49-1
Burns gone for 25.
49 overs to go
224 to get
Ball is swinging & the occassional worm shagger is appearing.
It’s a hang on game
Crawley with a horrid flat footed attempt at a drive is gone for 2 off 24 balls.
This is only going one way.
56-2
Shit batting by us.
YAWN!!! Looks like I’ll have to watch the footy.
Damn! I missed Hartlepool v Bromley.
Pure old skool Chris Tavare this.
Given up, burning Kielbasa on the BBQ time
Maybe a cheeky Ribeye later after more beers
I keep hoping that they’re suddenly going to go for it but I’m not holding out much…
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Robinson dropped from the squad pending further investigation.
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That is a terrible decision, so driven by the woke culture…
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2nd test today, England won the toss and chose to bat.
Looks like they’re trying a new tack of boring the bowlers to death this morning instead of throwing wickets away…
25-0 after 14 overs
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52-0 after 21 overs.
Nice to see ~18k people inside Edgbaston as well, and some proper crowd noise…
Rob Key’s done it now hasn’t he!!
5 minutes to lunch and he’s just asked when was the last time the England openers batted through the first session at home 
he gives the answer
England v India 2011, Strauss and Cook @ the Oval
and then says I hope I haven’t jinxed it now…
Bails are off
67-0 at Lunch.
BTW the last time the England openers batted through the first session at home, one of the batsmen was out first ball after lunch!!
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Wasn’t too far off this time either.
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And it begins.
Creepy out for a 3 ball duck.
70 odd for 2.
Root gone for 4 - 85/3.
Oh dear.
Crawley bang out of form and out of the test side I should think
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Playing at a wide ball that he had no need to play at, again!!
Burns 50 up
110-3
127-4
Patel to Pope, OUT
Gone this time! It’s a similar ball to the first of the over, and if anything just a touch wider than what it was then. Pope goes back, but perhaps also has his weight going backwards as he shapes to cut. Gets the toe-end of the bat, and Blundell takes a sharp catch. Pope walks off, disappointed, because he was just about beginning to find his stride
Damn we miss Trott at #4