Not much turn around with the next one starting on Thursday. England's bowlers are receiving precious little respite during the Tests, and with the matches coming thick and fast, the selectors will have to rotate. If Pope's shoulder is inhibiting how he can play, then maybe he will also be rested, though finding a 3 could be tricky.End of the day the Aussies are well in control and 221 ahead with 8 wickets in the shed, So as it stands England will need to bowl unbelievably well and knock them over for around 300 then bat for a day and a half, yeah not going to happen,
Sorry to say Anderson, Broad, Robinson, are not good enough or fast enough when facing the Aussies, Even Stokes is not bowling because of an injury. that leaves Tongue bowling at around 85mph to take the major wickets,
We have to make major changes in the 3rd test and Wood, Woakes, Broad, Rehan Ahmed, should all play and if Stokes can not bowl then drop somebody up the order and Stokes just bats at 4 or 5 and play Tongue who'd been the pick of the bowlers
Only way to keep us in the series is for more rain over the next couple days.
If Aussies set us something like 450/500 on day 5 we’d go for it and lose the test.
I thought they all bowled well.English bowlers didn't get the rewards their efforts deserved this afternoon.
....and luck.I wouldn't rank any of the top four Australian batsmen as classically elegant, but by heavens do they prize their wickets.
All top order batsmen ride their luck, I guess, but sometimes you do wonder how so many balls can miss the edge. Just like many of the English batsmen, Labuschagne threw his wicket away but unlike the English players his moment of rashness felt really odd. As a group the top four are quite similar, and I often wonder if the Australians select them not only because they score runs but because they know they are so darned difficult to winkle out.I thought they all bowled well.
....and luck.
The third sign is arguing with yourself, I do that all the time, and I am never rightThe first sign of madness is talking to yourself; the second one is when you answer back. Yes, it is.
Can't see them getting on any time soon sadly.Pity the Trafford weather isn't playing fair tonight.