NWR Cricket

Certainly a change of tone from yesterday when people were talking about how big the England lead would be. Lots of interesting points out of the game so far:
-It looks like Smith's replacement might have to be kept on when Smith returns.
-Could a captain who may end up leading the Ashes 2 nil find himself dropped for the 4th test?
-The Root at 3 experiment hasn't worked too well.
-Surely Denly will get a lot of confidence from top scoring for England in a test innings?
-People with tickets for the 4th and 5th days might be getting worried.
 
I think only Nigel was talking up a big first innings lead for England, and he was seeing it from an Aussie perspective.

I think the Aussie selectors will delight in dropping Wade before Paine, after they fought for so long to ignore him, though Khawaja could also make way.

I think people with 3rd day tickets were getting worried.
 
It is just hard to believe how bad England is. I am sure no-one in the Aussie camp thought they we anything like this bad, Alfie Langer's head must be spinning at what happened out there today.
 
David Mansfield said:
Australia win This 99 times out of 100. Sorry I meant 98.

The highest score Of the game in the 4th innings . So many records would be smashed there......
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Australia still favourites, but today will have rattled them and conversely shown England the benefit of hanging in there and letting the bowlers tire and the ball lose its shine - something I thought was obvious, but seems to be a new discovery for this team.

One note of caution re: record 4th innings chases. Most will have been during 4th / 5th day of a test, whereas this will be over 3rd / 4th day and where there is a suggestion it is still getting easier to bat.
 
Having had to track this rollercoaster of a test from Helsinki since Friday morning has been agonising though watched no the highlights is going to be a greater pleasure when I get back tomorrow than I was expecting. Apart from Friday’s horror show. It also makes my Old Trafford day 3 tickets far more interesting.
 
Mark Carrington said:
If England win this Test, I won’t eat my hat but I will buy and drink a Sparkling Shiraz.
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Travis Webb said:
Bingo!
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That innings was as good as it gets.
Well there’s no chance of finding a bottle in Burgundy. So I will do the deed when meeting up with my mates for Old Trafford.
As a compromise, this evening will pop down into cellar & pull out the Pierre Peters BdB Réserve.
 
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