Dear Australia, any chance you could get England out before the rugby? Cheers.
English cricket thread
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I think that Roy wicket is a classic example of someone playing a ball so badly that you make it look much better than it was.
Good ball, lovely little bit of away movement, absolutely dogshit shot and even worse footwork, absolutely no idea why he was trying to do with it.
Good ball, lovely little bit of away movement, absolutely dogshit shot and even worse footwork, absolutely no idea why he was trying to do with it.
Beautiful bowling.
Absolutely no chance will take years to build a decent batting side and that's even if they try and address it. White ball rules all.
feckING STOP DRIVING YOU BUNCH OF feckING cnuts YOU"VE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR feckING 67 YESTERDAY, WHAT THE feck DID YOU TALK ABOUT OVERNIGHT?
The ability to just hang in is priceless in test cricket. Denly has not played well but just leaving balls has settled pressure a touch.
Just reaching that point where Hope creeps back in, so I expect a couple of quick wickets just after tea.
20 more runs and it will be well and truly on.. before the inevitable collapse
Look at what can happen when you use more than half a brain cell when batting
Aussies must be more than bit nervous now.
Reckon they feel they are 1 wicket away from a collapse
Think it will be much more fun in this thread after the football!
Really great effort so far from Root and Denly. Taking the innings 30 mins at a time, which is the only way to play test cricket. Hoping the middle order are absorbing this as inspiration.
Why we don’t bat like this all the time is for another time, but it’s looking OK so far.
Really great effort so far from Root and Denly. Taking the innings 30 mins at a time, which is the only way to play test cricket. Hoping the middle order are absorbing this as inspiration.
Why we don’t bat like this all the time is for another time, but it’s looking OK so far.
How can umpire give that out for Root? It was a clear edge and two sounds even from my sofa!
Incredible decision. He looked highly embarrassed seeing the replay.
You can tell by the umpires reaction he feels a right twatI don't know why Denley doesn't open. He has to play the new ball, more often than not, and he's done pretty well.
Hey look, if you bat properly (with the exception of three dogshit drives Denly played) you can score runs in test cricket.
Hazlewood has been brilliant. Those last two deliveries..
You just know that these 2 could share a 200 partnership, but as soon as either one of them gets out, the rest will fold for 50 runs.
That's that then, I guess.
Please, please, please, don't think Denly and Root have done most of the work and that you can go for it now, please.
Australia have really turnt it up, as the old cricketering expression goes.
I don't know what that silly 'winviz' thing is saying at present but I don't think I'd give England more than a 10% chance.
Survive until the new ball and then see off the first twenty overs of that, then obviously England have a decent chance, but that itself is a huge ask.
Survive until the new ball and then see off the first twenty overs of that, then obviously England have a decent chance, but that itself is a huge ask.
At least they’ve made a bit of a fight of it. Next mini goal they’ve set is reaching the close. It’s tricky right now I would imagine to balance wasting time against the old ball and losing wickets.
Loving Stokes strike rate right now 
He's better at stubbornly hanging in than anyone else in our line up.Loving Stokes strike rate right now
Much better from England, although a tad too extreme in their caution perhaps. That new ball is right around the corner, if England can head that off then they have a chance.
Much better from England, finally showing some fight. Looking forward to tomorrow.
2 days left so rather they be cautious instead of being stupid. Big onus on these two to get the runs.
"Playing for Glamorgan helped a lot," Labuschagne said. "Obviously playing 10 first-class games in probably less than two months, maybe a bit more, was very helpful. Playing against the swinging ball in different conditions - and just learning my game and learning to put big runs on the board - definitely helped me and built my confidence as well. Then transitioning to this - I think I didn't play many other formats leading up to this. so my focus was really on red-ball cricket. So the lead-up and preparation was really good.
"Especially in Test cricket you go through - I think Wadey [Matthew Wade] and I went through a period yesterday when we were like 'let's get to a 50-run partnership' and it took us about 15 overs to get another five runs. In Test cricket it can come in patches and when they're bowling well, you've just got to trust the process and trust the runs will come, they will get tired and it will open up."
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27454649/marnus-labuschagne-sets-example-australia-england
Root out within the first half an hour, England all out 230 ish.
I'd go 200. I do think we'll lose one before the new ball and I think things will happen pretty quickly once they have it.
Also, I think I'm asking for them to reach 250 for less than eight wickets, if we're to describe this as a gutsy effort or whatever.
Rather than just further evidence of how pathetic the first innings was.
Rather than just further evidence of how pathetic the first innings was.
Nasser's got a point about these helmets. You don't want to be wearing something that bits can fly off and hit the stumps.
england to win with a famous victory via a massive Root Ton+
Stranger things have happened in Ashes series.
It’s all very well creating a siege mentality with peerless defence, but scoring so few runs creates pressure on yourself, as Warne has outlined.
Not sure I understand England’s run acquisition strategy. Unless it’s to wait until 30 mins before lunch.
Not sure I understand England’s run acquisition strategy. Unless it’s to wait until 30 mins before lunch.
Stokes looking to play out a draw?
It's probably a temporary strategy just to get going this morning. Main aim is to not lose a wicket early I would guess?