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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Marsh b Broad 12

    442-5
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    edited July 2015
    Ball stayed low and skittled Mitchell marsh for 12

    Convicts for 5 now another for broad

    451 for 5
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    killerandflash said:

    The mindset of an England fan

    Australia 361-1 - they're going to get 600,, and under scoreboard pressure we'll collapse

    Australia 433-4 - the pitch is quickening up, perfect for Starc and Johnson, they've got the best of the batting conditions, we'll collapse

    You can now add low bounce to my England fan pessimism checklist :-)
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    504-5

    Smith 203no.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    533-6

    Smith lbw Root 215
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Great innings by Smith, even on this pancake of a pitch.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    What was the point of that review?
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,247
    Other than to waste time
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    The review nearly worked and arguably should have - he was hit outside off but about 3mm of the ball was in line with the stump
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    (Moeen had one on Nevill earlier that was much more out)
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  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,736
    Thats not out. I don't care what the technology says, that should never ever be given out.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2015
    Nevill c Ali b Root 45

    536-7
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Root has the happy habit of picking up wickets, at the moment he has more wickets this series (4) than Jimmy Anderson (3) !
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Part time spinners do tend to pick up the handy wickets, I remember Vaughan picking up one or two key wickets for England. Batsmen tend to lose their focus and let their guard down against them.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Aus 562-7 at Tea. I reckon they'll bat for another hour then declare. They'll want an hour at us tonight
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Aus 562-7 at Tea. I reckon they'll bat for another hour then declare. They'll want an hour at us tonight

    32 (30 if they declare or are bowled out) overs theoretically left today.

    Will they want the ball relatively new for the morning in which case they might decide to only have 10 overs or so at us tonight or will they just carry on until they are bowled out or get 600 whichever comes first irrespective of when that happens?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2015
    566-8 declared 1 over after tea

    Johnson c Anderson b Broad 15

    Starc 12no

    Broad 4-83
    Root 2-55

    Theory is Clarke may have declared whether Mitchell Johnson was out or not.
    Giving our batsmen only 10 mins to prepare, instead of 20 mins.
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    edited July 2015
    400 minimum with the weather around Sunday will see us draw, come on England, lets show the Aussies that we can fight!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited July 2015
    If we make 367, we should be ok. If we have to follow on, we could be in trouble.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Appreciate that they didn't want our openers (and Cook especially) having 20 minutes to prepare to bat but does really one over make that much of a difference? Effectively the openers have now had half an hour to prepare for the inevitable.



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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Clearly it does given Lyth's dismissal.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    0-1. I predict This will be all over by sunday afternoon
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    Triffic
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,738
    That was woeful from Lyth. He looked far from convincing against New Zealand. Will be amazed if he is still opening by the time we get to match 4 or 5.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Agreed, Lyth doesn't look, Test match class, to me.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Now would be a great time for Ballance to prove his doubters (including me) wrong
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,736
    Yep, I thought so ... the pitch is a minefield :-)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Think he's under a bit of pressure - Ali could move up leaving a gap for say Rashid or Bairstow.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Hales should come in for Lyth. I think Hales should've been opening the batting for England in all forms for the past 12-18 months anyway. Has the potential to be 1 of the best openers in the world in my opinion
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Only one thing for it chaps:

    ehow.com/how_5519447_perform-raindance.html

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