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3rd Ashes Test - Headingley

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Excellent scorecard. Ruthless, in the end.

I'm not sure why Cummins looks so aggrieved. The only thing I can think is that the splice flexed with a click as he played the shot but it's unusual. Its entirely possible for a very thin edge not to be noticed by the batsman. Took it with customary Aussie good grace anyway :lol:

And what was Labuschagne so bewildered about. He didn't pick one under lights, it wasn't that dark.
 
dixonsafc said:
This place is always the polar extremes at all times. You aren’t allowed to think we have had a poor start. It’s either we are the worst or best team in the history of the sport or nothing else.
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The whole complex of a test match can change in a couple of overs, as has proved twice today. Too many people don't have the patience or understand cricket too well nowadays.
 
KGC83 said:
Labuschagne is a class player I can’t believe how he wasn’t in the side for the first test
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JohnSmithUK said:
What do you do in a rain delay? A game of cricket with a soft ball, plastic bat and a bin for stumps with an avocado opening the bowling and a banana at slip.

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Part II... A change of bowling. Hulk Hogan is on

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Can't believe I missed this :lol:

The largest arm(ball) in the world?
 
Tomorrow forecast looks cloudy according to BBC and Metoffice, Australia might not be out this yet.

Not to mention England took a 90 run lead in the first innings at Edgbaston and still managed to lose by a whooping 251 runs.

300 is the minimum score tomorrow, anything less is a failure when they've got Lyon bowling last.
 
Sharpshooter said:
Tomorrow forecast looks cloudy according to BBC and Metoffice, Australia might not be out this yet.

Not to mention England took a 90 run lead in the first innings at Edgbaston and still managed to lose by a whooping 251 runs.

300 is the minimum score tomorrow, anything less is a failure when they've got Lyon bowling last.
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Smith was playing of course that test so it’s a bit of an outlier.

But the point stands that we aren’t posting big batting totals with this order at present so 179, and batting last, isn’t as big as it looks.

Not taking anything away from how impressive that final session was but we will have to also follow it up with a batting performance well above our current average to make it count as it should
 
The young un bowling 17 overs, wrong end. Said he was absolutely blowing running up the hill.

Good ol captain Root....
sonson said:
Smith was playing of course that test so it’s a bit of an outlier.

But the point stands that we aren’t posting big batting totals with this order at present so 179, and batting last, isn’t as big as it looks.

Not taking anything away from how impressive that final session was but we will have to also follow it up with a batting performance well above our current average to make it count as it should
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We will most definitely get the best batting conditions so no excuses.
Sharpshooter said:
Tomorrow forecast looks cloudy according to BBC and Metoffice, Australia might not be out this yet.

Not to mention England took a 90 run lead in the first innings at Edgbaston and still managed to lose by a whooping 251 runs.

300 is the minimum score tomorrow, anything less is a failure when they've got Lyon bowling last.
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They're not out of it regardless given how fragile we are with the bat up the order.
 
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If we can, we have to bat for the next five sessions - a lead of 200-250 - then try to rattle them out again. Hopefully so we don't have to bat again but, if we do, we're chasing less than 100.

On current form this appears unlikely, but sooner or later they're going to have to start batting like a proper Test Match side - let's hope it starts tomorrow.
 
Jap Stammer said:
If we can, we have to bat for the next five sessions - a lead of 200-250 - then try to rattle them out again. Hopefully so we don't have to bat again but, if we do, we're chasing less than 100.

On current form this appears unlikely, but sooner or later they're going to have to start batting like a proper Test Match side - let's hope it starts tomorrow.
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Absolutely, that’s what 5 wickets in 40 or so balls should give you, that platform to just bat them out the match as they did us in the second innings first test. But you need to be able to bat for more than 2 and a bit sessions to do that so that’s the rub. It’s a fast pitch though so if-big if-we are still batting come close tomorrow it’s hard to see them not drowning under that kind of pressure.
 
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