The Cricket Thread 2015-16

Great declaration. The way the ball is swinging this morning I wouldn't bet against a couple of wickets before lunch.

 

Mark Wood gets Rogers caught by Root, only for it to be ruled a no-ball. Aussies getting a lot more luck this innings. 110-0.

 

Anyone else nervous ?

Just a quick couple of wickets PLEASE !!!

 

Thank f**k for that !!!!!!

 

They will need 600 before I panic

and on cue a wicket

 

Stokes deserved that, he's been swinging it in circles this afternoon.

 

2 down.

 

3 down, Stokes 3-20!

 

4 down, Smith gone! Broad back with his 9th of the game.

 

Smith out. Great captaincy there, field placing and bowling.

 

You're all very welcome !

 

Aussies need to get to 500 to even have a chance. So things are going well atm.

 

Clark gone....we even juggle the ball now just so it doesn't look too easy.

 

Much though I love crowd banter, am I alone in finding the "Sacked in the Morning" jibe distasteful? Clarke is having a personal nightmare. Simple silence would have been more appropriate.

 

He's brought it all on himself by telling Anderson he's "going to get a ****ing broken arm" in the previous series. The English crowd are hardly going to miss the opportunity to mock him.

 

I like the headline in the Australian paper saying that the team were committing pommicide.

 

Now it's Finn's turn to get a man caught behind off a no-ball. Just not good enough.

 

Finn was thinking of the people who have day 3 tickets.

 

236-7. Stokes 5-35.

 

I do hope Broad manages to get his 10...