England Winter Test cricket thread

[Shaggy]

Yep.

Now I will be pleased to see Compton make 30 off 200 balls.

[Shaggy]

Compton gone. What a load of ****.

[Shaggy]

Cook dropped. 11-1. I'm going to bed. **** this.

[RichC]

90-4 at stumps

[Alex]

Prior and Compton are the only ones to come out with any credit this series. I loved hearing Prior chatter when it was quiet for the first few hours.

[Pedenj]

Lovely score to wake up to!

As fun as it is laughing at the Aussie's we've not covered ourselves in much glory this series.

I'd potentially add Broad to that list - just for the fact he has regained form.

[Alex]

Ohh and Foggy. For all of your 'Stupid decision to bowl first' stuff. I dont think it would have made any difference. We would have been **** regardless.

[captainfog]

Ohh and Foggy. For all of your 'Stupid decision to bowl first' stuff. I dont think it would have made any difference. We would have been **** regardless.

Disagree, tbh.

[Chazza]

1 hour down

[Chazza]

New ball coming.

[Chazza]

**** sake Root gone first up with the new ball.

[Chazza]

Bell and Bairstow both dropped in the same over.

[Shaggy]

Enjoyed the first session, amazing how it changed so dramatically with the new ball. Prior is gonna be the key man but it's still looking beyond us.

Can't see Bairstow lasting very long.

[captainfog]

Damn, if Bell hadn't off knicked off we might have stood a chance. Only 2 hours to go! No chance Broad is going to hang around for long enough. Bah. Looking like close, but no cigar.

[RichC]

Andrew Samson, BBC Test Match Special statistician
THAT'S A RECORD
"Stuart Broad sets a new Test record for the longest time at the crease without scoring. It took 103 minutes and 62 balls to get off the mark."

Broad beats the previous record which was set by New Zealand's Geoff Allott who took 101 minutes on this ground against South Africa in 1999.