2nd Test The Ashes - England v Australia @ Lords

[IsleofWightYellow]

Root couldve declared a bit earlier and had another ten-twelve overs to bowl which wouldve been more likely in which to bowl the convicts out . ... root is not a test captain imo

Not sure if could have declared 12 overs earlier! But definitely the players could have attacked earlier and then declared a few overs earlier.

Problem is when the balls not swinging we don’t have much from the bowlers except Archer

 

[Sarge]

Nooo.. dropped!

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

We needed that! ?

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

I just wish we weren’t 1-0 down in the series already. Next test is massive now. Hope England have the guts to make a couple of tweaks to the lineup, move Roy down the order and get Denly out

 

[Sarge]

Got him .... Smith replacement gone

now tear through em England ... unleash Archer?

 

[Sarge]

And other , Wade gone .... Leach on a hat trick?

 

[Sarge]

10 overs to take 5 wickets then ... C'mon England a win is more than doable

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

If only Roy had taken that catch... we’d be right in it

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

If the light is good, floodlights on, why can’t we keep playing??

 

[Sarge]

Archer!!! ..... Paine gone , caught by Denly .... C'mon England 4 wickets to take

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

What a catch!!! They can’t... can they?!

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Archer!!! ..... Paine gone , caught by Denly .... C'mon England 4 wickets to take

That’s totally underselling what happened there Sarge ?

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

My girlfriends wondering why I’m shouting at the TV

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Another 5-10 overs would be lovely

 

[Sarge]

Denly to bowl ...wrist spin

 

[Sarge]

b****r ... dropped

 

[Sarge]

not out ...reviewed not out

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

You were right... given how far AUS are behind Root should have declared earlier, even 2 more overs would have helped

 

[Sarge]

Draw then ..... reckon England could n shouldve won that one

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Draw then ..... reckon England could n shouldve won that one

The English top order batting isn't good enough consistently to make a platform that gives the lower order the freedom to make runs quickly (they have to dig in so we get some sort of respectable score). That in turn means the bowlers are always trying to make up for the deficiencies of the batsmen. Imagine if todays top three had managed to stay in. We would have scored our runs quicker and would have had another five or six overs (at least) to bowl at the Aussies.