The Ashes ...

[sunny-dave]

... start at midnight - anyone else going to be listening under the duvet?

Hope Springs Eternal - and it's not a bad England XI (even without Stokes) - but I have a horrible feeling that we'll leave The Gabba facing an uphill task to pull back a 1-0 deficit.

pommy dave

[sunny-dave]

Slow start - but that's fine - Moeen has had a couple of worrying wafts, but otherwise it's been uneventful - some nice shots in Malan's 50.

Toddy time in the drinks break I think :)

[twix123]

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[ChillDoubt]

Moving along nicely and Malan gifts his wicket. One quickly becomes two with Mo gone and we've let them right back in.
All too familiar?

[ChillDoubt]

....and two becomes three and suddenly we're floundering.

Depressing, letting the convicts get their tails up so needlessly.

[ChillDoubt]

England hurtling along at breakneck speed now, they want to get their innings done and dusted well before tea.
271-8.
Dire straits......

[sunny-dave]

302 all out - at least 50 or 60 runs light of a par score, I think?

[1ozzy]

Oh dear, now it's a waiting game to see what the Aussies can do.

[Cloverjo]

Quite annoyed to see that Sky are not showing it. They've lost most of the tennis as well. What are they doing? We don't all want to watch football or Sri Lanka against India.

Just going to check the score. Not going too well judging by the comments here so far.

[ChillDoubt]

Smith rescues Australia when England were on top so now it's finely balanced.
We need early wickets first up on day 3.