Team picked for the first Ashes test starting at Edgbaston tomorrow.
Duckett, Crawley, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Broad, Robinson, Anderson
Broad v Warner will go a long way to deciding the series imo
Hazelwood to start for the Convicts instead of Mitchell Starc.
England have won the toss and elected to bat.
good start for England
0/18
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Wee man is gone
england 1/22
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We’re clipping along nicely at exactly 5 an over. England 75/1 after 15 overs.
An edge by Crawley not even appealed by the Australians.
92/2 Pope trapped lbw by Lyon
2/92
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Crawley out on the stroke of lunch. England 124/3.
This is a very flat pitch where it looks like you’d want to be posting 450-500. England teetering here and will be in big trouble if they keep losing wickets and can’t get a few big middle order partnerships going.
5/176
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The amount of times Joe Root takes his helmet off I’d nearly say he’s from Tipperary
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240/5 at tea.
Good contest
Bairstow gone 297/6
350/8. Broad departs.
If you’re posting around 350 first up, you’re generally in a test match. I would suspect his is at least a 450 wicket, so England are a bit light.
What’s of more general concern to England is Lyon taking 4 wickets on the opening day. In such a dry and hot English summer, spin is going to be important. England are very limited in that department.
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Century up for Joe Root.
368/8
England declare on 393/8.
Thought they would have batted out the innings.