1.30 & off to bed. We've had our chances to get back into the game but a no ball and fielders standing too far back has meant we have let them steady the ship & build a partnership.
Expect them to get a first innings lead of at least 150.....probably 200+
No worries Anderson & Broad can dig us out once we go 1 nil down.
Our seamers have bowled OK but the scoreboard reflects our misjudgement plus a bit of good luck and ability to hang on in there on their part - Labushagne doesn't average 63 in Tests cricket without knowing where his off stump is and an absolute masterclass from him this morning - survival mode 'til he was in and then looked to take the game away from us. Almost all of our batsmen could learn from him.
Sorry I'm not accepting this focus on our so called bad luck. Stokes landed over the line. The slips were too far back. Both episodes were down to us not luck. Warner played and missed on the odd occasion but if that is all we can hang our hat on as being unlucky then we really are in trouble.
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Could be 50 for 3 but no......a bunch of people sitting in the dressing room know better than the captain out on the field.
Expect them to get a first innings lead of at least 150.....probably 200+
No worries Anderson & Broad can dig us out once we go 1 nil down.
Our seamers have bowled OK but the scoreboard reflects our misjudgement plus a bit of good luck and ability to hang on in there on their part - Labushagne doesn't average 63 in Tests cricket without knowing where his off stump is and an absolute masterclass from him this morning - survival mode 'til he was in and then looked to take the game away from us. Almost all of our batsmen could learn from him.
Warner 48 n/o
Labuschagne 53 n/o
Apparently Stokes overstepped on the previous 3 balls. Had just one of them been picked up Stokesy would have adjusted his run and goodbye Warner.
Labuschagne out for 74. Slices a Jack Leach delivery harmlessly to backward point.
Next ball, Smith calls a suicidal single but Malan can’t throw down the stumps at the non-strikers end. He would’ve been out by a mile.
Wood gets Smith! Edges behind to Buttler for 12.
Warner 94 n/o
Head 0 n/o