Kevin Pietersen is to cricket commentary what Paul McGinley is to golf. Loves the sound of his own voice way too much. Awful.
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AmandaJR
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Sloppy from England this afternoon. Bairstow choking up two chances and Broad doing the unforgivable with his no-ball
D-S
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The better question is would they have been more worried by the other options England had at their disposal after first choice Leach was out injured.
Absolutely agree.
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Ahmed should have been given a chance
England imo have made a few poor choices that I think could cost them
Wood should be playing to provide something a bit different with pace
Shoehorned Bairstow in and it’s cost two wickets so far
And Ali coming in has just offered them so many easy runs and nothing balls
Bit of a dearth since Swann retired. He was huge for England. We badly need a test quality spinner.
Too early for Rehan Ahmed I think, Phil. If you bring a young leg spinner with limited red ball experience into the pressure cooker of an Ashes series I really think there is a risk that you lose the talent for good if it goes wrong.
I know the old adage - if you’re good enough, you’re old enough - but wrist spin is a unique art. It takes time before the control needed is there consistently.
There is plenty of time for Ahmed. I think the decision not to bring him in for this series is probably the right one.
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AmandaJR
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Just found myself looking at the weather forecast and hoping for rain...old style English cricket fan behaviour!
Got to say, Amanda, it’s been a turgid watch this morning. A dead pitch and Australia’s run rate grinding to a halt are combining to make this a match for the purists.
Just when I said it’s a turgid watch Stokes sets the most peculiar field I have ever seen (Bodyline was before my time!) and England manage to get Khawaja out at last.
England showing again how unconventional their approach can be and in thirty short minutes they secure a first innings lead. Excellent captaincy, yet again.
Crawley and Duckett have been stuffed there. Light's terrible, rain in the air, ball wobbling around, all for the first time in the game. Now the rain comes.......... They will be steaming.
Oh, and please, please, please can sky get rid of pietersen? Just painful.
Oh, and please, please, please can sky get rid of pietersen? Just painful.
He is genuinely awful, isn’t he? His gargantuan ego has clearly extended to him simply loving the sound of his own voice. I’ll bet when he pops his AirPods in he listens to himself.
Mudball
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can’t we find a keeper batsman rather than an batsman who can keep?
Yes, we have one. Ben Foakes, an excellent keeper, a genuine keeper, and no mug with the bat. It bemuses most posters on here as to why he is not first choice. I'm one of them.
Especially when Bairstow is coming back from a potential career ending injury.
Neilds
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It obviously hasn't ended his career and I would think that he has gone through some very vigorous rehab and testing prior to being picked so that point is irrelevant to the couple of missed chances. He didn't miss them because his leg hampered his movement or anything - in fact he took the catch that would have highlighted any lack of mobility or speed when he caught Labuschagne
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Interesting play from England in the 1st session today. Not sure if they needed to play in such an expansive fashion all the time, but at least it is never boring
