England Down Under 21/22

[Dutch]

Lunch day two and a tired looking England make there way to the pavilion for a think and a rest......

 

[Dutch]

Broad snaffles green straight after lunch! Broad is a real breakthrough bowler this innings! Strikes just when its really needed. this will lift England a bit! Foakes didn't make any mistakes this time!

 

[Dutch]

Broad on a hattrick! Snaffles the captain first ball! Two in two....beautiful line and length, Paine misjudges the bounce and nips off the shoulder of the defensive push to Stokes!!!!!

 

[Dutch]

Well Broady didn't get the hattrick ball but England are suddenly all over the Aussies. They have discovered a slightly shorter length that is causing all sorts of problems for the Aussies at he mo.....it's all relative of course as the Aussies are 75 ahead with four wickets remaining but it offers a glimpse.

 

[Dutch]

Bit of a dilemma for England just before tea: do they take the new ball or let Ali have a couple more: he has been the one getting a couple of wickets as the pitch ahs started to take a little spin.

 

[Dutch]

Well its tea and England decided to keep there opening bowlers fresh for the new ball.....and Steve The Machine Smith did this....

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Big lead

 

[Dutch]

Big lead

Too big....and to think Foakes should have had Smith on 30!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Too big....and to think Foakes should have had Smith on 30!

You know who wouldn't have dropped Steve Smith.

 

[Dutch]

 

[Ed Smith]

Reckon we all know what the 2nd Test needs...

 

[Dutch]

Exceedingly Piss Poor

 

[Dutch]

Well the one small light point of the innings for England

Post automatically merged: Mar 3, 2021

England have a tricky 25 minutes to face on this second day. If they don't bat at least five sessions this game is gone. Smith was a machine and really went after Anderson at the end. Just couldn't get his 150 but scored just about the same amount of runs as the whole England team!

 

[Dutch]

The most irritating aspect of this game is the tail ender batting. I hope they get that fixed because seeing the likes of Lyon drive neatly through the covers or through long on is a pain in the arse. But as Ed Smith has made clear: getting selected comes with arse pain.

 

[Dutch]

Illegal Fly-by Over the ground today with my wonderful co-pilot!