My dear old things, it's STW TMS!

Yep, TalkSport, which simply isn’t a patch on TMS.

The ball is sounding nice off Crawley’s bat

Ah yes, test cricket is back and we’re losing an opener in the 3rd over. Joe Root may as well just open…

Make that 2 wickets.

Siigh

And there goes rooty… We’ll be bowling by lunch

Well I stand corrected. Dropping Broad and Anderson has absolutely transformed the performance of this team.

Oh hang on, no it seems we still can’t bat and it was nothing to do with the bowlers.

What was the point of dropping Broad and Anderson in order to try out new bowlers just to end up playing Woakes and Overton?

What was the point of dropping Broad and Anderson in order to try out new bowlers just to end up playing Woakes and Overton?

Well, quite. I was hoping to see what Parkinson and Mahmood could do. Instead, we’ve stuck with known quantities and will learn absolutely nothing. I suppose one or two of them will be dropped as punishment for batting failures so perhaps we will see some new bowlers later in the series.

Good comeback from Foakes and Bairstow, shames Foakes couldn’t push on and get at least his fifty.

Well played Johnny

217-1! Are we all in shock?

Forget Mark Wood’s injury for a moment…

Is anybody following the 2nd Australia V Pakistan test at all…?

Sounds like it could be one for the ages! Records already being broken here and there… If Pakistan chase this total down, it will be a monumental feat!

That said I do think Cummings was overly confident in batting a 2nd time rather than enforcing a follow on…

Just checked the scorecard – Babar 191*

Do they have time to get the remaining runs?

Babar 196….amazing innings – lovely seeing the Aussies fielding for 160 overs

Do they have time to get the remaining runs?

The world’s number 1 ranked ODI and T20 batsman is in, with 6 wickets remaining and his eye in… And if there’s a chance of a result on the final day, the umpires will usually consult with both captains and allow up to an extra hour’s play…

Here’s hoping!!!

Here’s hoping!!!

They’ll take the draw…

Cobblers 🙁

Damn! Spoke too soon… Azam falls for 196… ☹️

Six down with 114 still needed.

Six down with 114 still needed.

Yeah I think on reflection, they’d be more than happy with the draw now!

Disappointing end to the day for England

A good day, but having hit 2 4s already, you just knew the canny Holder would push it a bit wider.

Stokes is in a hurry!

Its like a home game for England with that crowd!

89 runs before lunch. Not bad, Ben.

been brutal and the windies were rank by the end of the session

Who are these batters and what have they done with the real England team?

100 for Stokes.

Sadly the coverage is BTSport/Talksprt2 so I’m really only following on txt updates. How is Fisher bowling? Mahmoud always looks a bit scattergun whenever I’ve watched him.

I’m really enjoying the womens WC – WI got out of jail v BAN yesterday! Every game is a knockout for ENG now – big game Saturday night v NZ.

Oh dear 6 down

now 7 🙁

Normal service has been resumed

I wonder which bowlers they’ll drop in response to this latest collapse?

100 up!

This would be the 33rd time England have been bowled out for under 200 under Joe Root’s captaincy

— Chris Stocks (@StocksC_cricket) March 24, 2022

Welcome back England. We have missed you.

least some waggage to cheer! come on the spinners

Mahmood was dropped and the next ball he leathered it for six. Fantastic stuff.

Leach has better technique than most of the top 6, he’s certainly got a better defence.
Can he open?!?!

Or not @Klunk 🙂