Ashes 2015

Lovely Bloke

great

Working from home today - work laptop on the desk, personal laptop + SkyGo off to the side.

Beer in the fridge :pac:

Lovely Bloke

nice start for Aus, Bairstow gone to a bouncer!

Lovely Bloke

two in a row!

another bouncer!

Stokes for 0

vienne86

Some bowling by Mitchell Johnson. Those guys just couldn't get out of the way!

Supposed to be a good day for batting!

Nice start for the Aussies!

Lovely Bloke

Root moves on to 50.

BarryD

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Root moves on to 50.

Root walks back to the pavilion!

byronbay2

England 190-6, with Buttler and Moeen at the crease, both in single figures. England 54 ahead but, with 3 wickets gone already today, they need some runs from one or both of the men batting now - I don't fancy Broad, Finn or Anderson to get many on this pitch. Australia could still win this match if they can bowl England out with a lead of <150.

I hope none of you have tickets for Day 5 of this match!

bilston

16 wickets in 3 1/2 sessions ain't too pretty.

vienne86

Every time I go out for a minute, somthing happens! i.e. wickets fall. Another couple gone.

Luckycharms_74

TrueDub wrote: »

3rd Test starts today in Edgbaston. Full TMS coverage free-to-air on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcqmnmNl8QI

Video Private ??



Edit: Found todays coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kINCJmaY0c

BarryD

278/8 with lead of 142... plenty of time... if I were England I'd be a bit worried, any of the top order of the Aussies are capable of running up a double century. This game far from decided at this stage

BarryD

281 all out - game on, big time. Aussies will hope to bat out the day now with no losses and tick off a few runs along the way.

byronbay2

Aus 31-1 (114 behind). Rogers out early, for 6, so this partnership is vital for Australia - can't afford a failure from Smith today. Got to fancy England really - vital 50 from Moeen at the end - can't see Aus getting a big score on this pitch. Anderson moving the ball all over the shop!

paulie21

Smith out for 8. Warner not out on 52 crucial he is not let build up a sizeable score

BarryD

Hmm.. Aussies in deep hole now. Where's their bottle? 4 down.........

paulie21

Finn got Clarke and Voges with back to back balls

Beefy78

Jesus - England could win by an innings having scored less than 280. That can't have happened many times in Ashes tests.

bilston

This match will do well to make lunch tomorrow

We have talked a lot about how England rely on Root and Cook, and Moen actually as well, but take Rogers, Warner and Smith out of the Australian line up and they are struggling big time. Even their massive win at Lords was dependent on them.

5 down, 2 day test on the cards? What ground would want to host a game at this rate?

Rjd2

Clarke and Voges have been passengers for this series, both would have no reason to complain if they were not to play the next test.

Nobody bar Rogers, Warner, Lyon or Mitch have contributed anything to this performance whatsoever.

bilston

Finn is bowling beautifully.

The Australian scorecard is ridiculous.

Warner 76*

Australia 102/5!!!

Nobody else in double figures

paulie21

Warner gone

vienne86

Should make it into a third day.....but that's about it! Incredible stuff.

Rjd2

vienne86 wrote: »

Should make it into a third day.....but that's about it! Incredible stuff.

They may take the extra half hour.

No consolation really for Aussies, to lose a test in two days where rain has interfered is disgraceful. Yep the pitch is lively, but not exactly unplayable, England got close to 300 and they gave away some stupid wickets. :pac:

bilston

Australia could still make it a bit awkward here. If they could somehow set a nasty wee chase of 100-150 then at the very least they can put England under a bit of pressure. However that is a long long way off at the moment.

Lovely Bloke

bilston wrote: »

Australia could still make it a bit awkward here. If they could somehow set a nasty wee chase of 100-150 then at the very least they can put England under a bit of pressure. However that is a long long way off at the moment.

Especially at 7for

vienne86

Some day for Finn!

So how much of a lead for the Aussie's would be enough to give them a chance? 130 or so?

Rjd2

riffmongous wrote: »

So how much of a lead for the Aussie's would be enough to give them a chance? 130 or so?

The pitch isn't that bad to bat on though, Nevill and the tail don't look out of their depth here.

They need close to 200 to have a chance and also Starc and Haze not to bowl as ****e as they did first innings.

If you want an interesting and competitive test, you need to be up at 4am watching Bangla v South Africa.:pac: