The Cricket Thread

86-2. After lunch . Rain stops play . Draw a favourite .

Smith and Warner digging in , a real game of cat and mouse .

 

Play about to resume .

 

Off again for rain .

 

Where was the rain when we wanted it.

 

Tempting fate , but I can’t see us losing this . Would be a shame though if we don’t win .

 

Playing for nearly an hour and a half . No wickets yet .

 

Australia take the lead .

 

Warner out . Bowled Root caught Vince .

Happy birthday Joe .

 

I watch very little cricket. Whenever I watch cricket, Joe Root takes an important wicket.

Joe Root is thus the best bowler in the history of the sport.

 

Lunch . Australia effectively 14-4 . It’s pouring .....

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42520303

Perhaps they will give Mason a bash in the dead rubber?

 

If only Cook could have found his form in the first Test! Anyway, at least it won’t be 5-0.

 

228-4 .

Root ( 83 ) goes right at the end of the day .

 

Bairstow gone .

 

Well they managed to screw that up didn’t they?

 

Like always , we will never know until they have a bat , but they were looking ok I thought .

 

The game isn’t over by any means but England were looking okay (good even) until those two late wickets, which have put Australia ahead of the game. One early wicket tomorrow would expose the tail to the new ball and they may well get blown away.

 

First time for everything

 

Day 3 . Australia 247-2 . Khawaja gets maiden Ashes test century .

Trail by 99.

 

Australia 277-3 at lunch . Khawaja 132 n.o. Smith c&b Moeen .

They trail by 69.