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Two sub 50 first innings by close tonight followed by 3 days of rain. Sportsman's declaration by Root on day 5 at 120 runs, Uzzi hits a century, with 6 off last ball to win?
Surely not too much to ask for ;)
Uzzis gonna need someone to go w him for that century blackers! Unlikely at moment.
Send out Nathan Lyon?
Rapid test
If it was a day game, you'd be tempted to dust off some early 20th century tactics - reverse batting order - but with the twilight session to come (if they make it that far) ...
linez wrote:Rapid test
Ha.
Sounds like Labuschagne and Head have summed up the conditions - one's gonna have your number sooner or later so might as well have a crack in the meantime!
Craig wrote:linez wrote:Rapid test
Ha.
+1
Very good
Pops wrote:Sounds like Labuschagne and Head have summed up the conditions - one's gonna have your number sooner or later so might as well have a crack in the meantime!
Agreed Pops. Great counter attack on the 2nd string bowlers. Fun to watch.
Could be a big innings for Cam Green.
Labuscagne's effort was hilarious. Completely misread it. Shame coz he was showing some grit, and there is something very dislikable about Broad. He always has the look of someone who has bowled a peach even when he bowls junk 90% of the time. Unfortunately he then somehow finds a jaffa.
I agree, totally misread it haha!
Head didn't get the memo re the greentop.
Great innings from T. Head. Agree Pops, came in with the team in trouble and played his game.
Wonder what the score would have been if England batted first..
England were good for 10 overs.
Agree Craig, but then what? Can't believe they "rested" Anderson. Broad can't do it all, Woakes is just a trundler, Pope did well in his first 5 but then what? Wood bowls fast but doesn't trouble the bat. Will be interesting to see it oan out. Unless it rains it will not go 5 days.
I was in the car for all of the first session. Was it a really tricky pitch, good bowling or poor shot selection or all three?
Good recovery to get to this point though.
Agree blackers. Unfathomable to leave Anderson out.
The ball was swinging a mile. Good bowling, greeeeeen pitch and overcast. Hard to bat.
etarip wrote:I was in the car for all of the first session. Was it a really tricky pitch, good bowling or poor shot selection or all three?
Good recovery to get to this point though.
Agree blackers. Unfathomable to leave Anderson out.
Would have been interesting to see how Indiana would have performed on the same wicket. ;-) Yeah cheers for the headsup etarip!
Looking at it now. That pitch looks the same as the outfield!
Haha, real tough wicket BD. Even those Indiana-ians would have struggled…
Oh dear. Not the start they would have wanted, Burns run out for a duck.
Fun fact, Scotty Borland scored more than the combined total of Warner,, Khawaja, Smith and Starc. The new allrounder?
Bloody love him Blackers. Instantly slotted into the most prestigious sports team in Australia in one test.
I honestly reckon the biggest question of the English test team coming out of this ashes series is, will Joe Root again?? Ouchee!! And he's gone!! woohoo!
Poms were looking good at 2fa 70 odd.
And then it all came tumbling down.
Great catch by Gary.
Garrrryyy. What a catch!!
Haha, great catch. I reckon Pat has Joe sorted, keep hitting him in the nuts from a good length then pitch one up. Poor bloke must have to bathe them in ice after each innings.
hahaha
Boland strikes again....the legend grows...
ohhh man that was a soda to warner
He has made them pay for it. They would be all out by now.
And now they are.
Warner with a pair.
Aussies need to be just a bit careful here... could be a critical session.
True linez and good to see Khawaja digging deep. The way the ball is moving a lead of 250 should probably do it.
Been some good bowling from England. They just need to maintain this intensity and they’ll make it harder for Australia to get away from them.
Their bowling stocks are a little depleted though
Looks like a prick for batting. Boland looks like a solid night watchman..
Marcus Harris starting to look like a reasonable opener given recent events in Hobart!
Nice work Cockee, funny.
The Biggest Show on Earth.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/maxwell-takes-one-of-the-most-extra...
England from a decent position fall apart once again.
Pathetic.
Yep, pathetic!
Will be over by stumps? I hope they rough up Wood a bit given how he bowled at Boland last night.
Yeh, def be over now as they can go as late as 11
Great take by Carey.
And now all over. Great work.
Didn’t need that extra hour haha.
From 0/68 to 10/124
Geez that escalated. Awesome stuff from the Aussies. We have a damn good team at the moment. Still need to fix the batting though. Our bowlers are titans.
That was a capitulation
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