He's highly rated, went well in India,
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He's highly rated, went well in India,
Not sure I would declare tbh. If say 5 sessions isn't enough to bowl Australia out they'll have chased down 400 - that would be under 3 rpo
The way we are still batting sensibly (yet still 5 an over) suggests our bowlers would really like a rest until tomorrow.
69 overs bowled with an hour left (includes the extra half hour) - complete joke!
We've lost a session in the first three days,
We've lost a session in the first three days,
Yeah couldn't watch myself but enormous credit to picking themselves up after utter heartbreak of Ashes not being on the line
It really needs looked at. 10 30 start so you've 30 more mins in the evening and 90 overs need bowled a day or there's a run penalty.
They should just shorten the lunch and tea breaks if they’ve lost time.
Moeen playing well - great to see him doing well whilst injured.
Not sold on that idea - you don't solve it by causing tiredness/injury in the bowling units.
TBH if the lead is 400 or so having half a dozen overs at the end of the day with fresh bowlers and tired openers from a long day in the field could make the difference
I wanted a minimum 350 lead as I feel a 350 chase in the 4th Innings is tough anywhere, but with so much time left in the game England should keep going until lunch tomorrow or their bowled out.
Only thing is the weather.
Only thing is the weather.
How did we not end up with a batsmen making a ton today!
Wow what a crazy few deliveries. Starc gets his man. Reminds me of Naseem Shah vs Mendis the other day.
No batsmen on either side has ended up with more than 1 ton, which is a bit mad. Shows how the batting has been so inconsistent across the series.
Good innings from Bairstow, fair play to him, since the run out he's been a lot better.
A lot of players have been pretty consistent. Just not for daddy runs. Must bea good few averaging 40+, particularly for England.
Not convinced this is enough if we collapse here.
Little soft towards the end of the day here from England, they need 400+ because of how fast they bat, the pitch isn’t too worn.
Umpires have been very pro England in this match.
Did you not see the Smith run out yesterday ?
Wonder what Starc’s record vs top 7 batsmen is.
All gone a bit wrong in the last half hour. Come on lads. Over 400.
This will be chaos for 30 mins you'd think. Wickets and boundaries, probably all out.
Think 400 is quite important to get to
Umpires favouring England again.
Disappointing that doesn’t look like we’ll get at least 400, we really should have.
Rubbish end to the day from England this. Just lazy.
Still in a good position, but England making it harder for themselves here.. Just unnecessary.
That's Moeen Alis retirement, right? He wont bowl.
The Aussies will struggle with anything over 300.
You lot are way too harsh, England have been class - sometimes you lose wickets.
They’ve been ace, I’m just greedy.
Another wicket just thrown away 
All those singles on offer and nope
Another wicket just thrown away
It's the tail swinging with a 365 lead!??
I just wanted 400! I still think what we’ve got is enough honestly.
If England can't protect 370, they deserve to lose.
Murphy has gone for 5 an over but he’s made a good mark on this test. And with the bat too.