Patience is the key Stokes gone

I suspect a certain I T Botham might have been in his element too Stokes should never gone for the bouncer that Smith failed to catch. This where Bazball goes wrong. He doesn't need to attack every short ball

You get the impression Stuart Broad especially is enjoying this - hope he doesn't give his wicket away after lunch. Have to say I've never seen or heard Lord's like this.. If this had happened at Edgbaston or Headingley there might have been a French style riot

That's really annoyed me - this lot deserve pelters every day for the rest of the series Bugger Bazball which cost us the first Test but a win from here would be fantastic

"Same old Aussies, always cheating," sings the vast majority of Lord's. That's one reason why I thoroughly dislike them and why we should never give them an inch - like in the first Test

I hope England don’t stick to this “we don’t do draws” nonsense. A draw would be a good result from here and leave us 1-0 down instead of two. Some of the best and most tense Test matches have been draws .

and expecting the same result. Definition of madness attributed to Einstein Let's see how England play in their second innings. I'm not hopeful

“All we make is entertainment, a sad indictment of what we’re good at”, sang the Manics in their track railing against Thatcherism and it applies to this England team too We haven’t lost an Ashes series at home to this lot in 20 years. Likely defeat in this match makes that almost inevitable. As on field captain Stokes is the main culprit for taking this silly Bazball ideology to extremes. The other lot cannot believe what they’re seeing. Their media is laughing. But hey, it’s entertainment

You forgot the obvious scenario: we collapse to 150 all out whatever target they set All over by tea tomorrow.

The man's a twerp We're about to go 2-0 down at home in an Ashes series because of Bazball ideology Enough

We've not lost an Ashes series at home for 20 years - it's not looking good for Bazball at the moment

This series, the most important of all.

Bazball dictates that you attack at all times, even bouncers that normally you'd duck under or leave alone. Duckett's quotes after the end of play yesterday said as much. - "no regrets about how he got out". England have to come out and admit they have got it badly wrong instead of doubling down and insisting they're going to keep playing the same reckless way

Eight down. Even my prediction of 350 is looking a bit hopeful now Still, it's "aggressive" and "entertaining" so the fans are happy

From the BBC Many of the Australians in the press box have always been intrigued but doubtful of Bazball on their first exposure to it. Today they're just shaking their heads in disbelief, feeling entirely vindicated. Giving this lot the chance to crow is the most infuriating of all.

Stokes gone in the first over..... and now Brook too Bazball in my opinion is epitomised by reckless cricket. In the first Test England at times batted recklessly, giving their wickets away needlessly; the declaration was reckless, ultimately costing England the match. The session yesterday when Australia were struggling and run out of ideas and resorted to bouncers, England decided to take them on and gave away 3 wickets in less than an hour. That was reckless. According to the laws of Bazball, draws are not allowed apparently so there looks to be only one outcome in this match

The proof of the cricket pudding will be in the eating England haven't lost an Ashes series at home for 20 years. If we lose this one Bazball will be rightly discredited and should be binned along with McCullum Sir Geoffrey, playing with a straight bat as always, summed it up when he wrote in his column for the Torygraph that "England have got carried away with Bazball and seem to think entertaining is more important than winning." Thank you.

The first innings declaration in the first Test didn't make sense at the time (and still doesn't) and contributed to costing us the match. Root's dismissal and a few others at Edgbaston could definitely be classed as "brainless". At least 3 of the 4 dismissals today were totally unnecessary. This is the Ashes - you beat this lot by not giving them a sniff and grinding them into the dirt, not offering them a way back into the game all the time.

Has anyone suggested England should bat all day to make 120-1? There is a happy medium here and it is possible to play attacking cricket without the gung-ho mindset that now prevails.

Some of the best Test matches I have seen have been draws. Some of the best games I've played in during 50 years of club cricket have been draws. Fighting to save a match against the odds is just as satisfying if not more satisfying as winning. And drawing is certainly better than losing

It's one and the same. The Bazball mindset caused them to play those shots. I like seeing attacking cricket but giving your wicket away is an absolute sin in my book. And those wickets today (and many in the first Test) were given away

Michael Vaughan sums up the craziness of England's Bazball approach Well said Michael "That's not entertainment, that was stupidity. England were dominating, did everything you wanted them to do. Baseball batting into St John's Wood. That's not entertaining, that's stupid Test match cricket"

Duckett and the other 3 wickets were arguably all given away. Good day on balance for England but it should have been so much better

Root gone. Commentators on the BBC says they cannot believe what they are witnessing. England were in pole position but throwing their wickets away as if it were a one-day match. Senseless cricket and I do not enjoy it.

Now Duckett fails into the same trap as Pope....... on 98.... why oh why? England tails starts at No 8..........350 might be a good score.