DRS is still more reliable than one or two past umpires I can think of!
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That is true.
Today would have been Derek Underwood’s 80th birthday. I’m the son of Irish parents and cricket meant nothing in our family. I got into cricket watching grainy black and white Sunday League matches on the telly, and the player that most captivated me was Deadly Derek. He shuffld into the crease looking anything but an athlete and then bamboozled the batsmen with his mastery. I credit him for my love of cricket. RIP Deadly.
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I saw him hit a 6 once against Yorkshire, making a rapid 50. The ball went over the top of the stand I was in ! Highly unusual for Derek Underwood. His bowling that match was also great.
Those were the days when BBC2 broadcast ‘John Player League’ matches live and without irrelevant commentator BS interupting the action.
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I can remember listening to TMS in the 80s and they were updating the county scores. It came through that Underwood had scored a century, which I’m not sure they believed at first and had to get it double checked. It was a source of great amusement for the commentators.
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Looking at the points of contact (pitch and pad), I’m not surprised by this. Perhaps one of the physicists around here would explain why a leggie generates ‘in dip’, but the balls turns the other way. I think that’s what confused Gat with Warne’s wonder-ball.
This also reminds of an umpiring story (perhaps Dickie B?) wherein an off-spin bowler, on a turning track, hit a batsmen a couple of strides down the wicket with a low full toss, plumb in front. Ump said ‘not out’ to much consternation, as they reasoned that once the ball pitched, it would have turned and missed the stumps, and they knew from playing it was a standard off-spinning delivery. So, some legacy umps used their own form of DRS 
Eng v W/Indies – 3rd T20 - England going very well, and then they have a ‘drinks break’ at end of 10th over…and it wasn’t beer Another concrete runway of a strip, which means it isn’t really cricket IMHO.
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It’s Cricket Jim, but not as we know it.
ICC cup, or whatever it’s called, Aus v SA. A possible 6 day test match, but only if weather intervenes.
I do wish that they stopped using fireworks.
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Commentary is on TMS . By the number of “thumbs up” and “thumbs downs” on the BBC live text there are not many supporting Australia.
Proper test cricket so far.
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Given that it is June , perhaps starting a little later ?
Proper cricket it is, and there appears to be plenty of empty seats ?!
Someone even went to the trouble of booking the weather 
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McDonald’s happy meals are very popular. It doesn’t mean that they are very good.
14 wickets on Day 1. May last 3 days at a pinch!
Bruce
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Barely a Test quality strip IMO. Atypical of Lord’s nowadays with balls from the Aussie quicks often bouncing twice before getting to Carey.
We’d expect nothing less 
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Australia very impressive do far today. The pace attack may be ageing but they sure know how to use a wicket. SA will need a bit more positivity to change the narrative when they bat again I think. Letting the Australians just bowl at you isn’t going to work.
Bad news is KP just appeared on commentary.
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He’s not on the radio commentary!!
More wickets on a pitch that looks pretty benign.
Low scoring matches so often enthrall. Great cricket for the neutral.
Bruce
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Just got back in and caught up with the score. Blimey.