Australia v England, 3rd Test, 16th December , 23.30

[Unlucky Black Cat]

Going at 5 an over FFS! This may well be all over by we wake up in the morning .

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Not picking any bowlers who can bowl line and length is f***ing stupid

 

[FatCat2402]

I wonder how many balls in the first seven overs would be hitting the stumps.

 

[Randy Ostrich]

Bowling unit as a whole just isn’t good enough really.

It’s easy with hindsight, but an attack of Carse, Atkinson, Archer, Wood & Tongue is never going to win you an ashes series. Be lucky if it wins you a test.

Big contrast between Bazball batting and Bazball bowling. The bowling seems really timid at times, just banging it in and hoping for the best.

 

[Aidan11]

Is that our first maiden?

 

[Unlucky Black Cat]

Is that our first maiden?

Of the series...

 

[Boo]

Nice fourth over from Archer.

 

[scotch]

Another pver for Carse...

 

[The Breen Machine]

Bowling unit as a whole just isn’t good enough really.

It’s easy with hindsight, but an attack of Carse, Atkinson, Archer, Wood & Tongue is never going to win you an ashes series. Be lucky if it wins you a test.

I actually think that bowling unit should have given us a strong chance but we've played the fuller length Atkinson on the bouncy Perth and Brisbane pitches where he would have likely been more suited to Adelaide, Tongue at Adelaide where he would likely have been more suited to Perth and Brisbane, Potts arguably should have come in here or at Brisbane, Carse isn't an opening bowler, Wood was a risk as he hasn't played all summer and our frontline spinner has been deemed unselectable.

 

[Antidotes]

Almost feels like these are mockingly taking the piss playing at all these wildly. Fair play

 

[Aidan11]

That was a a shite ball but it nearly got a wicket.

 

[scotch]

Not picking any bowlers who can bowl line and length is f***ing stupid

Them dropping the one bowler who can, retiring the other one, not picking the injured one (Woakes), then not picking Potts

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Short and wide absolutely shite bowling but absolutely stupid from the batsman.

 

[jcrossan]

I actually think that bowling unit should have given us a strong chance but we've played the fuller length Atkinson on the bouncy Perth and Brisbane pitches where he would have likely been more suited to Adelaide, Tongue at Adelaide where he would likely have been more suited to Perth and Brisbane, Potts arguably should have come in here or at Brisbane, Carse isn't an opening bowler, Wood was a risk as he hasn't played all summer and our frontline spinner has been deemed unselectable.

But other than that..not too bad

 

[Hyltons finest]

2/3 absolutely dross from Carse. Why is he still bowling

 

[Randy Ostrich]

If this isn't what coach and captain wanted then presumably Stokes would've taken him off by now. Mindless with a new ball.

 

[scotch]

I actually think that bowling unit should have given us a strong chance but we've played the fuller length Atkinson on the bouncy Perth and Brisbane pitches where he would have likely been more suited to Adelaide, Tongue at Adelaide where he would likely have been more suited to Perth and Brisbane, Potts arguably should have come in here or at Brisbane, Carse isn't an opening bowler, Wood was a risk as he hasn't played all summer and our frontline spinner has been deemed unselectable.

Atkinson bowled much better in that 1st innings than his figures suggested.

The Wood gamble was fair enough, you play him 1st test because he would either come through or break down when the series was live.

 

[Aidan11]

A rare six ball over from Carse.

 

[jcrossan]

From BBC site

Just one ball in England's first seven overs would have hit the stumps.

 

[Aidan11]

A rare six ball over from Carse.

Apparently it wasn't