would love another wicket before the 2nd new ball

stokes nicks it over 2nd slip for 4

one of those days!

sun really out now!

good line here from lyon and good turn

needs to vary the speed and drop it a bit more for mine

ball turning square when pitching on off

needs to turn when pitching on middle to really trouble them

just need burns out and its australia with a real smith!

Aus on a roll now, Butler gone. Stokes and Bairstow in horrid test batting form for years now.

Game on.

Pattinson removes Joe Denley. 

Ben "averaging barely 30 for 2 years now" Stokes comes in at 5... Nopes - its Butler.

There have been very few short pitched balls today. 

A couple of former First Graders suggested tonight  that Denly falls over in his stance. 

You have a massive problem then. Cos your best bowler aint going to be a wicket taking threat with a Dukes under clouds for the opening 2 days of tests, and he is going to be bowling a ton of overs if you go with a 3 seamer only attack.

Massive problem. If Anderson had not been injured, Ali wouldn't bowl many overs yesterday at all.

FTR - Pattinson has long been Aussie's best bowler in England imo but Sids is looking far more than useful now. It might actually be Siddle now :O

It does show this, but it takes wrist position and ball release skill to exploit it. Neil Wagner is pretty ordinary in England county, but Matt Henry has been destructive. Wagner is the preferred test player elsewhere, though.

Pattinson bowls a lovely outswinger on cue, but Cummins still seems to be cross seaming it as though he is in Australia.

Pace just isn't all that important in England. Its actually the ability to swing it, or be like TRJ and Philander and keep hitting the seam again and again.

Lyon is Aus’s best bowler, Paddles. 

He has bowled very well, devoid of luck in this innings. 

Flight, turn, bounce and accuracy in this innings, 

I’ve been really surprised by Siddle. With the Kookaburra in the Shield he has looked innocuous. 

With the Dukes at Edgbaston he looks potent. 

Most of the Tas Crick Assoc agreed at our beer tasting/ piss up tonight. 

It it just shows the difference between two different cricket balls and the differing  conditions between two countries. 

Aus have a bowler problem here. 

I'd seriously be looking at dropping Lyon next test. Bringing in Lasagne to 6. 

Play Haze, Cummins, Patto and Siddle.

You just cannot let England off the hook with bowling so much Lyon early in the matches and expect to win.

SA and Ind have both at times flagged the spinner in England recently. Rashid played a test last year and never bowled a ball.

If Lyon is deemed so essential, you have to drop a batsman then and play 5 bowlers.

Its a game of fine margins

we take that review and expose the middle order early and we probably have england in trouble

alternatively yesterday if we survive just a few more overs after lunch we probably make 400+ given their bowlers were tiring with anderson injured

Still we have a chance here

Glad you can remember them all, Grazor. 

I feel like we have bowled well, but England are well on top. 

He scored more than his current 82* in WI earlier in the year in the test England were rolled for 77 in the first innings.

But he made about 100 runs over two innings in Pakelle vs SL last year when England upset SL at home. 

But he is by no means a certain name for the future just yet.

warne criticizing his speed as well as saying he is a bit straight to the RHers

hopefully there will be some good instructions from bowling coaches at the break

Given Burns has scored the runs, the memorable shots thus far have come from the bat of Root. 

Apparently it is his first substantial Test innings. 

I’m not the only one who thought this then! 

Good fight here by Burns.

His pace has dropped too over the innings. 

last ball hit on the pads but a touch high

australia thumped in that session and so far in the day despite generating plenty of chances

It didn’t happen, mate! 

Pretty bizarre action that one! 

Interesting you’ve picked it up, Baggers. 

Can’t believe Lyon hasn’t taken a bag of wickets
 given how much he has worried the batters. 

late swing there misses the edge

hasn't been a lot of movement today