Ashes News England V Ireland ashes warm up test match

[Sarge]

one off test match at Lords , a 'warm up ' for the forthcoming Ashes series


England won the toss and chose to bat first

Roy makes his England test debut opening the batting

and was caught on 5 in the 3rd over

after 5 overs its 13-1

 

[SteMerritt]

Middlesex boys combining to remove the Surrey man.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Hmm, England's problems putting together a workable top order to play in teat matches don't seem to have eased any.

36-2

 

[Sarge]

36-3 in the 11th over .... Burns gone for 6

Murtagh took 2 of the 3 wickets for Ireland

 

[SteMerritt]

4 down now.

 

[SteMerritt]

Murtagh is a bloody good bowler, especially at Lord's, he's rolled over a few sides on that pitch.

 

[SteMerritt]

Erm, as I said, that Murtagh can bowl. 42/6, he's got 4.

World Cup Hangover.

 

[Sarge]

isnt too good so far, the test team batsmen being skittled out cheaply

bet Warner & Smith are rubbing their sandpapered hands together in anticipation

 

[makv]

Looks like the 4 days aren’t going to be needed!

 

[SteMerritt]

I've got tickets for day 3, looks like it will be a rearguard batting day. Unbelievable session.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

43-7! What on earth is going on?

 

[makv]

Sam Curran to the rescue again?

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Sam Curran to the rescue again?

He'll need to score a double hundred to make this respectable!

 

[Sarge]

Murtagh already got his fifer

Englands top order , on todays poor showing facing a master bowling class (in the main from Murtagh) really dont seem to be in the right mindset, never mind in any kind of form, to face the Aussies

 

[Sarge]

out of the 7 batsmen dismissed only one reached double figures (Daly 23)

Bairstow, Moeen and Woakes all scored zero

 

[Sarge]

67-9 .... currently 81-9

this has been something of an embarrassment for England- so far

 

[Gary Baldi]

Horton out!

And I agree with this

 

[Sarge]

all out for 85 ..... ffs England get Geoff Boycott to coach the batsmen on how its done in Test cricket

 

[Gary Baldi]

It's a mindset/culture issue from the coach downwards. The batsmen don't value their wickets when the bowling is good, so if the ball is doing something, England invariably get skittled out for tuppence.

 

[Oufcrealist]

I bet we asked for a green wicket! But then we bat first. Murtagh on his home ground knows it better than anyone else playing, puts it on the spot and bowls us out. Poor technique against a moving ball aided by too much one day bashing and its all a recipe for what happened. Now we should have the bowlers to exploit the conditions but if they get too anxious and bowl short we'll be even more embarrassed!!

 

[unification]

At Lords today. It’s a beautiful day but horrific for England.

That’s a hopeless batting display. The tone was set with Denly’s sketchy 23. False shots and near misses and then an utter collapse.

I could write an an essay on England’s top order but don’t have the time. They’ve got to smarten up fast, mind. And at least work out who will be in the first XI for Edgbaston.

The only solace we an take is that the Aussies are batting badly too - albeit against each other!

Brad Haddin XII v Graeme Hick XII - Cricket - BBC Sport

Find out the in depth batting and bowling figures for Brad Haddin XII v Graeme Hick XII in the Tour Match on BBC Sport.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[boogaloo]

Root - Right I've won the toss. Now to decide, shall we bat or bowl today?
Porterfield - Why not both!?

 

[Foley]

The way that the 2 games are being played the Ashes Test matches will all be over in 2 days!
Pathetic batting.

 

[Sarge]

getting done over good n proper ... Ireland 114-2

 

[SteMerritt]

Stirling going along well now, I'd be enjoying watching the Middx boys doing so well if it wasn't against England ?

 

[Sarge]

134-3

 

[Sarge]

England have managed to take a couple of wickets 139-5

 

[Sarge]

Broad took another wicket 141-6

 

[Sarge]

Curran takes one 147-7

 

[tonyw]

So I know that Tim Murtagh is an extremely solid county bowler, and has had a long and distinguished career...…

…..but he's still 37 years old, and not exactly bowling at a threatening pace these days! It's pathetic that England's so-called Test batsmen can't play him.

Although it's not exactly new. It's becoming like a broken record. Since the beginning of 2018, this is the 17th Test match England have played and we've managed to score over 400 once. We've been bowled out in double figures three times.

Against the likes of Starc/Cummins/Siddle/Hazlewood/Bird/whoever else the Aussies trot out.....I find it hard to believe this current crop of batsmen will be able to do much to change that statistic.

We still might win a Test or two, because we have a deep crop of good fast bowlers (in English conditions, particularly). But it's still depressing.