Come on Rooty - don’t do that to us
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They do, would just be fun what they swinging the bat knowing the batters are all still to come in!
Yeah that was what I was thinking too. A quick 30 would have been really goodFrustrating that he didn’t even really have a swing at it. Feels like a bit of a waste
Yeah those are the ones I’m talking about….it just seems to be something to appease anti-technology people, or to keep an higher level of relevance on the umpire
Hopefully Root doesn't do that again, after the big build up Nass gave him
Hit the stumps and he's gone. Have they lost their heads here. They hardly need 2 runs an over (weather dependent)
Crawley looks well set here. Too much to ask for him to convert this now and take the pressure off everyone else?
Yeah but he does have the odd one or 2 brain farts so hopefully he can convert this time
I expect Root to be out for less than 10.
He is playing like he wants to take the strike off Root and score some runs. But that’s also when he’s most likely to nick one driving.
I’m such a curse, Crawley plays two silly silly shots.
Aus looking most likely now IMO. That tail is just too long.
You sense the tension in the crowd
When Crawley looks in good nick I think he just tries to force it a bit too much, nothing wrong with rotating strike and being methodical with the poor balls.
Not drank enough beer yet.
Ali at three?….that went well
Just something to get the crowd into the game and protect Brook.
Australia as per usual getting the ball changed.
This won't even take the day.
If Engalnd don't win they should all go home
If Engalnd don't win they should all go home
Absolutely awful this ffs
Death taxes and Crawley getting out in his 40s after getting himself set.
fecks sake that stinks
There's no way we're winning this.
All we have to do is play Test Cricket for 1 day and we'll have won the before the end of play.
All we have to do is play Test Cricket for 1 day and we'll have won the before the end of play.
FFS
It’s something that annoys me with every team. England are bad are pressuring for the ball to be checked for its shape to get it changed too. If a batting team has managed to get the ball in a bad condition they’ve earned the right to cash in on the opportunities it brings.
England aren’t winning this now.
Ridiculous how many times our batsman have got out in the 40’s.
If crawley guaranteed you 40 45 50 every single time he batted you'd take it.
Why can't we play the score in front of us?
We’ve left too little for Stokes, he’s gonna get out early
This ball is hooping after the change
Shock
There’s so many singles available, that’s what’s annoyed me about England this series. They can go 4 an over without doing anything daft.
Why the feck do the cheating cnuts always get their ball changed.
How do the more regular cricket watchers feel this Australian attack compared to the McGrath, Lee, Gillespie days?
Add in Shane Warne and this batting line up gets eaten up.
Are they tampering with the ball in order to get a new one?
In terms of 2005, Gillespie was finished so I’d give this attack the edge. At their best though I think McGrath, Lee and Gillespie shade it.
Yeah I’d left him out to make it a bit fairer
You would, but he doesn’t. Same with every batsman you get low scores and balance that with big ones when set. So you can’t say after a 44 “well he’s done his job”, because he hasn’t.