It seems that Dunkley has made some massive changes to her technique - she's marked her gloves to ensure her hands are aligned and in the correct place on the bat handle and has also brought the hands closer together so that they aren't fighting each other which can happen when they are far apart.
Excellent 53* off 26 balls and all the time Dunkley and Knight (18 off 19) are together we have a squeak of staying in the Ashes
96-3 and requiring 103 off 10 overs
And of course Knight is out first ball after drinks!
Off topic for the match but whose idea was it to put the test at the end of the series? What should be the showpiece event is likely to be totally irrelevant
Off topic for the match but whose idea was it to put the test at the end of the series? What should be the showpiece event is likely to be totally irrelevant
Had we been competitive (and not 4-0 down) then the Test match potentially becomes the decider whereas, had the Test been at the start and Australia won that and the first two ODIs then they would have automatically retained the Ashes with four games still to play.
Off topic for the match but whose idea was it to put the test at the end of the series? What should be the showpiece event is likely to be totally irrelevant
Had we been competitive (and not 4-0 down) then the Test match potentially becomes the decider whereas, had the Test been at the start and Australia won that and the first two ODIs then they would have automatically retained the Ashes with four games still to play.
I've never understood why it isn't bang in the middle? Then it's always competitive. Play the ODI's, then the test and then the T20's
Off topic for the match but whose idea was it to put the test at the end of the series? What should be the showpiece event is likely to be totally irrelevant
Had we been competitive (and not 4-0 down) then the Test match potentially becomes the decider whereas, had the Test been at the start and Australia won that and the first two ODIs then they would have automatically retained the Ashes with four games still to play.
I've never understood why it isn't bang in the middle? Then it's always competitive. Play the ODI's, then the test and then the T20's
But if Australia won two of the three ODIs and the Test, it would make the whole of the T20 Series worthless and that might, in turn, affect sales whereas people will probably always purchase tickets for the Test in advance. If Australia won all four games then those T20s really are dead rubbers. At least we still have a chance, although it won't happen, of drawing the series.
Interesting that Brook is VC rather than Salt. The England management clearly see Brook as a future leader.
They need to line someone up for the Test team given Stokes's age and injury issues, Pope's form and the fact that Crawley (who i think they would have considered the "right sort" at some stage at least) is under a bit of pressure.
Why not give the guy who is definitely sticking in the team some captaincy experience.
India win the toss and have elected to bat. Strong Indian side but without the likes of Rohit, Bumrah, Shami, Kohli, Pant, Jadeja, Ashwin etc, it certainly has a different look about it. Slightly surprised that India are such clear favourites at 1.65 (England 2.54) even having won the toss.
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Why not give the guy who is definitely sticking in the team some captaincy experience.
Second CAXI vs England Lions game started today
5fer with a hat trick for Pat Brown , more wickets for Sam Cook too
That summary doesn't seem quite right.