The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

Looking a fast and bouncy wicket.

[olaftab]

[Rory]

Nice view!

[OzVilla]

In the ultimate demonstration of optimism I have tickets for day 4.

[Rory]

Root's in. Time to make his mark on a series down under. Come on lad!

[PaulWinch again]

Sounds like ropey start and then rebuild. Long way to go.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Leaving Lyon out is a strange one and hopefully proves to be a mistake. No Cummins or Hazelwood either means the door is ajar for us here.

Wouldn’t be great to be 300-4 at close of play.

[olaftab]

In the ultimate demonstration of optimism I have tickets for day 4.

If it does will have to meet up to discuss the win over Arsenal😊

[olaftab]

Dare I say….ok was about to say batting looks easier now and Zak gifts them🤷🏽‍♂️

[PaulWinch again]

Oh Zak that’s a gift. Played well, but needed more. We cannot crumble now.

[Beard82]

Oh Zak. Crucial point here.

Hate Brook at points like this - oh

Edit - phew - but God

[PaulWinch again]

Don’t ramp there.

[PaulWinch again]

Please use your brain Brook.

[PaulWinch again]

Two of the wickets have been gifts here. If we play well we capitalise. Switch on.

[tomd2103]

Massive period of play in the match and series really with Root set and Brook joining him.  You just get the feeling that these two could either set the platform for a decent total or they get dismissed and the roof caves in again.