I wouldn’t be declaring any time yet. Get far enough ahead and quick enough that you don’t properly need to bat again. 200 ahead I’d say. That means knocking off 100 at most 4th innings which would mean 10 overs.Given the less than brilliant forecast, when would Stokes start to think about declaring? Lunch tomorrow, if they're not all washed away? We should be comfortably over 100 ahead by then, depending on the weather and the over rate. 20-25 overs, at 4-5 rpo. 125 in the morning session. Along with whatever they can amass this evening.
Tonight's session is the game in my opinion. Reckon we'll continue at around 6 or 7 until parity then try to accelerate. Could be all out for 375 could be declaring at 500.England scored at over 7 an over between lunch and tea , same again after tea and it isn’t out of the question.
England scored at over 7 an over between lunch and tea , same again after tea and it isn’t out of the question.
I can see a funky declaration coming. Aussies are rattled and I reckon they'll fancy a go at their openers late on.I'm not sure he will declare ( at least untill we get to the tail ) just all out wallop , that's likely to start after tea
They might the way we are batting . Starc looks injured . Cummings well below par the rest of the bowling attack getting smashed . Fantastic opportunity here for England.They would need to score at around 11 an over
I put old toilet in the search bar but agree it’s hard to be accurate that far in advance but I think the big picture is a lot of rain over the next 3 days. More to fear from the weather than from the aussies
I agree that Moeen Ali’s contribution was huge too, good runs at a decent strike rate and allowed Root to come in in a far less presssurised situation. As for Crawley’s innings, fantastic and justified his inclusion, which I am happy to admit I wasn’t an advocate ofOoft, when they get it right (playing balls on merit) they really are superb. Fair play to both Ali and Crawley - criticsed both so definitely have to give them plaudits. With Crawley it was always just wanting him to stop giving his wicket away. He's been superb. What a session.
Deffo and there is a run a ball the way Cummings has his field set . Convicts in big trouble.The average T20 score is about 166-6 so England scoring 142-1 (if you apply the run-rate to 20 overs) isn't bad for a test match! 178 runs from the 25 overs in that session. Keep it going lads.
If these two can take us close to parity then Stokes, Bairstow, Brook, Woakes, Wood and maybe even Broad will have some fun and we could well get a quick 100 lead. We need to bowl them out again, but why lose time coming out to bat again if we can get enough runs in this innings and bowl at them with the weather around.
They would have everyone on the boundary unlike t20 no field restrictions, of we score at 8 an over from tea tilll stumps we would have done incredibly well imhoThey might the way we are batting . Starc looks injured . Cummings well below par the rest of the bowling attack getting smashed . Fantastic opportunity here for England.
I wouldn't either but got a feeling they will. Cummins looks fucked and Starc looks like he's picked up a knock. Keep them out there.I wouldn’t be declaring any time yet. Get far enough ahead and quick enough that you don’t properly need to bat again. 200 ahead I’d say. That means knocking off 100 at most 4th innings which would mean 10 overs.