England Cricket chat

[verndog158]

Ball or Overton for the final test spot then?

[Magic817]

Ball gets the nod

England team: Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (capt), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jake Ball, James Anderson.

[Woodsey]

Is it tonight?

[nellberg]

The 4th seamer might not have much of an impact, but don't agree with Ball over Overton. Overton was decent in warm-ups, *should* contribute more with the bat (3 ducks on tour so far suggests not haha) and ball could be under-done from a lack of cricket.

[tikay]

Is it tonight?

Yup, starts at Midnight I think.

[Woodsey]

Is it tonight?

Yup, starts at Midnight I think.

Aaahhhh, fk I’m knackered, might have to get a few zzzzz now....   

[buzzharvey22]

We're gonna get humped arnt we.

[ripple11]

Is it tonight?

Yup, starts at Midnight I think.

BT sport...not Sky this time.

[Magic817]

Have to say I prefer sky commentary team compared to BT Sports. Found Boycott especially annoying on commentary.

[Tal]

England's day by a short head?

196/4 good for us, given we are normally 60/3. Longer tail without Stokes, but think we would have taken that first up.

[nellberg]

England's day by a short head?

196/4 good for us, given we are normally 60/3. Longer tail without Stokes, but think we would have taken that first up.

Yep, satisfactory. Very slow pitch, will be interesting to see if it quickens up tomorrow. Old fashioned day of test cricket today.

[TightEnd]

Have to say I prefer sky commentary team compared to BT Sports. Found Boycott especially annoying on commentary.

they need to follow the richie benaud, dan maskell maxim of let the pictures do the talking.much too much babble

i was dozing away to TMS instead of the TV after an hour

I like Graeme Swann (as a cricketer and a character) but just couldn't put up with him chuckling mid sentence at his own jokes for too long!

(still better than the horrendous Tufnell though)

[baldock92]

Very quick turnaround, gone from 4/240 to 9/286 in an hour or so.

[TightEnd]

England lose their last 6 wickets for 58 -- the 13th successive time in completed innings in Brisbane they've lost their last 6 wickets for under 100 (a sequence which began in Nov 1990).

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;ground=209;groupby=innings;home_or_away=2;opposition=2;orderby=start;partnership_wicketmin1=6;partnership_wicketval1=partnership_wicket;size=200;team=1;template=results;type=fow

[TightEnd]

The Gabba becomes a graveyard which is oddas that doesn't suit their quicks at all

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