The Ashes 2023

Bit of a rush of blood…. T20 mode…. It wasn’t a good delivery I don’t know why Green went aerial, he’d have hit a handy enough boundary by cutting it. The match situation certainly didn’t warrant a shot likely that.

wonder will Stokes have the stones to throw the new ball to Tongue.

Well he's supposed to be an all rounder but his knee is clearly crocked and he's not able to do much more than 4/5 overs a day when in the field. His form with the bat has been iffy enough in the last 18 months. He'd defo still get in the team tho. I think he'll retire from Tests after this series.

Anyway, unless England have a hell of a morning tomorrow, winning this second test is beyond them.

Any Australian still batting at lunch and it will be with around a 410/420 lead for them.

For the remainder of this series brave selection decisions are needed….

Anderson & Broad only managed 7 wickets between them in the entirety of the first test…33 overs bowled between them here in the second test and not a single wicket to either of their names yet…..

cant keep going to the well and delivering at their age….soo many miles of the clock.

probably the biggest catalyst to their continued selection is the lack of talent ready to take over.

Decision was sound, just didn’t execute. Has to said as well as Australia batted, they enjoyed a nice bit of luck all day. Beaten numerous times, tight decisions going their way.

Not winning Edgbaston with Warner, Labushchange and Smith doing nothing twice is going to hurt England. One nil down going to Lord’s where the opposition tend raise their game, it will take a lot of good cricket to get back in the series from here.

Interesting day ahead. Rain at the moment so conditions should suit the bowlers, we'll see if they get more for their efforts than yesterday. Minimum target for Australia is 400, 450 and the game is really a big ask for England you have to think Cummings et al will be a handful on this pitch given Tongue's exploits.

Letting joe root get those 2 wickets yesterday evening will really piss off the aussies

Starc, Cummins Hazelwood and Lyon all have 200 plus test wickets. Thats bit of context

Good day for England so far, we may have a test on our hands here...

I wish they could mute that mike as Labuschagne is so annoying

Starc being Starc so far. The odd ball threatening, the rest very hitable. He has missed the best bowling conditions mind.

Starc is really expensive here. He always is but when he picks up wickets it hides his profligacy. He doesn't really look like taking wickets here..England are scoring quite easily now.

McGrath trodding on the ball vibes...

Australia bowling exclusively short with no Lyon and England just encourage them by playing shots and getting out. Root especially should have known to wait it out.

Lyon will be a big blow and his absence could be series defining. Definitely England's day notwithstanding the wickets they threw away. They will fancy their chances tomorrow of overtaking Australia's score and getting a lead. Australia need to get their act together in the morning.

Australia can’t be happy with today. Starting at 339-5 and ending it with England only 140 behind and six wickets left.

I can recall Wagner bouncing England out under Root and Silverwood so attaching those short ball wickets to Bazball is a bit lazy. But then most conversions about it are lazy and you can see why McCullum hates it.