Certified Legendary Thread 2nd Ashes Test England v Australia June 28-July 2 1930hrs @ Lords

[Gough]

England from, Ben Stokes (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Australia from, Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, David Warner.

 

[Santana]

Goat threw out the first pitch for the MLB game in London today

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Let the poor nights sleeping begin.

 

[darcytiger]

Early nights for the next few lads, gotta do the preparation.

 

[akkaps]

Happy Rehan got added to the English squad. Moeen is too old to be a replacement. England should be looking for their next spinner beyond Leach

 

[western royboy]

Happy Rehan got added to the English squad. Moeen is too old to be a replacement. England should be looking for their next spinner beyond Leach

Once again Rehan is an “all chips” selection - there will be no middle ground if he plays

 

[Malifice]

If it comes close to matching the last test, it'll be worth the sleepless nights.

Smith and Labs cant fail again. They're due.

 

[western royboy]

If it comes close to matching the last test, it'll be worth the sleepless nights.

Smith and Labs cant fail again. They're due.

Form is temporary, class is permanent, when Smith is out of form he looks ordinary, Marnus is in a Greg Chappell type of rut he’s not batting badly he’s just getting out. Green is a worry for me

 

[Westend]

Form is temporary, class is permanent, when Smith is out of form he looks ordinary, Marnus is in a Greg Chappell type of rut he’s not batting badly he’s just getting out. Green is a worry for me

He is fine

 

[11kgm]

England will either be breathing fire or capitulate under the pressure realising that we aren't Pakistan

Will stokes get his road or Anderson his green top

 

[AJ_2000]

Damn it, i forgot to watch Warnie...... looks like I'm the real winner already

 

[jhong]

Oops

 

[greyhound punter]

England have had a lot to say in the lead up to the 2nd test - which surprised me. Australia seems calm and collected.

Australia's shortest road to victory, as it has been since i can remember, is to bat first, get 450+ and then roll England quickly. Rinse and repeat.

 

[11kgm]

STUART BROAD: England will attack even more in second Test at Lord's

STUART BROAD: At the end of that enthralling first Test, the changing room was gutted to start with and that's quite natural - that's how it should be when you've lost.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Broads lost the plot completely

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

STUART BROAD: England will attack even more in second Test at Lord's

STUART BROAD: At the end of that enthralling first Test, the changing room was gutted to start with and that's quite natural - that's how it should be when you've lost.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Broads lost the plot completely

On the Kool Aid.

 

[Tugga27]

He is fine

From memory he was missed for a duck in the first innings.

Has been getting a lot of starts without pushing on.
Still think he needs to be more positive.

 

[AJ_2000]

STUART BROAD: England will attack even more in second Test at Lord's

STUART BROAD: At the end of that enthralling first Test, the changing room was gutted to start with and that's quite natural - that's how it should be when you've lost.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Broads lost the plot completely

"What broke the silence was Brendon McCullum and all the coaching staff going around every single player congratulating them for their efforts because we were in the field a long time — 116 overs in the first innings, 92 in the second. We were pretty tired, but they were praising us for an incredible effort. They couldn’t ask any more of us, they said."

There's a potential 450 overs in a test match, and these guys winner about being stuck out there for 200....

Modern players, T20 and all that. But being in the field for a s single day used to be an expected outcome. Now's it's "woe me, we're so tired ".

It's pretty insane that this is the benchmark for being keep in the field, around 50% of the available overs

 

[Belnakor]

From memory he was missed for a duck in the first innings.

Has been getting a lot of starts without pushing on.
Still think he needs to be more positive.

Do worry about greens mindset at test level. He basically bats with a mindset to punish the bad balls and keep out everything else. This means he gets bogged down a lot.

Would love to see him come at 4/300 and really go for it but even in that situation he still wants to build an innings.

 

[Belnakor]

Not sure boland did enough to retain his spot by the way. Starc might be a better pick.

 

[darcytiger]

Not sure boland did enough to retain his spot by the way. Starc might be a better pick.

Boland out this test, back in for Hazelwood for the third test, that one is only a 2 day break. Rotate the unit, we have that luxury.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

England will either be breathing fire or capitulate under the pressure realising that we aren't Pakistan

Will stokes get his road or Anderson his green top

Definitely won’t be a green top, but the overhead conditions should help the bowlers a bit more.

 

[Jatz]

Huge test for us, don't see England winning 3 in a row so if we can nab a result here...

 

[Some Idiot]

Do worry about greens mindset at test level. He basically bats with a mindset to punish the bad balls and keep out everything else. This means he gets bogged down a lot.

Would love to see him come at 4/300 and really go for it but even in that situation he still wants to build an innings.

Basically the same as Marnus/Ussie/Steve Smith mindset, he's just not as good and bats at 6.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

STUART BROAD: England will attack even more in second Test at Lord's

STUART BROAD: At the end of that enthralling first Test, the changing room was gutted to start with and that's quite natural - that's how it should be when you've lost.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Broads lost the plot completely

I like the comments below the article

On another note, how much better does our cream outfit look compared to the boring white.

 

[Jatz]

I like the comments below the article

On another note, how much better does our cream outfit look compared to the boring white.

I prefer the white tbh, looks crisp.