It's The Ashes (again)

[rsbaggy2]

As soon as the ball does just enough the Indians technique is shot to bits

Boland looks a handful in English conditions and will give them extra depth once the serious stuff starts

Cuzer

You live in hope.

Much as you grind your teeth over the help the counties have given to aussies in acclimatising,  bear in mind india have come straight off the plane from a gruelling IPL with no preparation. 
Shot to bits? Give it a rest.

Not a dig just a fact, shot to bits when it nibbles around

No different to English players not being able to play spin on dust bowls, generally we can’t

Just facts of the world game mucker!

India don’t travel well outside their home pitches, Aussies are the best at adapting and have been, through gritted teeth, for many a year now unfortunately 

They’re the best for a reason and the last five days showed by quite a distance

Cuzer

India have beaten Australia on the last two tours there!!!...
India would have comfortably beaten England on the last tour here COVID saved England.
Get your facts right Cuzer please

Really?

Firs Test Drawn - Could have gone either way on the last day but for the rain.
Second test - India won.  Having set England a competitive target, England duly folded.
Third Test - England won.  By an Innings and 76 runs.  Now that's comfortable.
Fourth Test India won.  A great 3rd innings from India and then despite a very good opening for England a collapse to mess up.  100- 0 to 210 all out.  It certainly wasn't comfortable starting the 3rd innings in a 99 run deficit.

I don't see how you could possibly claim you would have comfortably beaten England had the fifth test been played at that point. Especially given how late in the year it was getting.

For the record I don't agree that India are poor travellers, their results suggests otherwise.  However if you want people to listen don't pass things off as fact that are opinion, even more so when your opinion of what may have happened pays listen resemblance to what was happening at the time.  So I'd say that you're talking bollocks.

One last point, India are a better than England overall, I don't think anyone disputes that.  They're also perennial bottlers when the trophies come round - is this a mental thing within the team or is a bigger problem of outside pressure from Indian media and fans?

He's not the only one guilty of that!

Pind does tend to post some stuff that needs to be taken with a fair pinch of salt. Methinks he does so to elicit a response rather than actually be taken as gospel.

[Cheshire East Baggie]

Aggers reckons whoever wins at Edgbaston will win the series. So we're going into the match with Anderson and Robinson having played no cricket since being injured and Moeen having played no red ball cricket at all for 18 months. No Mark Wood, because let's face it, no-one would have the balls to tell Broad or Anderson that they were left out.

This will either be a spectacular success or a spectacular failure. No middle ground with Bazball.

[rsbaggy2]

Aggers reckons whoever wins at Edgbaston will win the series. So we're going into the match with Anderson and Robinson having played no cricket since being injured and Moeen having played no red ball cricket at all for 18 months. No Mark Wood, because let's face it, no-one would have the balls to tell Broad or Anderson that they were left out.

This will either be a spectacular success or a spectacular failure. No middle ground with Bazball.

Lots of rain forecast for days 4 and 5. Bazball at its best maybe needed to get a result.

[AnelkasBeard]

England win the toss and bat.

Let's be having you!

[ChamonixBaggie]

oof. Were looking in good touch before Duckett wafts hesitantly and nicks it. Not a good shot. Either Bazball it or don't Ben!

[Midget In A Pinstripe Suit]

Can't remember the last time I was able to watch opening day, good WFH dsitraction.

[SuperBob2002]

Just seen a Baggies cricket flag! Poor soul.

[Borin' Baggie]

Chris Rushworth showed exactly how to bowl to Crawley on a flat pitch at Edgbaston, the Australians obviously didn't bother to do their homework.

[Throstle4Life79]

Ducketts shot was awful. Nothing Pope could do about his. Great ball.

[ChamonixBaggie]

again just when Crawley was looking good. Hmph.

What was looking like a dominant session for England now feels more or less even.