So what are we expecting?
Think as long as we match the Aussie score or get near it I'll be happy
Think as long as we match the Aussie score or get near it I'll be happy
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If we can avoid early wickets then it’s definitely achievable, but I think we’ll need Ali/Woakes to have good days with the bat.
Situation depending, I would be tempted to put Woakes in first. Moeen is going to swing the bat either way.
Butcher is so much better on Sky than the likes of KP.
Do you think that will be enough? I always think you need, at a minimum, a small lead if you're going to bat 4th in a test match. I think a 30-50 run lead is needed for Eng to win the test.
50+ lead and we will win the test match.
As usual, the Root wicket feels huge. If he can anchor the innings with the long middle order and tail around him we can make 300+.
Two quick wickets this morning and we are fecked.
As usual, the Root wicket feels huge. If he can anchor the innings with the long middle order and tail around him we can make 300+.
Two quick wickets this morning and we are fecked.
Jesus christ
Second ball of the day.
Second ball of the day.
This team 
That may well be it. Root was huge.
Who’s going to be our Mitch Marsh then…
good god that was quick
Cummins is such a GUN
Cummins the man, Cummins the hour.
Stokes has already had about 2 near misses.
Way this is going we might not make it to 150.
Way this is going we might not make it to 150.
Root finished by Cummins
We weren’t allowed bats at school they were worried we’d batter each other with them
Yeah or Brook
They wouldn't have necessarily either IF Root had done his job properly yesterday
This is abysmal stuff from England.
Shocking stuff from Bairstow. Is he really materially better than Foakes?
Bairstow has reverted back to type since his leg break, bring back Foakes.
What an earth is he doing playing at that. Such a stupid shot!
Cum ball
He may as well have been playing this series in an Aussie cap at this rate. If it's a question of fitness, why on earth is he playing when you've got such a capable alternative??
This series has been emotionally draining. I obviously will continue to be obsessed with it, but logically it is totally pointless getting excited by our “up” periods now, knowing it will inevitably be brief.
Typical that the penny will most likely drop once they have an unassailable lead
Yep just can't sustain it whatsoever
You wonder if Stokes might start hitting it about a bit - get rid of some of those slips.
Got that bit right, don't think the other two will be unfortunately.
Yeah sadly can't see another massive chase like the miracle of Headingley 2019
Chaps, what are your thoughts on Stokes cheating in the field yesterday?
What he did was clearly not in the spirit of the game at all. I'm surprised he forgot about what the spirit of the game means after every man and their man-servants in England were yammering on about it.
What he did was clearly not in the spirit of the game at all. I'm surprised he forgot about what the spirit of the game means after every man and their man-servants in England were yammering on about it.
What did he do?
Claimed he saved a boundary when his bottom arm was touching the rope. The spirit of the game would be most disappointed.
He dived to save a four and might just have bene touching the boundary a mili-second before throwing the ball out of his hand.
There's zero way he could have known whether or not he saved the four.
Completely different situation to last week.
You're right, one was the correct decision (wicket) and the other was a sly move that cheated us out of 2 runs.
Doesn’t count as he’s English.
Someone who either knows nothing about cricket or is a troll.
Is it a boundary if the player has the ball in one hand, but is touching the rope with a body part at the same time? The answer is yes.
Was Bairstow out for leaving the crease prior to the ball being "dead" and the umpire calling over? The answer is yes.
But of course you must know the real actual rules of Cricket though.
It's extremely low grade trolling.