3rd Ashes Test - Headingley

[Far Tibetan Mountain]

358 run chase. We need to bat slowly and patiently and build up a good total for the first wicket.

This means you Jason.

 

[Boo]

183 all out

Optimist, eh? At these times (and there have been many) I always remind myself that the record fourth innings scores are a false statistic (because chasing teams score what they need to). But I think England will score 135, max.

 

[TopCat]

2 down by lunch

Burns Not Out 3 (22)
Roy c Warner b Cummins 8 (3)
Nicks off to a wide ball aiming to drive through extra cover
Root b Cummins 16 (16)
Bowled through the gate to a slower ball, aiming an expansive drive through extra cover
Denly Not Out 0 (2)
Extras 4 (lb 4)
Total (for 2 wickets) 31
Overs 6.0

 

[Hongkongphooey]

England all out for less than 150, nailed on.

 

[BIG BAZ]

1 opener out before the first over is completed

 

[BOYCEY]

Whatever happens in the rest of this test/series we can all agree we have found an absolute star in Archer. 2 tests, 13 wickets @ 13.53

Indeed, unless he gets injured due to Root over bowling him during the rest of this Ashes series.

 

[Bungo Bill]

All out before Samson and Delilah are parading around the Stadium of Light.

 

[Hongkongphooey]

358 run chase. We need to bat slowly and patiently and build up a good total for the first wicket.

This means you Jason.

Out second ball, cover drive wide of off stump, caught at second slip.

 

[Silly Point]

2 down at lunch. Time to be optimistic

 

[safcpelaw]

Just Hope Roy doesn’t think he has to play every ball take it slow and build up.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

6/1 on England

Odds not the score

 

[Bungo Bill]

I'd move Woakes up to 3.

 

[mackembhoy]

I don't get how that hit that thumb. It was behind the bat handle.

It hit his little finger on intial impact on the replay.

 

[LD19SAFC]

Now is the time for Root to show he’s good with the bat.

 

[JohnSmithUK]

256 overs left. 1.5 an over, piece of piss.

 

[Scotty 1978]

77/0 at the close I’m confident

 

[LD19SAFC]

Come on England.

 

[Far Tibetan Mountain]

I'd move Woakes up to 3.

As night watchman this evening...

Now is the time for Root to show he’s good with the bat.

not for a little while hopefully.

 

[Bri]

The Aussies send their up-and-coming players to England to play in the CC and gain experience, not only of English conditions, but how to bat for long periods on bowler-friendly pitches against the red ball.

How many English players play Aussie State cricket, or even Grade cricket? Not many, I would say.

We play more and more limited-overs cricket using the white ball and wonder why our young players don't have the technique to cope with an accurately bowled red ball.

and yet the problem here is our players being poor not Aussie ones being great.

 

[Millfielder]

Anderson is out throwing some balls during the lunch break - as is Mitchell Starc