pah. lazy arsed bums those umpires. lunch should have been at 12. Anderson seems very interested in the clouds and weather anyway.
key issues. 1. ball is 30 over old. there's 52 overs scheduled now. this means unless light appears from somewhere it is unlikely we will see another new ball. 2. slow pitch that was dry but now what is it? 3. slow outfield only helps england. 4. alli fitness 5. overhead conditions. 6. light reading on evening that send crawly and duckett packing should be used to take them off. that was quite dark. 7. 174 runs v 7 wickets in 52 overs.
5 down. 131 to win. Just need to get khawaja out soon as if he’s still there at the end Aussies will win it
theres only 2 hours left. after that light comes into it. 2.5max Its a collapse or 99 runs now. 99 in 2.5hours? not so sure. This is down to england attacking or starting to slow the thing down and choking runs off. Its down to whether the aussies want to win it. and frankly its down to karma for being a dick for robinson. You don't shout you ****ing prick into a century taking batsman who's coming out to do the same in a days time. its a xhaka moment really. Lets see what happens but nothings really changed bar the Australians lost a lot of time to win the game and england are unlikely to get a new ball to mop up with.
There’s still 38 overs to go, less than 3 runs an over to get 98 runs. Will England be forced to bowl the full 38 or can they bowl like 13 and hour, not bowl the correct allocation and just get fined if it stops Australia winning?
Carey Green and Cummings scored 142 runs between them in the first innings. Australia still favourites
Danger man in khawaga gone as well. Think they’re gonna just hit out a bit now so might open up some more wicket balls but also makes them dangerous.
don't see it. it's too far away with not enough time. they will try leave everything. have to make them play it.
New ball and 3 tail enders. that is probably still too many runs for them to get if the main two can steam in and deliver.
