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3rd Ashes Test

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Hmmm I think we need another wicket.

    Aus 168-3 47 overs

    Clarke 52*
    Smith 11*
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited August 2013
    Huge appeal for caught behind. Given not out but reviewed.

    Decision stands. Smith stays at the crease.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,222
    Not given, all the reviews gone.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    So what's happened to the traditional umpiring maxim

    if in doubt not out?
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    something strange is going on, that's two reviews, both with phantom sounds in that clearly weren't the bat, don't look like bat on pad or bat on floor, so what are they?

    Decision was fair enough, as with the previous one, there wasn't enough in the footage to overturn the on-field decision.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,845
    And the umpires even it up by not giving Smith out LBW when it was plumb... dear oh dear
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    203-3 58.5ovs

    Clarke 73*
    Smith 25*
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    hot work out there for the boys today .. hot & muggy .. welcome to Brisbane
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    My 3-1 prediction is looking good.
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Runs on a road in SA count for nothing, Warner fails.
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    edited August 2013
    370-5

    Swann comes on & does the business, getting Smith 89 & Warner 5.

    Warner appealled & lost, after thick edging it to slip. Hilarious. (Tbf his bat also hit his pad).
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Covered End said:

    370-5

    Swann comes on & does the business, getting Smith 89 & Warner 5.

    Warner appealled & lost, after thick edging it to slip. Hilarious. (Tbf his bat also hit his pad).

    He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but given some of the third umpire decisions in this Test and series it might be worth appealling a slap off the meat of the bat to cover.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    392/5 at lunch.

    The pitch looks pretty benign - but England will still have to bat well.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    edited August 2013
    at last a proper test match .. sensible batting, bowlers struggling and a pensive, quiet crowd. I feel quite nostalgic
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    edited August 2013
    Clarke b Broad 186

    427-6

    Broad's 200th test wicket.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    edited August 2013
    430-7

    Siddle b Swann 1

    5 wickets for Swann.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Need to wrap this up. We'll need to get close to their score, because batting last won't be fun (unless we are already focussed on a draw!). Lets hope Cook, Trott and KP step up. They are due a score
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    Conversely it seems some aussie pundits are concerned that Aus will get bowled out for 465, England will rack up 600 and then skittle Aus on the last day. The general opinion seems to be it's a bit of a batsmen's paradise out there.

    Question is, would Tremlett have been the better option on a flat track?
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Or Panesar? Bearing mind Swanny has taken 5 of the 7 wickets
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    McBobbin said:

    Or Panesar? Bearing mind Swanny has taken 5 of the 7 wickets

    Good call. Make you wonder why Root has only bowled 2 overs.
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    507-7 at tea.
  • greenwichred68
    greenwichred68 Posts: 277
    Is Anderson playing in this test? Oh no not another tailender taking the piss out of our bowling.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,845
    I'm up to Manchester tomorrow, as I have tickets for Sunday and Monday. Before the match I was worried about the game being over in 3 days, and not seeing any play. Now, rain seems to be the issue, with both days loking quite rainy.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    527-7 declared.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    killerandflash said:

    I'm up to Manchester tomorrow, as I have tickets for Sunday and Monday. Before the match I was worried about the game being over in 3 days, and not seeing any play. Now, rain seems to be the issue, with both days loking quite rainy.

    It's Manchester soon to be renamed Rainchester :-(
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    So England need 328 to avoid the follow on, that is gettable. I'd have thought Australia's best chance would be to hammer some more quick runs against tired bowling and set a follow target of over 400.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
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    They've had enough. The England bowlers have ground them down. 527-7 dec.
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    quite an aggressive declaration that. Thought they'd bat on for another hour or two.

    Assuming England can avoid a collapse it's hard to see this game ending in a result. It need the pitch to deteriorate quite a bit to give the bowling a chance on days 4 and 5. I'll be out of the country from tomorrow, so at least I can't jinx the English batsmen by flicking the TV over to catch the score just in time to see a wicket fall!
  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,134
    randy andy said:

    Assuming England can avoid a collapse....

    A pretty big assumption!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,845
    If Australia get 2 or 3 tonight, it'll be a very sensible declaration. It must be tough for Cook, being Captain out there in the sun for the best part of 2 days, then 10 minutes later walking out with his pads on.

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