Ashes 2017/18: Australia vs England, 3rd Test Day 1: Twitter Reactions

Story of #Ashes so far:

England are bad but not that bad.
Aus are good but not that good.
— cricBC (@cricBC) December 14, 2017

England seemed to be teetering on the brink of the verge of the edge of the precipice of Ashes oblivion at 131 for 4. But, as the old saying goes, 'add 174 runs to the scoreboard, and then see how it looks'.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) December 14, 2017

Question of the day:

Will Smith take a sleeping pill today?#Ashes #cricket #Poll
— Athar 🏏 (@cricdrugs) December 14, 2017

Enjoying South Africans, who seemed obsessed with where England cricketers were born, claiming London born Dawid Malan.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) December 14, 2017

Played Dawid Malan. Under pressure, #Ashes on the line, gritty knock. Maiden Test ton makes it better. Time to put the head down, make it a huge one.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 14, 2017

Maiden Test hundreds are always special but to get it in an #Ashes Test is even more special. Well played, Malan!
— Nikhil Mane 🏏🇦🇺 (@nikhiltait) December 14, 2017

"Just because the right decision's been made doesn't make it right."
— Dave Tickner (@tickerscricket) December 14, 2017

Good to see the third umpire fulfilling his duty of care for Stoneman. #Ashes
— Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) December 14, 2017

-DRS shows Stoneman out: Outrage because it wasn't out enough.
-If there was no DRS: The commentators spend the rest of the day saying it should have been out.#Ashes
— Richard Hinds (@rdhinds) December 14, 2017

World-class umpiring to give Stoneman out. So good that I, even with all the hot spot, visual & snicko evidence, thought it was not out. There must be an unknown law of the game they’re applying, for these great umpires know to give him out for not touching the ball #bbccricket
— Hamzah (@Hamzah127) December 14, 2017

Root and Stoneman both unlucky, in different ways. Even so, if you middle the ball, there's no decision to make.
— Jonathan Liew (@jonathanliew) December 14, 2017

While everyone is blaming the third umpire for Stoneman's dismissal, Stoneman himself would buy the third umpire a drink this evening for relieving him from all the misery he was going through on the pitch.
— Abhishek (@Sajjanlaunda) December 14, 2017

England just telling Stoneman to carry on batting is excellent.
— Dave Tickner (@tickerscricket) December 14, 2017

Mark Stoneman is really hard. If I step on a piece of Lego I’m ruled out of all sport for weeks.
— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC) December 14, 2017

I’ve seen 3rd umpires spend more time debating lbws that pitched outside leg that Aleem Dar spent on Stoneman’s dismissal #ashes
— jamie meredith (@jamie0meredith) December 14, 2017

Ouch. Mitch Marsh’s first real contribution on his comeback Test is a drop!
— Sambit Bal (@sambitbal) December 14, 2017

Great first involvement for Mitch Marsh. What a selection.
— Rudi (@RudiEdsall) December 14, 2017

Australian cricket has been sadly lacking in slapstick humour of late. Thank god Mitch Marsh is back to make things right #Ashes
— 51allout (@51allout) December 14, 2017

Mitch Marsh ladies and gentlemen #Ashes pic.twitter.com/tjqVx1vI44
— Ryan Reynolds (@Reynolds_R) December 14, 2017

James Vince, shown here loading up for the cover drive: pic.twitter.com/BoORME6DkC
— Martin Atkin (@MrMartinAtkin) December 14, 2017

James Vince is better at edging behind than I am at any aspect of cricket #Ashes
— Adam Hopkins (@AW23Hopkins) December 14, 2017

James Vince going through a ‘Rohit Sharma’ phase in his cricket career ... #Ashes2017
— Aniruddha Samanta (@samantaniruddha) December 14, 2017

Stunned to wake up to hear that James Vince nicked off cheaply
— BND (@NorwegianDave) December 14, 2017

James Vince is like that band who only has one good song and it's not even that good. Toploader, maybe.
— Jonathan Liew (@jonathanliew) December 14, 2017

Imagine if the spot-fixing lads said James Vince would play a few nice drives and then nick off for 20-odd.
— Dave Tickner (@tickerscricket) December 14, 2017