Jennings is pretty awful so yeah should take his spot. Haven't seen Burns play ever.
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Jennings is pretty awful so yeah should take his spot. Haven't seen Burns play ever.
Possibly even if he is a success he’d be more of a 5/6/7 for me but considering how bad Enlgand openers have been bit of a shock it’s taken this long to at least try him. Assuming he’s picked obviously.
Yeah I was talking as an opener. An opener is the toughest job in tests matches where it's probably the easiest in ODI so there's a lot of difference.
Aus don’t look like getting a wicket
Burns is new, think he only got his debut in that tour of Sri Lanka but he’s quality at County level to time will tell I guess.
Oh feck sake here we go
Ball actually swings in tests for starters.
Bairstow hurt.
Please no.
Please no.
He looks fine.
Psychological and technical. Test cricket is named as such because it literally is a Test of the player. Both in a sporting sense, and as a man.
There really isn't anything like it anywhere else in world sport.
Vince is so unlucky. Being forced to carry drinks when all his test competitors are playing county and getting a chance to impress the selectors.
He's had plenty of chances to impress the selectors.
I don't think he will mind one bit if he has a WC winners medal to take home.
Bit of that. As the game is bowlers will hang the ball outside off stump trying to draw batsman into loose shots and the batsman needs to resist.
And then the challenge is also the red ball. It generally speaking moves a lot more, so facing the new balls is more challenging.
Not that much actually. You'll find that more test batsman fail to replicate their form in the LO game than the other way around. Runs are runs at the end of the day.
Tbh, if England selections under Bayliss are anything to go by he's more likely to get in to the side by virtue of impressing in the nets than he is scoring actual runs.
Jason Roy is brilliant.
Was going to say the test team selections over last 2 years have been all over place. Be interesting to see how the Ashes squad shapes up though, now with Anderson reportedly out of the first few tests.
Jason Roy!!!
Good over from Smith
Good over from Smith
Smith getting marmalised 
Wow England proper butchering Oz now. Fair play
Aye, worth a go, that.
Oz underscored by about 100 at least on this pitch.
Roy 
England cant chase.
The toss decides the game.
Australia v India will be the final.
Cheers lads.
The toss decides the game.
Australia v India will be the final.
Cheers lads.
Wonderful batting from Roy. He is some player.
We should play every game at Edgbaston.
Including all 5 Ashes tests this summer.
Including all 5 Ashes tests this summer.
I think England might win
It would be a hell of a statement if they both carried their bats here.
Edgbastonland
I love the fact Australia now have a bogey ground in England.
Our own version of the WACA.
Our own version of the WACA.
Why did he review that it was so plum
Pure filth by England’s openers. Brilliant!
As opposed to all other Aussie grounds where you dominate?
Never looked right after he fell.
Hope he's ok.
Hope he's ok.
Don't collapse.
Yep, I think both Ansari and Dawson have been selected having been net bowlers. Malan got a test gig because he played a good T20 knock. Rashid got picked because he bowled one good ball to Kohli. Mason Crane got picked off the back of a T20 game. Sure there've been more weird ones too.
But hey, our coach can't be bothered to watch County cricket so what do you expect.