England v Australia, 4th Test, Trent Bridge, 06-10 August 2015

Not what most people would have had in mind when they imagined the two Mitchells in tandem on the first morning of a Test.

Only 10 overs in the first hour?

Well, most of the time has been taken by Aussie batsmen walking to and from the pavilion...

They've made it to drinks, that looked doubtful for a while. Still say we don't want to be batting before lunch.

taipan wrote:Only 10 overs in the first hour?

Hmmm - 7 wickets - what do you reckon the stoppages are on that amount?

It doesn't look like the pitch is a minefield. The bowling's been good and the batsmen haven't been up to it. Athers made the point that three of the top five were out bringing the bat across them trying to play to mid on. I have to say, I'm loving it, although not quite as much as Beefy is by the sounds of it.

So does Mitch J stick or twist now then?

Ridiculous!

Most of it has just been poor technique. Gosh 47.

Broad is a seven eleven.

This is nuts. I don't even know how to feel anymore! Crazy.

It's definitely the bounce off a good length that is doing the damage.

Hope we learn from that and manage to find a way to combat it.

F*CKING RIDICULOUS! CATCHING PRACTICE! WHAT ARE THEY DOING??

Can they be made to follow on?

Winkle Spinner wrote:It doesn't look like the pitch is a minefield. The bowling's been good and the batsmen haven't been up to it. Athers made the point that three of the top five were out bringing the bat across them trying to play to mid on. I have to say, I'm loving it, although not quite as much as Beefy is by the sounds of it.

Head in wrong position, playing down the wrong line, not waiting for the ball to come to them; pushing too hard!

Anderson must be spewing missing out on this.

He won't get back in the side!

70th anniversary of Hiroshima; a different sort of carnage here.

Surely Australia have to try and bat the full 20 out.

Red wrote:70th anniversary of Hiroshima; a different sort of carnage here.

Alan Partridge (or Richard Madeley) would be proud of that one...

This is now the longest partnership in the innings by balls faced.

Finn's first over looked good for rhythm and pace. Yet he seems to be getting more ragged and wayward the more he bowls.

Might as well review that!

Another noey puts extras back in front of Johnson...

Still scoring at more than 3 runs/over, so not exactly hanging about - in more ways than one

Growler wrote:Still scoring at more than 3 runs/over, so not exactly hanging about - in more ways than one

Aye if they hadn't kept the scoreboard moving they could have been in real shit.