English cricket thread
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Moronic running.
Good little bit of fake fielding by Denly there 
Think he's done enough to earn his team the victory. Movement in the air and off the pitch and rough outside the left handers off stump for Lyon, don't see Egnland getting to 250 let alone 350.
Not understanding the value of having Hazelwood out batting in this situation.
All that one-day cricket has ruined their fielding as well 
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.359 to save the ashes
35-9 by tea then.
Roy to hit 200 lol
You must be on some serious hallucinogenics
350 in 2 and a half days. I think they'll do it
Send him and Bairstow out with their ODI tops on underneath.
None of the first 4 bar Burns want to stay there and bore the opposition.It's all crazy shots and poor judgement
The best thing about test cricket is - regardless of how shit your team is at batting, every innings starts with a lot of hope as a fan.. usually crushed in 2 hours.
Be brilliant if England keep the series alive.
Be brilliant if England keep the series alive.
On paper, anything under 350 is achievable but England don't have a Sangkakarra,VVS,Alec Stewart type(among others) who bat for long periods
Bet you didn't say that down under
The good news is that the pitch doesn't seem to be misbehaving that much. The bad news is that England have racked up a higher first innings score than this just twice since the start of 2018.
I support India, and I think we're going to put up a proper score every single time away under pressure. Usually is a garbage performance 90% of the time, barring the last Australia series.
Joe Root is too good not to deliver eventually. And the stage is perfectly set up for him to do it
Agree - some real under rating of Root these days..
He's not delivered in awhile - but he is class
In fact - he's better than all 3 batsmen named - Sangakarra, Laxman, Stewart
Disagree.
The only saving grace for England right now is that the pitch isn’t close to breaking up yet, and there won’t be much cloud cover.
So they have alot of day 3 and 4 in relatively good batting conditions. That makes it a lot easier than most 4th innings chases.
Every batsman has to have the intent to play the longest inning they’ve ever played. If the teams manages to bat 5 sessions, they win.
So they have alot of day 3 and 4 in relatively good batting conditions. That makes it a lot easier than most 4th innings chases.
Every batsman has to have the intent to play the longest inning they’ve ever played. If the teams manages to bat 5 sessions, they win.
If they can get in, Burns and Root can do that.
I think almost everyone disagrees.Guy averages 57 in Test cricket ffs.
Yea - I was just checking Sangakarra's stats on Cricinfo.. my recollection of him is someone who did not play many notable innings away from home, but Cricinfo stats shows less variance in average across countries than I thought. Maybe my memory is hazy and I'm wrong.
Roy with a leave..
It’s great isn’t it, but 2 hours might be optimistic the way we’ve been batting
Christ, look at the attacks they faced. Brett Lee, McGrath,Warne etc.
The Aussies said they didn't have an idea how to get VVS out.
Was that you who messaged in to bbc sport
Jason Roy to hit 200, what a hangover I have.
Nah wasn’t me! He must definitely be struggling today if he seriously thinks it though!
Another one stealing stuff from here for BBC??
Nope I said mine before that was posted on bbcAnother one stealing stuff from here for BBC??
Oh or do you mean the other way around. I’m tired today
Have to back you up there. Nonsense.
Aye, BBC stealing from here!!Nope I said mine before that was posted on bbc
Oh or do you mean the other way around. I’m tired today
We see you, BBC
Maybe this just shows my inexperience playing quicker bowling, but I never, ever understand why that's such a common dismissal in test cricket. Surely, you never, ever need to play at that?
what a ball
Sky following Roy off the pitch going 'feck off, fecking prick, feck off' on repeat
Beautiful delivery
The Aussie attack is the best it’s been for years; and that’s without even playing Starc
The Aussie attack is the best it’s been for years; and that’s without even playing Starc
As bumble would say, start the car.