English cricket thread
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Oh Jimmy is back on.
That's good.
That's good.
Trust the caf to get offended every time there are minor changes to the game. They've added shirt names, not changed the colour of clothing or something.
Is there a more boring sports presenter on the planet than David Gower?
This is his last series. Sky aren't giving him a new contract.
Surprised it's taken this long for one of them to watch a show of his.
I assume there will be calls for blood in the Aussie press at this absolutely horrific display of non walking.
Remember Broad's I guess?
Botham too isn't it?
That bit seems unconfirmed (in yesterday's Guardian article I'm reading) but rumoured.
I can't say I'd miss either. Botham's probably my least favourite.
He's absolutely horrific. Grumpy old man who doesn't bother to do his homework, nor keep up with the news about the game. 90% of his commentary stints are spent with people just explaining shit he should know to him.
At least Gower knows where he is.
Has Stokes had his hair done?
Looks much fuller than it used to.
Looks much fuller than it used to.
Get Smith early and we're doing these for less then 200.
Starc injured?
Dropped.
Leaking runs a bit here.
Stokes has been a bit poor.
Anderson injured it seems , could be a massive mistake to play him here
We're in trouble here if Anderson's crocked.
Stokes and Ali is a much more relaxing time for the Aussies now.
Starc and Hazlewood both dropped. Not particularly fond of the decision to bring Siddle back in personally.
Wow... He hasn't been in bad form as far as I can remember.
Was looking forward to seeing him vs top order English batsman.
His record in England with a red ball is pretty average and it was felt during the warm up game he was bowling white ball lines and lengths and needed longer to adapt.
They just said Anderson left the ground to go for a scan.
Andersons injury reminded me when Zaheer went off injured in the first test against England in 2011.
Umps have had a shocker so far.
Smith Vs Broad is the key battle for today.
Smith Vs Broad is the key battle for today.
That's three wrong decisions since morning today 
Pathetic.
Edit: Make it four.
Pathetic.
Edit: Make it four.
Can someone please explain this to me? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
Surely staarc has to be one of first names on team sheet?
Another wrong one. Are the umpires ok?
Shocking Umpiring from both.
I can sort of understand the first Smith one. You can maybe understand how he thought it was clipping when Smith didn't play a shot, but feck me that Wade one is atrocious.
Aussies will fold for less than 150.
Doesn’t get more plumb
Joel Wilson is a really poor umpire. I also think Aleem is out of form/maybe losing his touch.
Best/Worst umpiring day: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...i-survives-five-lbw-reviews-extraordinary-day
I think its 5 bad callsThat's three wrong decisions since morning today
Pathetic.
Edit: Make it four.
Warner edge
Warner LBW
Kahwaja edge
Smith LBW
Wade LBW.
Forgot about Khawaja dismissal.
So that makes a wrong decision every 35 balls. Impressive stuff.
Keep Broad on 