Disastrous start! Roy given out in what we shall call a dubious lbw! And Davies now run out without facing a ball! 8-2 in first over.. Henriques sent out ahead of Wilson...
Canters - wrong thread mate. I'll have to flag you soon !!
What absolute dross bowling this morning. There was a stat which said that in 72 overs Englnad had bowled 17 balls that would/could have hit the wicket ! - and 2 of those brought wickets. Surely this morning was the prime time for bowling full and at the wicket what with all the batsmen backing away and flat batting all the short stuff- but they just seem incable of doing it.- and just want to bounce people out.
Havnt seen Lyth bat before, but impressed so far, at least he is not interested in taking on bouncers and ducks out the way. Needs to be like that v Johnson etc.
I keep hearing the experts say that with Cook no longer playing ODI cricket he is back to his old self, couldn't agree more. If only he'd have listened to my (and Michael Vaughn's) advice a year ago to quit ODI's........
Afternoon session about to start, Cook is on 8896 runs in Test Cricket so needs 5 more to surpass Gooch and become England's leading run scorer in Tests.
I cant remember the last time Englands openers put on a really big score. Hopefully this is it because I can't see us winning the Ashes unless the top order scores heavily.
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Broad with his 4th wicket
40 runs scored so far this morning in the first 5 overs - be happy with that in T20 let alone a Test match.
Good return from Broad of 5-109 though at a somewhat expensive 6.35 an over.
Surely this morning was the prime time for bowling full and at the wicket what with all the batsmen backing away and flat batting all the short stuff- but they just seem incable of doing it.- and just want to bounce people out.
That'll be the kiss of death then !
Lyth & Cook both undefeated on 27
54-0
Both openers on 27, extremely well done by both of them.
Cook looks like his old self, great stuff.