Cricket

[Buzzo]

Sounds like Bazzball has been temporarily abandoned.

[RichC]

Sounds like Bazzball has been temporarily abandoned.

Dunno, 5 an over so far

[spud_gun]

****, slow bowlers or ****, slow wicket?

Neither teams pace attack doing anything on this wicket so far

[RichC]

And Crawley goes and gives his wicket away.

[Buzzo]

Dunno, 5 an over so far

Yep - seemed to be tentative for about 10 balls!

[BobTheCharmer]

And Crawley goes and gives his wicket away.

That does feel like a give away doesn't it. Like Root last match. Shouldn't be getting stumped when on 48.

[Liverpool]

Shocking stat

England's 91 is their highest opening stand in the Ashes since Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook in 2011 at the SCG. This is the 36th Ashes Test since.

[BobTheCharmer]

That's woeful. Shows how good their bowlers are though.

[Buzzo]

England definitely a bit more circumspect than they have been. Which is 100% the correct approach.

[RichC]

Yeah, still scoring quickly but it's not the full on gun-ho approach we've seen of late.

Feels like the right balance at the moment.

[Liverpool]

Pope is going to do something stupid

[Liverpool]

9 minutes

[RichC]

How many more chances does Pope get?

[RichC]

Root caught off a no ball

[spud_gun]

Oh Duckett

3 **** wickets for England to give away today