From the cricket purist's point of view maybe, but what happened, though distasteful to many, has just spiced up this series. There'll be fire from the start at Headingley. And how many more people will be watching, listening or reading about this match in particular, just to see what brimstone both teams will fling at each other. Right throughout the cricketing world people will be interested in the next five days. People love controversy, especially when they aren't involved.
I actually read that as 'Bye bye Warne' and thought 'What? Why has he been mentioned so long after his passing?'
If only Bairstow was more confident we'd have them in all sorts. Wood is different gravy, 95.5 mph lol. If only him and Archer were fully fit from the start of the series. We all knew we needed that searing pace in this series !
Very good session for England. Aussie mids need big innings otherwise this could be over in 3-4 days. That's if weather doesn't intervene. Sat., Sun. and Mon. look quite wet according to forecast. I'd take a draw at this stage.
Missed most of the morning session, but what fun........ Nice to see the Aussies in trouble for once..... We're a couple hundred miles South and West of Leeds and it's chucking it down here, rain moving from West to East......
