England v Ireland at Lord's, 24/7.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Most of the wickets I saw were to horrific shots. Not least by Joe Root who should be looking closely at himself before criticising the pitch preparation. Not a huge deal, but it doesn't show a great attitude. Do these players have a defensive game?

[Durhamfootman]

No

[ianp1970]

MoTM left out of the first Ashes test:

England squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.

Looks like only one spot up for grabs between Archer, Curran, Stone and Woakes.

[backfootpunch]

Dont think we can risk having Jimmy and archer both in the same side with slight injury clouds over them

And after yesterday woakes deserves to play

[Alviro Patterson]

"I don't like saying this but the wicket was substandard for a Test match," Root said. "I thought it wasn't… not even close to a fair contest between bat and ball throughout the whole game."

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... nt-ireland

Substandard, like Antigua's? Will the Lord's pitch be subjected to the same level of investigation and sanction as the Antigua pitch was? Will this Lord's pitch be deemed to be "below average", and potentially receive a demerit point?

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1052170

Personally I'd do away with Lord's hosting England internationals if they continue to prepare naff wickets. Home Of Cricket? Nah, it's Edgbaston by far..

[sussexpob]

Personally I'd do away with Lord's hosting England internationals if they continue to prepare naff wickets. Home Of Cricket? Nah, it's Edgbaston by far..

Obvously the pitch was at fault for England's lack of batting technique.

[backfootpunch]

Moeen should be batting 11