Is there a team worse with reviews than England? 8 of them debating it and Root begging someone else to decide as time runs out. Replays show it’s out. Nice one.
Does he not have a British auntie or has he not spent a month or more on holiday in the UK to enable him to switch to us ?
Why would he bother? It reminds me of those posters that assume that player x or manager y will come to Watford, because we are Watford. Who are *****.
Of course he wouldn’t bother. I was just mucking about based on the low threshold we will use to get foreign sportsmen to pretend they’re English. The British marathon record holder is a Somali man, born in Somalia of Somalian parents who arrived in England aged 8. Pietersen, lamb etc etc
Assuming you mean Mo Farah, as far as I can tell his dad was born in that famous Somalian city… London.
I know. it just provided me with an opportunity to vent about those daft posts that assume someone would be desperate to give up a perfectly decent job to join our circus.
No he's bought himself a little credit for a game or two but will be interesting to see what Lees can do this innings.
No worries. Keep in touch, I'm only doing this role on a temporary basis...you could be next in line.
"England's run rate of 1.56 is the the lowest among the 271 Tests where at least 25-plus overs were bowled before lunch on first day since the start of 2014" Geoffrey would be proud.
If I’m honest, I completely forgot about this. Seems like I didn’t miss much apart from more Root stat-padding. No wonder we never win in the Windies.
It livened up with Lawrence at the crease. Looks a very good batting track though, not sure either side will be able to get 20 wickets.
Sums up our day : From BBC. “Blackwood was fortunate to have not been reviewed on nought by England'and to have been bowled off a no-ball on 65. But like his captain, he's played a combative, determined innings. He's really fought hard for these three figures”
From a very healthy 248-3, Pakistan collapsed to 268 all out vs Aus, losing 7 wickets for 20 runs. Pretty spectacular collapse even by our recent standards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO52520
Remarkably game still on, seem to have found a decent opener in Shafique and I just love Babar, best batsman in the world.
Indeed. So much movement that the batsman are missing the ball by alarming margins. I suspect we may be bowled out for <100.
55/6. This might be a clue as to why Bairstow failed. From BBC: “I saw Jonny Bairstow at breakfast this morning in our hotel. He told me he slept dreadfully”
