Cricket

[Kinky Tom]

That one from Crawley a few minutes ago was so cruel

[Nemo]

Josh Hazelwood must be absolutely shitting himself. So much worse than being in the middle.

Absolute stormer of a test this, whatever happens.

[Kinky Tom]

WinViz still has us favourites, I can't see it.  We could easily wrap it up in one over but they have plenty of overs to get their 16.

[Ides of March]

Stokes has got it wrong for the first time as captain in the last 30 minutes

[Nemo]

What a game. There'll be lots of focus on lots of small things, but big picture, that was fucking brilliant and I'll have four more of those please. Phenomenal effort from Cummins with bat and ball.

[Quagmire]

That was absolutely superb, 4 more like that please.

[Pericardinho]

They can stop putting that ridiculous win prediction thing on the screen from now on.

It changed its mind every 5 minutes. England were 76% at one point today.

[Kinky Tom]

Bugger, that was a fantastic game of cricket and day 1 was one of the best sporting days out of my life but feels like an opportunity missed there. Moeen has a week to heal and toughen up that blister.

Brilliant match, gutted to have lost it in the last hour as we'd done such a great job keeping the run rate down up to then.

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Cracking entertainment with many twist keeping the fans on edge. Well done Australia but nothing for England to fear in the second Test at Lords.

[Nemo]

They can stop putting that ridiculous win prediction thing on the screen from now on.

It changed its mind every 5 minutes. England were 76% at one point today.

This just in - 24% chances happen. Just the odds of two heads in consecutive coin flops. Really not that rare.

[Ides of March]

To get Labuschagne and Smith out twice cheaply and still not manage to win is a slight worry, as they won’t be kept quiet all series. Brilliant test match, but a massive opportunity missed

[Quagmire]

I can’t not wait till next week now. 

[Pericardinho]

This just in - 24% chances happen. Just the odds of two heads in consecutive coin flops. Really not that rare.

Yes that's the point I'm making. That's why it's utterly useless.

[Nemo]

The day after, the happier I am about that test. If England play even close to normally, that game doesn't even get close to a result - lost the best part of a day's worth of overs over the four days and came down to the last few overs. England played in a way that made a result possible, risking losing to win. When you do that, sometimes you lose.

I do want Foakes keeping though, but I appreciate that's hard to achieve. I think I'd be tempted to have Brook open with Bairstow at 5. Brook could do the Crawley role, just better.

Team selection at Lord's will be fascinating. Moeen seems unlikely to be able to play a full part, and we can't carry two mostly crocked all rounders. Wood comes in, maybe for Anderson although Broad (whilst brilliant in this test) looked very tired. Big week for the physio!

[Quagmire]

The day after, the happier I am about that test. If England play even close to normally, that game doesn't even get close to a result - lost the best part of a day's worth of overs over the four days and came down to the last few overs. England played in a way that made a result possible, risking losing to win. When you do that, sometimes you lose.

I do want Foakes keeping though, but I appreciate that's hard to achieve. I think I'd be tempted to have Brook open with Bairstow at 5. Brook could do the Crawley role, just better.

I wouldn’t swap Crawley see, I think he deserves to keep his place after his first innings.
I’d bring Foakes in for a straight swap with Bairstow. Foakes isn’t the worst with the bat, and them missed stumpings and catches are worth more than Bairstow’s runs are, in my opinion.