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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And now Root's gone, 76-5.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Smith gets a life on 0.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Stokes has gone, 88-5. 10 wickets in the match for Starc.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Smith given out with an extremely dubious review for a caught behind down the legside, dreadful decision imo. There was a slight spike on snicko, but it was clearly after the ball had passed the bat, especially on one angle.

    104-7.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    50 partnership between Carse and Atkinson off just 34 balls. 154-7, the lead nearing 200.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And then Carse falls, 154-8.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Archer goes, 160-9.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    164 are out, Australia need 205 to win.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Not looking good, Australia have raced to 55 without loss in the 10th over.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Finally a breakthrough, 75-1.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited November 22
    It’s pretty much Groundhog Day whenever England play in Australia. Ridiculously low totals, over & over, particularly in the curtain-raiser test. To get into the position they were after they bowled Australia out to Australia now winning tonight is almost unbelievable.
  • SlackerSlacker
    One good innings changed that Test.
    As ever I’m not too down about it, it will still be an exciting series I reckon and it could go either way.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Our second innings was as if we'd learned nothing. We'd been gifted a first innings lead, but there were some really poor shots in there.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    That’s exactly it. They learned from their first innings but we learned nothing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Not good news, Mark Wood seems to be injured again, and is set to miss at least the second Test.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Probably good news as he doesn't swing the ball, with it being a pink ball game that will be essential. He was never going to survive a whole series anyway.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    IronHerb said:

    Probably good news as he doesn't swing the ball, with it being a pink ball game that will be essential. He was never going to survive a whole series anyway.

    True that he was unlikely to play all 5, but it's a concern for the later Tests too. Also true that, although the pink ball does tend to swing a lot under the lights, the rest of the time it seems to do very little, so his pace would still have been an asset during the "day" parts of the match when batsmen tend to have the upper hand.

  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    According to Jason Gillespie the pink ball doesn’t do anything different to the red ball but is more difficult to pick up. Majority of wickets are taken with faster deliveries.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    The pink ball is actually easier to see
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    If you read Broad’s article he says the difference is the colour of the seam. It’s white on a red ball but dark on the pink. It’s the seam position which is hard for batters to identify at speed.
  • alderzalderz
    thornburyiron said:

    If you read Broad’s article he says the difference is the colour of the seam. It’s white on a red ball but dark on the pink. It’s the seam position which is hard for batters to identify at speed.

    This is the sort of stuff that I love hearing from sports people. The idea that they're able to identify what the ball is doing at that speed and account for it is astonishing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    A sad loss, only 62, Robin Smith has passed away:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c33mzp4mxe8o
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Sadly it’s likely to have been the second suicide this year following Thorpe’s. He’d already failed on two other occasions and had serious mental health issues.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Unfortunately the article does read that way.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Another very good toss to have won, and we choose to bat. Let's hope we show a bit more application this time.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Crawley finally off the mark in this series 😊.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    But Duckett goes first ball, 5-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Pope goes for a duck, 5-2.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    We make it through the rest of the first hour without further loss, 58-2 at drinks.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    98-2 at lunch, a nice recovery after another horror-show start. Crawley on 61 and Root 32.
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