Speaking of Stone - he's just picked up another injury after making one appearance in the blast and he will now miss the 100. Annoyingly Surrey's Dan Worrall has been called up to replace him. Annoyingly because Dan isnt much of a T20 bowler and was going to be a big part of our 50 over attack.
we really need to work out why our fast bowlers keep breaking down, and the likes of australian fast bowlers, who's domestic pitches are harder and arguably more unforgiving on the body than in england, seem to keep going.
Murphy in for Green in the only change from the two sides
I was one of those bigging Green up before the series, and he's been very poor.
They've relied heavily on Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, but losing Nathan Lyon was a big blow. He'd nail down one end, take a few wickets and allow the other seam bowlers to be rotated at the other end. Once he'd gone the lack of depth in the Aussie attack got exposed.
Surrey have provided Amar Virdi to England as one of the 12th men for this test. Whilst he has become incredibly experienced at carrying drinks I do hope we dont end up with him sub fielding. Could be costly. The fringes of Surrey's squad is full of exceptional fielders. Odd decision to put up someone who is famously terrible at it.
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Be positive chaps, be positive
Australia 297 all out
Australia 150-9 when a plague of locusts covers the ground.
Match drawn
They've relied heavily on Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, but losing Nathan Lyon was a big blow. He'd nail down one end, take a few wickets and allow the other seam bowlers to be rotated at the other end. Once he'd gone the lack of depth in the Aussie attack got exposed.
Duckett 37
Crawley 13
Four seamers used this morning, if he'd have been playing Nathan Lyon would be coming on around now. Does Cummins trust Todd Murphy?