The Cricket Thread 2016

[Dr Butler]

The Hollies stand is in great voice.

just about to say exactly the same.....great to hear the Mitchell Johnson song

[paul_e]

A nice days work and a good overall test for England.

Lyth though. Doesn't look good enough. From the little I've seen of him admittedly he looks neither as good as Compton or Carberry and looks a walking wicket, at least those two had to be wrestled out.

Carberry was the one we got badly wrong but that's largely because he came out in support of KP and made himself toxic to the people who'd decided that the only casualty of the last ashes was going to be him.

[taylorsworkrate]

Only missed it by about a metre. Extremely weird that they just assumed it was out

[Monty]

I hear the Holties Stand is in good voice. I can't believe that's not just tonnes of Villa making that noise.

[Villan For Life]

The Aussies have bowled some dross. Even Johnson, who has bowled some unplayable deliveries has lived up to his song. At times even his bowling has been shite.

[paul_e]

The Aussies have bowled some dross. Even Johnson, who has bowled some unplayable deliveries has lived up to his song. At times even his bowling has been shite.

That's what makes him so dangerous, he's quick and even he isn't completely sure where the ball is going, which means the good ones are horrible to play.

[Villan For Life]

The Aussies have bowled some dross. Even Johnson, who has bowled some unplayable deliveries has lived up to his song. At times even his bowling has been shite.

That's what makes him so dangerous, he's quick and even he isn't completely sure where the ball is going, which means the good ones are horrible to play.

He completely lost his run up in his final over.

[taylorsworkrate]

Get in!

[Villan For Life]

Absolutely fantastic result. Well played England. A wonderful comeback after Lords.

[paul_e]

The Aussies have bowled some dross. Even Johnson, who has bowled some unplayable deliveries has lived up to his song. At times even his bowling has been shite.

That's what makes him so dangerous, he's quick and even he isn't completely sure where the ball is going, which means the good ones are horrible to play.

He completely lost his run up in his final over.

The taunting by the fans was f'ing hilarious, I love the abuse he gets.

Brilliant win, Bell and Root batted superbly, ended up slightly better than I predicted a couple of pages back, as I said, it just looked like a nice pitch to bat on today.

[The Left Side]

Well done England

[tomd2103]

Great win and we're heading to Trent Bridge to win the series.  Well done Ian Bell - proved the doubters wrong yet again!

[Proposition Joe]

Nice and easy in the end. For whatever reason the Aussies never really put us under much pressure. Cook got a ball with his name on it, Bell was dropped, but the onslaught never really materialised.

Maybe Clarke had already written this one off.

Anyway, Trent Bridge was always a ground where it swung a lot so it's a shame Jimmy won't be there. Of the backup bowlers, do any of them really swing it much? Onions seems out of the reckoning, what about Plunkett or Wood (if fit)? They seem the next in line.

[paul_e]

As before, Woakes for me.  Wood needs to get fitter and Plunkett flatters to deceive.

[aj2k77]

Woakes doesn't do enough with the ball at his pace for me to trouble top batsmen.