we served up pitches that were so untypical of those grounds. Yes it was very wet in the few days before the Edgbaston test but the pitch was so dry and lifeless. At Lords I don’t recall there ever having been a pitch with such variable bounce. There’s a reason why Woakes is such an effective bowler at Lords and it’s the pitches.

Now it’s either a groundsman World Cup hangover or more likely the ECB have instructed groundsmen to prepare pitches that last 5 days because they need the revenue.

[UK Redsox]

Smith confirmed out for next match.

Has the Aussie Doctor explained why he was allowed back out to bat in the first innings ?

Because Smith passed the concussion tests.  Apparently in  some cases the symptoms don't manifest until some time after the incident, which is presumably why Smith felt like shit the following morning rather than at the time.

Medical people know that concussion symptoms are often delayed and should act accordingly. As other have said, Smith wasn't himself when he went back out.

[hilts_coolerking]

Smith confirmed out for next match.

Has the Aussie Doctor explained why he was allowed back out to bat in the first innings ?

Because Smith passed the concussion tests.  Apparently in  some cases the symptoms don't manifest until some time after the incident, which is presumably why Smith felt like shit the following morning rather than at the time.

Medical people know that concussion symptoms are often delayed and should act accordingly. As other have said, Smith wasn't himself when he went back out.

I totally agree he wasn't himself but there seems very little point in having standard tests if you're going to ignore the results when you get them.  I read yesterday that Smith passed the tests three times before he went back out. 

[Villan For Life]

Raining at Headingley, forecast is that the rain will clear about 11am. I imagine that the start will be delayed but here’s no official announcement yet.

[UK Redsox]

Raining at Headingley, forecast is that the rain will clear about 11am. I imagine that the start will be delayed but here’s no official announcement yet.

No toss yet. I assume that they'll toss when the ground staff say that play can start in 30 mins.

I guess it depends on how much wicket prep was left to do when the covers went on


EDIT - Well, I got that wrong. Toss at 11:05 and start at 11:20

[UK Redsox]

TMS seniority; Aggers just sent Sir Chef outside to see if it was still raining

[UK Redsox]

Roy has passed the concussion tests. However, if he suffers symptoms during the test, can England bring in a sub batsman ?

[UK Redsox]

Finally underway at 12:10

[Villan For Life]

An interesting session ahead, as Warne said earlier overhead it’s a bowl first day but the pitch is a bat first pitch. We have to take advantage of the conditions before the sun comes out and makes batting easier.

It’s raining very close to Headingley according to Aggers.

[cdbearsfan]

Need at least three wickets by lunch.