The International Cricket Thread

[tomd2103]

Crawley's brain fart aside, that was a good session for England. More after tea please England

Yep.  Some of the best 'Bazball' wins have come on the back of us having very strong post-tea batting sessions, so let's see. 

[PaulWinch again]

Really good start. Thus far really good day, need to bring that through in the final session.

[Risso]

Innings defeat incoming

With this and your Whelan/Jedinak posts mate you’ve hit the motherlode of wrong!

[LeeB]

Innings defeat incoming

With this and your Whelan/Jedinak posts mate you’ve hit the motherlode of wrong!

It was just to induce the opposite, I don't mind dying on that hill. The other issue I'm not backing down on, to quote Paul Calf, 'you're just fucking wrong'

[Risso]

And I’ve just seen your Johnny Marr posts. I feel like I’ve entered a new dimension where everybody is being as wrong as possible on purpose.

[Villan For Life]

Nathan Lyon may have picked up an injury which is unfortunate but if it’s true then a big moment in the test and the series.

[paul_e]

oh no, what a disaster... anyway

[LeeB]

Terrible pity that, what rotten luck that is for the Aussies

[paul_e]

I'd feel a little more sorry for them if we hadn't already lost our first choice spinner for the series. He was already the difference between the teams in the first test so, if this is as bad as it looks, it's most just taking away the big advantage they were given when Leach was ruled out.

[Villan For Life]

That was a gift of a wicket

[LeeB]

That was soft, don't gift the bastards anything and lets work their seamers into the ground now Lyon is off

[Villan For Life]

Now Root survives a dismissal off a no ball. Focus England, focus!

[paul_e]

Soft wicket given it was a very long boundary to try to take on but I can see why he was going for it.

We do seem to have dialled down the risk level a little today which is why the 2 wickets have stood out a little more.

[Monty]

Root's lucky there. All that work just to lose two hooking would be typical of this England display so far.

[PaulWinch again]

Pope ridiculous and Root very lucky. Hopefully that refocuses the mind. Don’t play stupid cricket, we’ve got back in the game, have them on the ropes. Lyon looks injured, don’t just gift them wickets.