4th Ashes Test

CHG

Looks like Bird may be playing, possibly replacing Harris with his injury fears.

McBobbin

Bird is quality. There is talk of Onions playing, though not sure who in place of

Lincsaddick

CHG said:

Looks like Bird may be playing, possibly replacing Harris with his injury fears.

a place for ol' Dickie .. He's gotta be 80 at least .. the Oz have got that desperate have they

CHG

Bird for Starc are the rumours.

CHG

Onions for Jimmy is another rumour.

BR3red

Tremlett and Onions warming up, no Anderson out there.

just heard - England unchanged...

CHG

Toss won, batting, England unchanged.

BR3red

England won toss, England Batting

thai malaysia addick

I thought Bird looked good when I saw him bowl at Hove a couple of weeks ago. He looked better than Starc, to be honest. On that same day, Messrs Agar and Lyon went for about 6 per over until the tail came in.

McBobbin

England just don't want to play Onions. I like playing our best team at all time... but there is some sense in rotation. Despite us having retained the ashes, this is a big game.

BlackForestReds

Starc does create a lot of rough for Swann to bowl into - but he bowls a line that most batsmen don't see all that often and he can bat a bit as well.

Riviera

I'm afraid the England team is getting a little cliquey, much like it was in the 80's. Ok we have had some success and were briefly No.1 but in no way have we got anywhere near the great WI side from late 70's to early 90's nor the Oz team that succeeded them.
We have some good players who are simply not getting a look in and I'd like to see some of our other bowlers get a chance rather than having to wait for an injury.

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Root c Haddin b Watson 16

34-1

Callumcafc

Imagine if they'd ditched hotspot before this test. There'd have been Aussie uproar.

BlackForestReds

57/1 at lunch, slow going, but the bowling has been tight.

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107-2

Trott c Khawaja b Lyon 49

LenGlover

Jug avoidance by Trott!

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Pietersen c Haddin B Lyon 26

149-3

Callumcafc

Hoping captain Cook can push on through to a century here.

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Callumcafc said:

Hoping captain Cook can push on through to a century here.

You really shouldn't have said that.

I'll give him another 5 mins. :-(

Callumcafc

FFS I'm not going to comment on this thread again while we're batting. I'm a curse.

Cook lbw 51 153-4

Weegie Addick

Callum the albatross....

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Thanks Callum - 5 mins :-(

shirty5

Callumcafc said:

Hoping captain Cook can push on through to a century here.

Jonah

randy andy

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Callumcafc said:

Hoping captain Cook can push on through to a century here.

You really shouldn't have said that.

I'll give him another 5 mins. :-(

Damn you Callum #shakesfist

Weegie Addick

Blimey - I need this match to last to the fourth day - it might not at this rate!

JohnBoyUK

Bell gone too

LenGlover

189-6 Prior gone

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193-7

Bairstow lbw Lyon 14

killerandflash

I'm now looking forward to tomorrow's game to take my mind of the cricket...

Clem_Snide

England are their own worst enemies here. The ridiculously slow run rate is creating pressure that simply isn't there.

Interesting stat from Strauss. No team has scored over 250 in their fist innings at Durham all season.