Ashes Third Test

[EdmundD]

so far leads me to believe that we were very lucky it rained last Monday......

[Sqad]

Yes humber.....good start for England.

[humbersloop]

and Rogers goes, that's a biggie

game on

[Sqad]

Yepp! my concern was a bit "over the top"....;-)

[humbersloop]

not necessarily sqad, their tail enders are quite capable of putting on another 50/100 between them, and our batting seems capable of olympic standard gormlessness at the moment

[jim360]

Well, we still need three more wickets, and the Aussie tail has been wagging all series...

[jim360]

There's one of them, Siddle goes to Anderson. 245/8

[jim360]

Australia restricted to 270, a lead of 32. Well-bowled by Broad for a five-fer!

[humbersloop]

what was sqad saying about Root??

[jim360]

the espn commentators say that it was a cracking delivery that would have beaten anyone, but... poor Root. He was doing better at 6.

[humbersloop]

yes he was jim

[humbersloop]

o For Funks Sake!!

[jim360]

Relax, it's all part of the plan. Let the Aussies win this test, get their hopes up for a morale-boosting draw, then cream them at the Oval by an innings and then some...Or not.

I like hope people were moaning about our run-rate in the 1st innings, and now our RR is over 3 but three wickets down. More haste, less speed, eh?

[jim360]

Good recovery by KP and Bell, 123/3 at Tea.

[humbersloop]

they've steadied the ship a bit, but a ninety-odd lead for 3 wickets is'nt good

[jim360]

Kept going for long enough to rescue England, but KP goes for 44, 155/4 for a lead of 123.

[humbersloop]

keep plugging away Bell

[Sqad]

Good response from England adding up to an interesting test match.

Concerns for me at the top of the order..Cook, Root and Trott.

[jim360]

Ah, Bairstow goes for 28, another good start fizzles out. 221/5.

[humbersloop]

please let Bell stay in, please

[jim360]

He stayed in long enough to get his third 100 of the series... another 50 more would be nice please.

228/5