Its the smallest helmet that Toys R Us do, Boss

with the way its bouncing here maybe fin would have been a good shout ?

Oh dear.

Broad gone now. He better get some wickets the fool

Batting like scoolboys.......

Relax

this is embarrasing to watch

Oh and Englands way of playing Australias on slow turged wickets are backing firing It nearly did at Nottingham.. OH and now broad as got caught skying a shot it to the covers.

Onions should've started. Cook didn't choose him as he didn't wanna appear 'weak' and giving into sentiment. Should've started.

Bairstow goes but I guarantee he will keep his place. The team looks tired and stale with nothing left in the tank..it desperately needs freshening up and the batting needs serious work. There are clearly favourites and Flower doesn't seem to understand the concept of picking players to suit the conditions and the wicket. Form seems irrelevant. The Aussies have been pragmatic am not afraid to drop players hence their improvement. Their regret will be that it came too late.

England on the contrary look leaden and increasingly intransigent as well as getting worse. Management need to take a good hard look at themselves.

Of I were Onions I wouldn't make myself available again in a hurry. His England career look over.

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Although I want to see how the Aussies bat on this wicket to get a better picture of this first day.

It still doesn't take away from some poor Cricket at times from England today. Can't be this bad in the field tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to see how we bowl on this wicket. It hasn't looked very conducive to shot-making and quick scoring but I don't believe it's a 200ish all out wicket. We'll see.

That said credit must go to Lyon in particular. Outsmarted England this afternoon.

no harm yo lyons but yes a good spinner but sorry nothing specail today we have made him look good

if i was the fans i would boo england off the field at the close but that wont happen

Lyon may bot be special but hes the best the Aussies have. How they wish McGill was around now and not when Warne was bowling.

Bressers and Swanny to get us up to 250

Lyon is crap.. Trott played onto his pad and to short leg.. soft dismissal. Kp as gotten into playing forward to ball hes doesn't need to. He nearly got out to that to the seamers.. He did to lyon though. Hes to damn arrogant is KP.. Bell chipped a ball to midd on. And bairstow flung across the line..If the ball spins and bounces and gets the edge then fine or it spins through the gate of the batsmen. But some soft dismissals there.

GOOOOOOWAAAAAAAAN SWANNY

Lyon is not "crap"... He`s very underrated.

Swann

Good shot Swann.. HMMMMMMM leave the short ball alone when they have a deep midwicket.. duck the BALL.

Bum

Why paly that fackin shot......

YET MORE BRAINLESS CRICKET.

Down to the bowlers yet again....

Bairstow.....broad.....under pressure......and cook elf be if he wasn't skip.....

Relax