Iffy weather predicted, not as bad as last game but prob be interrupted. Get a lead of 350 and if can get 30 minutes at them tonight
root gone. bazzball sends out allu to just swing away cos he can't run. bairstow and root have more than done enough. if woakes and wood deliver about 20 each then we are golden.
I dunno what bairstow has just done. 3 really poor shots like as if he was asleep. lbw 1 (feathered it) lbw 2 (too high) nicked on to keeper and out. it's like he completely lost concentration or whatever.
all good. bazz ball says centuries are for morons. just score fast. if the next 2 can get 20 runs then thats it. woakes and wood are all but all rounders at odi level.
I would have loved this England to try bazball against the Blackwash. What’s the world lowest test innings score?
If the record test run chase at the Oval was 263 by England in 1902 and the weather is dodgy, especially for Monday why do we need 400?
cos bazzball. I shouldn't worry about prior art when it comes to run chases when a side have 2 full days nearly (and could still have here ) most run chases have less time and to be Frank there's a really good pitch for both sides here still. if you give this Australian side 350 right now they'd laugh cos it only takes 2 to stick and stand there in classic test style and score big over a long stint to bring them close. you get as many as you can.
alli delivers bazball 39. just a lot of random swing there. Wood now is 15 shy of his needed tally with broad coming out. Wood to go full lovren here. broad won't last long v bouncers as per.
that's a it too tasty for full lovren. that's a lovely shot there. that's a full on all rounder shot.
look the new ball is in less than 3 overs. none of these will survive it so they are tail doing what tail does. they have to have a go. It this point next wicket is close of play.
Australians are absolutely being ridiculous here and the umpires should insist on extra overd here as that delay there was full on cheating (in any listed overs game not test cricket) just declare an extra half hour as they STILL have not delivered 90 overs as required.
watching Anderson bat against pace is like watching an 100 year old walk round his garden for the NHS. Anderson just slapped 2 fours. absolutely hilarious
how the **** can an umpire give lbw when it's that far over and off his arm. that umpire decided that Murphy was robbed by review earlier and have now given 2 absolutely stinking decisions that were reviewed.
Sky commentators asking are Australia punch drunk due to bazball. ? Well, they’re going home with the ashes so it’s irrelevant. What is relevant is the mistakes England have made, Bairstow as keeper, the declaration in the first test and then not declaring earlier in the last test.
