Cricket Thread

Good fighting finish. Shame we might have no fit frontline spinner. Will be good to get the worlds top 3 batsmen for a combined 66 the second time around
 
Would appear to be very little between the sides, which bodes well for the series, so this should be an exciting Test, as long as the weather doesn't intervene.
 
Wow brilliant by England we actually have a lead never thought we would but the Aussies were playing negative cricket! We know England won’t..
 
Great mopping up of the tail. Need to carry this on into our batting now. This attack apart from Cummins are nothing to fear. I'm blown away the Aussies didn't select Starc tbh.
 
Absolutely brilliant test match which is completely in the balance , patience is key on a flat pitch , something that some of us need to work on .
I do feel however that we may suffer in the second innings being short on the bowling front, England have been very unlucky with injuries to bowlers we have a good number of fast bowlers that would be very valuable in this match we just can't keep them fit
 
NO bazball please, value our wickets and get a score on the board that on a 4th innings wicket they don't fancy getting
 
trueblue1972 said:
Absolutely brilliant test match which is completely in the balance , patience is key on a flat pitch , something that some of us need to work on .
I do feel however that we may suffer in the second innings being short on the bowling front, England have been very unlucky with injuries to bowlers we have a good number of fast bowlers that would be very valuable in this match we just can't keep them fit
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Good points. With the Tests all so close together, ultimate victory might go to the squad, rather than team, with the deeper and fitter bowling attack.
 
Make no mistake, the Aussies will feel very, very down about not taking a lead and extending it to at least 50 or more. But they won't mope. They'll come out angry and want to get two or three quick wickets to get it out of their system.
 
ancoats said:
NO bazball please, value our wickets and get a score on the board that on a 4th innings wicket they don't fancy getting
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Not sure they know any other way. If England lose an early wicket, Australia will have Lyon on immediately to hunt Pope. England got 22 before the opening wicket fell in the first innings, so they'll be looking for more than that.
 
Good fight back from England.

It’s effectively a one innings game now. I’d give Australia the edge purely because Lyon is significantly better than Ali.
 
Gabriel said:
Not sure they know any other way. If England lose an early wicket, Australia will have Lyon on immediately to hunt Pope. England got 22 before the opening wicket fell in the first innings, so they'll be looking for more than that.
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They've won 11 in 13 playing this way .... why should they change especially given the state of play and the prospect of weather.
 
I can definitely see us being 80-5 in this second innings before a bazball fight back.
 
what is a good score to give our bowlers a chance, we looked all in and not much left in the tanks plus Moeen's finger,
300 would be nice but plenty of time left in the test match
 
Postman Pep said:
They've won 11 in 13 playing this way .... why should they change especially given the state of play and the prospect of weather.
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Don't expect them to do anything else and, as you say, when it has proven effective, why would you? Even if the weather does intervene and this one ends a draw, England will still hope to go to Lord's with the positive impetus of having been on the front foot from this Test.
 
ancoats said:
what is a good score to give our bowlers a chance, we looked all in and not much left in the tanks plus Moeen's finger,
300 would be nice but plenty of time left in the test match
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Im just waiting for rain intervention and us declaring on 178 on the 5th day to try and force a result lol I joke obviously
 
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