England 2021-22 Ashes Tour

England XI 1st Test Brisbane
1.Roy Burns 2.Haseeb Hameed 3.Dawid Malan 4,Joe Root (capt) 5. Ben Stokes 6.Ollie Pope 7.Jos Buttler (wk) 8.Chris Woakes 9.Ollie Robinson 10.Mark Wood 11.Jack Leach

So are England saying their two leading wicket takers of all time won’t be good enough to get wickets here?

It’s a weird message to send to the other bowlers too! If they are “resting” them for the day/night test then the bowlers playing here know two of them are going to get dropped for the next regardless.

I go back to the sporting saying ‘do what your opposition least want you to do’. Pretty sure Warner did cartwheels when he saw no Broad!

FFS Starc bowls Burns first ball.

I mean … fuck me that was hardly a vintage ball!

^^ Then again, Burns is hardly a vintage opening batsman.

Broad and Anderson will be delighted that they are not playing in this match.
As England only managed to get 147 all out before the rain came. And Root won the toss and decided to bat

It could be a bad defeat, a very bad defeat

(08-12-2021 09:32 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Broad and Anderson will be delighted that they are not playing in this match.
As England only managed to get 147 all out before the rain came. And Root won the toss and decided to bat

It could be a bad defeat, a very bad defeat

Why are we so crap lol

(08-12-2021 00:31 )Snooks Wrote:  No Anderson or Broad .
Saving them for the day nighter/s???

England won toss and bat.

All out by lunch then

Not far out, all out by tea !

If it was snooker then you be happy with 147 but this is Test Match Cricket, so not good.

I wish I could say I am surprised at what happened but alas......alas........

(08-12-2021 09:32 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Broad and Anderson will be delighted that they are not playing in this match.

On the contrary, they would be delighted if they were playing. Perhaps they could have persuaded Root to bowl first, as they would both have fancied the conditions yesterday.

Cummins admitted he was glad to lose the toss, so a bit of luck for Australia there. It was also nice for them that the rain came when it did, so they didn't have to bat in that final session.