Ashes

[chiraag]

Bancroft had a great sheffield session, but then went over for county cricket and didn't make any runs unfortunately.

Harris has gone a bit better in his county stint

[Garry Owen]

Bancroft had a great sheffield session, but then went over for county cricket and didn't make any runs unfortunately.

Harris has gone a bit better in his county stint

I think Hazlewood will come in for Boland and that might be the only change.
Green might stay out unless they get rid of the spinner. To be honest I would like to see neser get a run as well

[Burgs]

“Alex Carey probably won’t because he’s got to keep..."

Wouldn't, in the era of Bazzball creative license, it be a useful thing if Carey is qualified to have him open in the first innings under the assumption he isn't going to carry his bat, rather than batting in the middle order and then 'keep anyway?
Fair enough if having fielded first or in the third innings.
I really struggle with the obsessive nature of dealing with the order of batsmen, even when good mates who are cricket tragics attempt to explain.
A #4 needs to be good enough to face the third ball of a match, so what is the big deal?

[shasta]

Well....quite a bit if your top order has got a shaky start but at least worn the shine off so you can build from 4.

[Burgs]

Well....quite a bit if your top order has got a shaky start but at least worn the shine off so you can build from 4.

Worn the shine in two deliveries?

[WFDom]

Poms got on a roll yesterday. Leading by 67

72 overs RR of 5.33

Ali - 54
Root - 84
Crawley - 189

Stokes and Brook in overnight

Forecast look wet.

[jargan83]

Some of the most brain dead Cricket I've ever seen from an Australian side.

[boof1050]

Gotta agree Jargs!

[shasta]

Maybe they'll be so Bazball confident that they'll declare again. Overnight would be nice.

[jargan83]

Declaration will come closer to lunch, depending on how many runs England rack up in the first session.

[WFDom]

Declaration will come closer to lunch, depending on how many runs England rack up in the first session.

Yeah they'll have to with the weather forecast if they want a win

[shasta]

.....and they need to win. Or we keep the urn. But I'd much rather that we actually "win" it again just to stop them whining about Dopey/Sleepy/Grumpy Bairstow for the next 2 years.

[WFDom]

6 wickets remain. Forecast looking very wet. 2 days to survive

Australia won't want to win on the weather. Lets go to the wire & may the best team win.

It's been a test series for the ages so far. Deserves a decider!

[jargan83]

Our top order has the resilience of a traffic cone.

[Sheikh]

Traffic cones last longer than half an hour. They may, however, have all the manoeuverability of a traffic cone.