Brook won't hang about too long before he's playing his shots.
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I read it as worse in the morning but better in the afternoon. Saturday is definitely a washout and probably Sunday unless it changes.
Great innings that wanted him to get the 200. His first one was under appreciated.
Root to get 100 before or after brook hits 50?
Fair play to the Aussies offering their congratulations to Crawley.
If they believe the forecast regardless of the lead they're taking 8 overs at Australia tonight. We're not going to see 20 wickets in this test now, so a loss is off the table and a draw means absolutely nothing, so the only important part now is how to get 10 more Australian wickets before the weather. I'm actually surprised they havn't already declared tbh.
Surprised at the last 5 overs or so. I know the fielders are spread but surely we need to take some more risks to speed this up.
Agreed. They should be trying to blast this at 10 an over and have half hour at them. Declaring early now makes far more sense than the first test.
There's an argument that England don't declare tonight to pile up the runs whilst the conditions are good. If there's cloud cover and showers tomorrow it might become a wicket for bowling and give England a chance to actually set a total before Australia bat again.
They should be off now.
Yeah thought they would go T20 mode when Crawley got out,this is definitely sedate by England's standards
fecking lucky ball that was
That was a grubber.
are there no depths the aussies aren’t prepared to sink to, to get a wicket?
Reckon we just go for it now.
Unlucky Root …ball didn’t bounce
But that will still be the case whether they bowl 10 overs at them tonight or not. The Aussie’s look done, no chance we wouldn’t take some wickets after they’ve had a long day in the sun chasing the ball around.
groundsman owes him a century now.
Root out. Time for the big boys to ramp this score up quickly.
That ball is great news. Didn't bounce. Love it.
Surely Stokes will do that,won't he?
There's a difference between being 50 ahead or 150 though. With a lead of 150 and using the best batting conditions to get that is different from needing 150 in potentially the worst conditions tomorrow. It's a difficult one and I'm sure they're working out the best way to force a result.
Yeah should do.
Hazelwood should be embarrassed to even claim that wicket!
Surely we'll be going into overdrive at some point soon?
Surely we'll be going into overdrive at some point soon?
Australia will be blocking regardless of whether it’s 50 or 150, they won’t be looking at what they need. If the weather forecast is correct, we’re due a session and a half at best tomorrow and nothing on Saturday. Two wickets tonight in my opinion, is more useful than extra runs.
Completely accept that I know far less about cricket than every person sat on the England balcony though, so we’ll see how it plays out.
What are these commentators smoking. Bat till lunch tomorrow. No one will be batting till after lunch
How bad is the forecast for the next few days? Will we get 3 sessions out of the next 3 days?
Weather doesn't even look that bad tomorrow. Stop panicking.
True but England just can't get the ball away for a boundary or clear the ropes either. Surprised we haven't just gone mad ever since Crawley dragged it into stumps
Can someone tell Brook we’re not playing for a draw
Really surprised we aren't pushing it more
I still feel England will try to bat till lunch or beyond tomorrow and look to bat only once. Let the Aussies try to bat time and try to save their wickets. In overcast conditions, Anderson will be a handful.
Edit: putting Australia in now doesn’t help at all. It will give them good conditions to bat in and set themselves up.
Edit: putting Australia in now doesn’t help at all. It will give them good conditions to bat in and set themselves up.
Odd how sedate things have become
Yea they are batting through to lunch or just before tomorrow and try to get as close to 200 lead as they can.
Seems a feeling there won't be any play in morning so that might not be possible anyway
Brook’s batting clearly seems planned. England want a big lead and are playing normally to get to about 100 & then have a slog imo
A bit surprised how slow Stokes and Brook are going.
Yeah only explanation tbh.
Where has the real Harry Brook gone?