The Ashes thread! (spoilers)

Now it looks like, unless England self-destruct in the last session, they will have the good weather to help them build a total.

KISS OF DEATH.
Has been amusing to follow the cricket on the aussie bike forum though.

You were saying…..?

Nooo…I mentioned the self-destruct potential. True kiss of death would be to just predict the massive total…

I’m just not taking responsibility for any collapse. 🙂

Crowd in full song, ball flying to the rope time after time.

Is it too soon for a beer?

WTF

WICKET
Cook c Voges b Lyon 34 (Eng 76-2)
Posted at 17:35
Extraordinary. You will never, ever see a wicket quite like this. Adam Voges has somehow caught Alastair Cook without knowing where the ball is. The off-spin of Nathan Lyon for the first time, short, Cook hammering a full-bloodied pull shot. Voges ducks, but the ball goes straight at him, basically lodging in his belly. That’s a one in a million type of dismissal.

100 up

Are we back

over the top of off stump !

living a charmed life over the top of off stump again

50 for Bell, he’s really enjoying mitchell starc !

beyond reason 😯

Shame for Bell – he’ll need to score in the second innings too.

Just landed in Japan – Aus were 2 down when I left and I was fearful of a full blooded Aussie fightback. Not today

Landed back in Oz, the highlights on the news were good viewing for 1% of us at the airport

Was in the pub in Oz last night. Everyone was strangely quiet.

Why won’t Johnson do the decent thing and tread on a ball 😈

Normal service is resumed.

bloody ‘ell the one guy you wanted to hang around 🙄

well my forecast down the pub after a lot of jokes is/was
England for under 200?
It becomes an ODI
England 250 and above in control

3 wickets in 3 overs to Lyon is just abysmal batting from england

Need a good knock from Ali and Broad. Boycott’s advice is golden in these situations. Protect your wicket!

50 partnership 😯 ball must be getting old and soft

lovely stuff from Moeen flicked on drive off Johnson

I think Ali could be the man of the series if this carries on.

flaying Johnson to all parts of the ground now, wonderful stuff

Shhhhhh

Cook looks happy enough 😉

whacked him out of the attack

“This is England’s highest eighth-wicket partnership in a Test match at Edgbaston, beating the 70 between Andy Caddick and Alex Tudor against New Zealand in 1999.”

Eng 271-7 (lead by 135)

think captain told moeen “swing at everything” ! 😯

booooo

Even though Broad has just gone, Australia now need more than they scored at the first attempt just to make us bat again 😆

is that the fat lady i can see ? birthday 50 from Jimmy ?

No it’s Dave Warner

😆

perhaps not 🙂

All out 145 lead, can they make it?

This is going to be very interesting – an early wicket or two and it’s all over, if they get in and stay in and frustrate us then anything could happen.