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[smilley792]

50 for Ballance!! Keep fighting fella. Keep fighting

[Alvaro]

Set up to be another good game.

[Alvaro]

Vince is all style over substance. Not good enough for Test cricket. His first class record is hardly outstanding considering he's played most his career in the second division. Get Hales down the order and get Lyth bat at the top

Shame that Lyth also seemed to get out in the same way. If he's ironed that out, then sure.

[ppccopener]

it's been a cracking series so far. Well done Gaz tough runs count double. Technical issues or not it's runs at the end of the day.

surprised to see on BBC text Edgbaston is a fairly low scoring ground in 1st innings recently.

not convinced on Vince i'm with @Felix Tito long term Hales to the middle and I really do think Lyth is a better option. That should send the Yorkshire contingent (england nick our players)choking on their supper.
 

[ppccopener]

Shame that Lyth also seemed to get out in the same way. If he's ironed that out, then sure.

Lyth did get a test ton against NZ(I think). He's a good player.....

[rickjames]

Fragile middle order yeah?

[justnotcricket86]

Was willing Vince to get over the 50 mark today. If he doesn't in the 2nd innings and gets caught driving again, could well be the end for him

[alexhilly1492]

what a way for ballance to go he deserved a ton there, strangled down the leg side

[Big Mac]

Re: That Moeen review

The ball hit the glove after the pad right? I think the third umpire ballsed it up by not rolling the replay forward long enough

[Alvaro]

James Vince is like receiving a beautiful gold watch as a gift, wearing it for an hour then taking it off to reveal a green wrist

I know Lyth got a hundy but Oz were all over him.

[Alvaro]

what a way for ballance to go he deserved a ton there, strangled down the leg side

A really good knock; but out in a similar fashion to lords second dig, got too far across

[brokenbat]

Re: That Moeen review

The ball hit the glove after the pad right? I think the third umpire ballsed it up by not rolling the replay forward long enough

I was thinking the same thing!

[Big Mac]

I was thinking the same thing!

Glad I'm not blind, the front on angle looked like it definitely deflected off the glove.

[Felix Tito]

Sohail Khan massively improved his bowling average and strike rate today. Prior to today his average 245 and SR was 342. Roll out a michelle and they dropped to 57 average and 80 SR

[ElPerro]

I think he is still pretty poor and has hardly improved.
Perhaps a couple of good wicket taking balls but very ordinary over all.

English batsmen played some loose shots to average deliveries - specially Joe Root (  @shax12 's chachay da puttar).

I looked him up on cricinfo and he's got some decent first class stats so he can't be a goober