jaggyness Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 England looking dangerous with the ball but Australia scoring at a good lick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: England win the toss - for the fourth time running and bizarrely decide to bowl - I'm sure Australia would have wanted to bat in any case given Old Trafford's past history. An absolute baffling decision. I hadn't realised just quite how mental the record was at Old Trafford (no team has won a test batting in the fourth innings ever), but I do wonder how much of that is due to OT turning more than other English pitches and Australia don't have a spinner this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Warner will be thinking "at least it wasn't fucking Broad again". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 120-3, Smith out lbw to a 92 mph delivery from Wood. The only surprise was it had to go to a review, it looked plumb live to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Labuschagne losing his wicket softly. Poor decision by him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Highlandmagar said: Labuschagne losing his wicket softly. Poor decision by him. He can be prone to spin - that being sad, it didnt turn that much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Next wicket could be crucial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Next wicket could be crucial. Head gone. Australia might struggle to get to 300, on a decent batting wicket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) I know it's been an entertaining series, but a lot of that has been down to some utterly brainless batting by both sides. This time it's Head who can't leave a short ball alone. Edited July 19, 2023 by peasy23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 That Australian lineup is… quite something. Not sure where the 20 wickets will come from, if England whittle them out for circa 250. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I'm guessing Hazelwood Starc and Cummins like most of the last ten years. They bat stupidly deep with this line up but any time I think a side is like that they normally lose their last 4 wickets for about 10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Fuctifano said: I'm guessing Hazelwood Starc and Cummins like most of the last ten years. They bat stupidly deep with this line up but any time I think a side is like that they normally lose their last 4 wickets for about 10 It’s a team picked for the weather. Which in Manchester is rather risky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: It’s a team picked for the weather. Which in Manchester is rather risky. Tbf I'd have left Murphy out too, he was just too inviting for England to smack all around the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Australia going cheaply here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 That's a fantastic catch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: That's a fantastic catch Really was, wasn’t it? Not quite sure what Australia are playing at here. That was one of the few very decent deliveries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 11 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Really was, wasn’t it? Not quite sure what Australia are playing at here. That was one of the few very decent deliveries. The batting from Australia is as poor as the decision to put them in to bat. This should be a 400+ innings wicket not a 250-300 wicket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: The batting from Australia is as poor as the decision to put them in to bat. This should be a 400+ innings wicket not a 250-300 wicket. The thing is, you know England are capable as batting as stupidly as the Aussies have done, especially if it's short ball central with no spinner in the Aussie team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 That's a blow for Australia losing a wicket at the near end of day. Poor substandard batting all day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: The thing is, you know England are capable as batting as stupidly as the Aussies have done, especially if it's short ball central with no spinner in the Aussie team. If Australia are genuinely trying to turn this into a three day knock-down, drag-out slug fest, I’d fancy England’s chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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