Cricket

[Red_Polo]

36-8 good holy ****

[Chazza]

36-7

36-8

36-9

[Red_Polo]

Make that 36-9

If they can't get to 42 it'll be the lowest scoring Test innings since 1955

[Yozza]

Not a chance - we have a glorious history of near misses in sport and this will add to that list

Wasn't that near though!

[Chazza]

All out for 38

[Red_Polo]

Well, there we go

Lowest scoring innings since 1955 when NZ were all out for the all time low of 26 (also vs England)

[Yozza]

[Zapater]

Not a chance - we have a glorious history of near misses in sport and this will add to that list

well this wasn't one of those cases at least.

[Les Zeffelin]

That turned out a bit of a fizzer in the end. It was an official test, yeah?

[Irishnev]

well this wasn't one of those cases at least.

It was in Irelands terms

[Buzzo]

Still a worryingly **** test performance from England.

[Cormack74]

That turned out a bit of a fizzer in the end. It was an official test, yeah?

Yup, Ireland were granted (full) test status in 2017 (and Afghanistan too IIRC).

[Cormack74]

Still a worryingly **** test performance from England.

Unless we play on some ridiculously flat pitches England are going to struggle to pass 300 against the Aussies in the next 10 innings.

(Although they might struggle too).

[captainfog]

I guess the side sort of picks itself. Moeen has been a walking wicket for ages but he's our best Test spinner by a long way.

Burns
Roy
Denley
Root
Stokes
Butler
Barstow
Moeen
Archer
Broad
Anderson

[Les Zeffelin]

It was in Irelands terms

It's a pity Eoin Morgan is English, eh Nev?

Unless we play on some ridiculously flat pitches England are going to struggle to pass 300 against the Aussies in the next 10 innings.

(Although they might struggle too).

Who knows? None of the batsmen exactly covered themselves in glory in the trial match. Bancroft got an unbeaten 90 odd & Warner a 50 odd, otherwise not much to crow about.
The squad was announced last night. Bowling stocks look good & the "Unholy trinity" are back in. Personally, I thing Joe Burns & Alex Carey might feel a little hard done by.

Full squad: Tim Paine (c), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon,
Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner