Jimmy is going for a scan on his calf after feeling some tightness. Come on Woakes and Broad.
but Boycott said it was poor captaincy and we were letting off them hook? #whotobelieve
big blow
Yeah finding it increasingly hard to separate his cricket talk and pee taking of Aggers to the rest of his bigoted and misogynistic guff
Jimmy is going for a scan on his calf after feeling some tightness. Come on Woakes and Broad.
This is not good news.
Boycs - could do without him tbh. He only has about a dozen points and 'jokes' he rotates through and I've heard them for over 20 years now. Too many intelligent past cricketers of a more recent generation and of a more palatable disposition to need his input.
cobblers, lucky!!
I love that the crowd were chanting ‘you’re gonna cry in a minute’ at Smith during the DRS review 😂😂😂
another and another bad umpiring decision! thats 5 wrong calls already it's going to be a painful series at this rate.
Wonder whether Warner's slightly regretting his bullish chat about how unintimidating Edgbaston is yet...
Cheeky edit: Paine, not Warner. Doh!
112-6
112-7
7 down
Not a bad start
Hollis Stand are singing "Sacked in the morning"
Now it's 8!
Hah! Got that one in nice and early LOL (the wicket hadn't fallen when I posted)
good toss to lose 😀 9 times out of 10 you bat, the tenth time you think about it then bat.
Bowling, Shane-o!
another wrong decision.... that was a big edge!?
lucky the rest are not upto much!
It's just not cricket, I tell you !!
Squad numbers on the backs of their whites .... How long has that been a thing ?
Horrid
So, what do we think the Aussie first innings lead will be?
This is a minimum of 50 runs to many.
And now I don’t now we’re in a position where they post close to 300 or we have a very tricky 30 minutes to bat. Neither are great options.
He’s a bit of alright isn’t he.
Aussies, one man team discuss!
All they need is one other player to make 50 odd each innings to go with whatever Smith scores and they’ll win every match. #pessimist
Warm and sunny day here in Birmingham and not a breath of wind. Good day to bat I think.
Well that's kyboshed it then!!
Dig in!
Roy demonstrating exactly how naive he is at test level. Get in before smashing it! Lucky boy.
Lunch time treat today, Ask the Umpire 😀
Athers was, for a while, talking about his hard hands as a virtue. He’s supposed to be an opener for pity’s sake, not some lower order pinch hitter
Australia are only playing 4 bowlers. Stay in, get them into 2nd/3rd spells then cash in.
Ask the umpire - maybe these 2 could pop along for some training.
Jason Roy - no surprises really.
Arse
Staying in is not something Roy does
Great day at Edgbaston yesterday other than the half- wits bellowing 'cheat' at warner, bancroft and smith.
They were punished for what they did and that's the end if it.
Bowling was good until they ran out of steam and root ran out of ideas.
Smith's innings was a master class in concentration and was well appreciated by most.
Bit delayed this morning but should at the ground by 12.15.
Roy's dismissal is disappointing but not surprising.
They were punished for what they did and that’s the end if it.
Nah. For a team so good at dishing it out, they can have it back at them. Warner the bogan knuckledragger in particular. I do have some sympathy for Smith, but at the game time, it’s his captaincy that fostered the atmosphere in the first place
No sympathy at all for them and I was one of the half-wits booing and bellowing at them during the World Cup semi. They knew exactly what they were doing and should’ve been banned for life, they were only upset that they were caught. Put it in cycling terms they’re as bad as Armstrong
WARNING Boycott WARNING
Put it in cycling terms they’re as bad as Armstrong
To be fair, I’m not entirely sure he was that upset about being caught
ALL CLEAR
