God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Professer E]

We slag off the Indians for pitch doctoring but looks like the poms are going to roll out roads for their bazball gameplan... I hope Lyon turns it square later on.

[Professer E]

He might have made a bazillion runs this year but that shot was worse than awful.

[ElwoodBlues1]

He might have made a bazillion runs this year but that shot was worse than awful.

Yep.....poor shot before and tried the same lazy half drive/half cut and it was a soft dismissal.
Its a lifeless wicket though and going to have bowl tight and hope they get impatient, Bairstow and Ali give them some depth so a good test for Cummins as captain to stay in control of the game.

[Professer E]

Late order batting might come into play EB, we're thin in that area.

Gees it's as soft a batting wicket as I've seen in ages, pretty disappointing.

[Professer E]

Cummins bowled poorly on India and his lines and length are still erratic.  He's not bowling well.

[Professer E]

Crawley is certainly not a walker and Erasmus is f****** blind.

[Gointocarlton]

Is it safe to say The Ashes series is already over after one day?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Is it safe to say The Ashes series is already over after one day?

Bazball won the day for sure buts it's still a long series, the wickets are all going to be flat lifeless one day types so bowling teams out is going to be tough for both sides.

[Professer E]

I'd be tempted to play a second spinner.  Pitch is a disgrace. Best test wickets provide something for everyone, not just slogging.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I'd be tempted to play a second spinner.  Pitch is a disgrace. Best test wickets provide something for everyone, not just slogging.

Short boundaries Prof and England are playing 7-8 batsman and the odds are 2-3 will get going every innings going the slog so I reckon tough life for spinners too.
Lyon got carted everywhere...
I think you need a couple of 150km quicks who can bang it in and force some false shots. England should have played Wood imo...losing the toss hasn't helped either and it's a shame Ashes Cricket had come down to this level that you are playing short format cricket on pitches devoid of grass and resembling something out of India..