The Ashes

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    buffybegood said:

    I just don't see the point in making Anderson bat in these circumstances, it's just not worth the risk of an injury imo, and likely taking time out of the game too.

    Yeah, feel like they're just wasting time here.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Amusing to see Bairstow run a bye to Carey =)
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Stokes hoping for a quick 50 from Jimmy here

    46 more needed...
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Maybe Stokes is going for batting bonus point 🤔
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    I can't help feeling that Stokes simply wants to let Bairstow get as big a score as he can to justify continuing to pick him despite his very poor form with the gloves.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Dodger58 said:

    Amusing to see Bairstow run a bye to Carey =)

    And again hahahaha
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    Dodger58 said:

    Dodger58 said:

    Amusing to see Bairstow run a bye to Carey =)

    And again hahahaha
    A hat trick now ...
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Oooo, Bairstow only gets a single, leaves him on 99 with Anderson on strike.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    buffybegood said:

    Oooo, Bairstow only gets a single, leaves him on 99 with Anderson on strike.

    And Anderson out lbw leaving Bairstow stranded.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    England all out for 592, Bairstow not out on 99 off only 81 (I think) balls.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Good knock from Bairstow.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Forecast seems to have worsened for Sunday. Looks like England will need to get most, if not all, Aussie wickets this afternoon/evening.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    32-1, Wood gets Khawaja.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    9 to go...
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Warner gone, 54-2, Woakes with the wicket.
  • alderzalderz
    I’m surprised we’ve not seen more Wood. We could do with a couple of wickets before the end of the day.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Yeah, feel like we left it too late to start with the ball. The forecast doesn't allow for hardly any play for the rest of the test and Australia can effectively bat out the day and the series now.

    Shame, because England have dominated.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Wood gets Smith, 97-3. Another couple out before the close now please.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Well that worked. I'll try again:

    Yeah, feel like we left it too late to start with the ball. The forecast doesn't allow for hardly any play for the rest of the test and Australia can effectively bat out the day and the series now.

    Shame, because England have dominated.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Wood gets Travis Head, 108-4.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    You can’t just bowl Woods or he’ll end up like Archer.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I really hope this is Anderson’s last Test Match. He has been brilliant but now is fading fast and tarnishing his reputation.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Very little if any cricket will be played after today. Ashes gone in reality unless weather changes dramatically
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    113-4 close of play. We need to pray to the weather gods now, we're so far ahead in the game but it'll likely be for nothing.
  • mikemike
    Just looked at the Met office forecast for Old Trafford and it's dire.
    Will be lucky to get any play over the next two days. >:)
  • LukerzLukerz
    Yep, & still can’t believe in modern times how they haven’t found a way to just tag the lost days onto the series. Come back Monday & Tuesday.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    If Stokes had declared earlier it's still unlikely Australia would have been bowled out yesterday, and we'd have missed Bairstow clubbing the Aussie bowlers for (if my arithmetic is correct) 61 off 31 balls and that's if I've overlooked any extras in that period.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Lukerz said:

    Yep, & still can’t believe in modern times how they haven’t found a way to just tag the lost days onto the series. Come back Monday & Tuesday.

    Although it would be interesting to see how many times the weather has saved England from defeat.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    BubblesNeverDies said:

    If Stokes had declared earlier it's still unlikely Australia would have been bowled out yesterday, and we'd have missed Bairstow clubbing the Aussie bowlers for (if my arithmetic is correct) 61 off 31 balls and that's if I've overlooked any extras in that period.

    Correction: Bairstow was on 49 when Anderson came on so it was 50 off 31 balls if there wasn't any extras.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    They aded 66 off 8.1 overs for the last wicket.
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