New ball will decide this.
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Anyone close to Old Trafford right now? How is the light and when will it become problematic?
Where is the Manchester rain when we need it?!
Where is the Manchester rain when we need it?!
For the most part I like the players in both these teams but I cannot stand looking at Lyons face
Beautifully set up for a tense final session
Maybe but bowlers must be getting tired and sore now: been a long shift for 4 man attack.
At the stadium. Seems very bright still. Some clouds approaching but doubt it’s enough to rain.
I sense some deep-seated baldie prejudice here.
Damn. What’s the collective opinion? Can England make it? Horrible tension to experience!
I'm about a mile away. It is very cloudy here but those clouds are white ones. Not bright but not dark either, kinda Manchestery.
Still pessimistic but that’s our nature!
We really could have done with Root coming out this morning instead of last night... Could have made about a 2 wicket difference at this point (or he could have still gone for a duck... Either or)
Can’t stand Lyon. Remnants of the ‘good bloke’ doctrine. Was so happy he was humiliated at end of last test. Though he may get the last laugh.
What do you think?
What a moment
Shit. That's that then.
Great leave
That's the wicket they wanted
Oh buttler
Needed to be there until the end
Reckon Australia sweep the remaining wickets now
Oh buttler
Needed to be there until the end
Reckon Australia sweep the remaining wickets now
My memories of my 3 years during Manchester University are being permanently coated in a film of rain
Need those infamous out of nowhere Manchester rains to suddenly appear!
#AshesGone
That's that. No way Broad, Archer and Leach can collectively last an hour and a half.
I love watching Hazlewood bowl. Closest weve had to McGrath in style.
Braindead batting. The worst way you could be out, leaving it not playing a shot...
Question, could/should we have maybe inverted the order for this innings? Or is that a overthinking it a bit?
Archer isn't lasting long here
Archer isn't lasting long here
Can Leach repeat his heroics again?
Well that's that surely.
Definitely should have had a nightwatchman for Root. I know they normally leave it to the players, but you have to question why he didn't have one.
It wouldn’t matter. The top order is as shit as the lower order.
The game was decided with the missed catches and no ball to Smith. We had no right to draw this game in all honestly, but have done fairly well to stall it considering how bad the innings started.
This third umpire is fecking awful
No fecking bat ffs 
How???Starc and Cummins should wrap up the tail
Not sure I buy that missing the stumps as per ball tracking...
Can't stand the bastard. Who is it? needs to be fired out of a cannon. Love Jack Leach though.. his blocks are entertaining.
Archer needs to bat at 11 from now on. Cannot handle spin at all from a defensive perspective.
Oh stop giving us hope that you can block the next 25 overs, ffs!
New ball
So do I order another beer, or not?
Starc has a brilliant yorker, this would be the time to use it.
I've got an answer but don't want to jinx anything