Ashes third test

[JarrowClaret]

If it’s been so one sided all series how did one decision cost us the first test?

I guess you are on the wind up so shame on me for responding, but what part of this series has been 1 sided it has been a real contest from day 1. Yes the score line is 0-2 I get that but we could have won both tests probably should have won the first. We have gone big on dropped catches costing us plenty of runs and important ones Khwaja, Cummins in the first test and Marsh in this 1 stand out.

[Taffy on the wing]

Exactly!.......they take their catches too.

[Spijed]

Australia flat-batting us to death at the moment......softening us up.
I wish we would do a bit of this.

But that will be an admission that the current way of playing isn't working.

[Bordeauxclaret]

I guess you are on the wind up so shame on me for responding, but what part of this series has been 1 sided it has been a real contest from day 1. Yes the score line is 0-2 I get that but we could have won both tests probably should have won the first. We have gone big on dropped catches costing us plenty of runs and important ones Khwaja, Cummins in the first test and Marsh in this 1 stand out.

That’s my argument.
I do think it’s been a close series. It hasn’t been one sided at all.

[FCBurnley]

Game drifting into boredom now.

[Ampth7]

But that will be an admission that the current way of playing isn't working.

I’m inclined to agree with you, however, having thought about this the last few weeks, I also think that from 1-11, they are simply better than us! Who gets in this Aussie side from our team? Stokes, Root, Wood? Can’t really think of any other player that would get in to their team, and I’m not convinced Root replaces Smith or Wood for one of their quicks?
With that in mind, maybe the thinking is, we have to go hard and aggressive, because conventional cricket isn’t going to get the job done?

[expoultryboy]

Not boredom , test cricket .

[expoultryboy]

Fatboys right , they've got more between their ears than us . As for Ali , unbelievable.

[TheFamilyCat]

I've got a ticket for tomorrow. I fear it could be a couple of sessions of them building up a big lead then an hour of England swishing and wickets falling. All interspersed by thundery showers.

Hope I'm wrong but it seems that is the way it's going.

[JarrowClaret]

That’s my argument.
I do think it’s been a close series. It hasn’t been one sided at all.

Ahhh apologies I tried to find what you replied too and couldn’t find it and took it as read didn’t realise it was sarcasm.

[dandeclaret]

I've got a ticket for tomorrow. I fear it could be a couple of sessions of them building up a big lead then an hour of England swishing and wickets falling. All interspersed by thundery showers.

Hope I'm wrong but it seems that is the way it's going.

In what way, based on the 2 and a half tests gone so far, has that SEEMED to be the way it's going? Every test has so far swung to and fro, one team on top, the other battling back to reassert - brilliance, drama, mistakes, skills - this series has had it all, with all 3 games so far very very tight.

It's test cricket at it's enthralling best, a story unwound over many sessions and many hours of toil.

Enjoy it..... it might not be around for too much longer.

[FCBurnley]

If watching Khawaja bat is classed as entertainment then I’m out

[equinox]

I've got a ticket for tomorrow. I fear it could be a couple of sessions of them building up a big lead then an hour of England swishing and wickets falling. All interspersed by thundery showers.

Hope I'm wrong but it seems that is the way it's going.

Don't go then.

[equinox]

If watching Khawaja bat is classed as entertainment then I’m out

How were you out, stumped?

[FCBurnley]

No. Run out ……. Of patience

[fatboy47]

It's another cracking game though, just hope England can at least scrape a draw so Old Trafford isn't completely dead.

You and me both quoon. Itll be a long trail up there for me if it's a dead game.

[TheFamilyCat]

In what way, based on the 2 and a half tests gone so far, has that SEEMED to be the way it's going? Every test has so far swung to and fro, one team on top, the other battling back to reassert - brilliance, drama, mistakes, skills - this series has had it all, with all 3 games so far very very tight.

It's test cricket at it's enthralling best, a story unwound over many sessions and many hours of toil.

Enjoy it..... it might not be around for too much longer.

Based on how easy they are making batting look at the moment. Based on us being a bowler short. Based on our most potent bowler in the first innings looking innocuous by comparison.

[dandeclaret]

If watching Khawaja bat is classed as entertainment then I’m out

If it's not the game for you, there's loads of other formats of cricket for you to enjoy.... crack on with it.

[dandeclaret]

Based on how easy they are making batting look at the moment. Based on us being a bowler short. Based on our most potent bowler in the first innings looking innocuous by comparison.

You could have saved all that text, and just typed Recency Bias.

[FCBurnley]

Anybody else dislike listening to Mel Jones stating the obvious. She is the commentating version of Khawaja

[dandeclaret]

Nope.... she's a decent part of the commentary team - better than Nick Knight, Butcher and Kevin Pietersen

[dandeclaret]

FFS - He really does keep in Cymbals

[Casper2]

Bairstow drops another

[FCBurnley]

And another chance goes down

[DAVETHEVICAR]

Lucky he is out now to Moeen

[FCBurnley]

Wow a catch by a Yorkie

[fatboy47]

Is there anyone who still thinks it's OK to play a pub wicketkeeper in a test team. Apart from the England selectors.?

[Casper2]

If it’s been so one sided all series how did one decision cost us the first test?

It didn’t help , that was the last test anyway .

You think it was a good idea ? ,you think playing golf instead of practice a good idea , or not playing your best keeper , or promoting a young lad up number 3 destroying his confidence instead of the experienced players stepping up , or the captain bowling 14 overs on the bounce in the last test and now can hardly walk , anything else .

[Bordeauxclaret]

It didn’t help , that was the last test anyway .

You think it was a good idea ? ,you think playing golf instead of practice a good idea , or not playing your best keeper , or promoting a young lad up number 3 destroying his confidence instead of the experienced players stepping up , or the captain bowling 14 overs on the bounce in the last test and now can hardly walk , anything else .

It was the first test but anyway.

I don’t think we’ve made all the right choices no.

The argument I’m making is that we can’t possibly be in a one sided series yet we only lost the first test because of an early declaration, which is what you said.

You can’t argue both are true if you want to be taken seriously.

Just relax a bit and stop being so reactionary to things that go wrong.

[wilks_bfc]

Good timing

Just sat down after work and Smith caught by Duckett from Ali

[Taffy on the wing]

Nope.... she's a decent part of the commentary team - better than Nick Knight, Butcher and Kevin Pietersen

ANYONE is better than Pietersen!

[Lancasterclaret]

Mental

That is essentially two Aussie batsmen doing England batsmen things

[Taffy on the wing]

Is there anyone who still thinks it's OK to play a pub wicketkeeper in a test team. Apart from the England selectors.?

He's been awful!.......that one was straightforward, i think he was trying to make it look better.

[dandeclaret]

Wonder how that recency bias view is looking now?

[equinox]

Maybe this England team hasn't quite got the individual talent of the Australians but if you put both teams knackers on a weighing scale, England's would weigh more.

[FCBurnley]

At least JB gave Smith some verbals on his way out.

[Taffy on the wing]

Nice floodlights at Headingley .......very creative.

[ClaretTony]

Nope.... she's a decent part of the commentary team - better than Nick Knight, Butcher and Kevin Pietersen

Pietersen is horrendous - as bad as I’ve heard

[FCBurnley]

Pietersen is horrendous - as bad as I’ve heard

Don’t disagree but only marginally worse than Jones

[ClaretTony]

Don’t disagree but only marginally worse than Jones

She’s fine, no issue with her at all.

[ClaretTony]

Four down - even the wicket keeper taking catches now.

Khawaja out for 43 and Aussies 90/4.

[dandeclaret]

That's the problem with this Ashes, it's too one sided. What's the point of taking 3 wickets in an hour with them barely scoring any runs ffs. I've got a ticket for tomorrow, and i'm worried that even with the intermittent rain, I might not get a full day's play.... or something like that.

[FCBurnley]

Thank goodness Mr Boring is gone

[ClaretTony]

Thank goodness Mr Boring is gone

It’s test cricket, not a t20 bash. He’s done really well for Australia.

[footballdiedin92]

Thank goodness Mr Boring is gone

Am I correct to assume that you enjoy the hundred and that you believe anything over 140 characters should be the reserve of archaic scholars

[equinox]

Am I correct to assume that you enjoy the hundred and that you believe anything over 140 characters should be the reserve of archaic scholars

He thinks/wants that every ball bowled by an Englishman should result in a wicked and every ball bowled by an Australian should be dispatched for six.

Nothing wrong with that.

[dougcollins]

If watching Khawaja bat is classed as entertainment then I’m out

Though it was amusing watching him avoid Wood's short deliveries.

[Casper2]

It was the first test but anyway.

I don’t think we’ve made all the right choices no.

The argument I’m making is that we can’t possibly be in a one sided series yet we only lost the first test because of an early declaration, which is what you said.

You can’t argue both are true if you want to be taken seriously.

Just relax a bit and stop being so reactionary to things that go wrong.

We lost the first test because Australia are better than us and helping them with the early declaration made no sense , just an ego thing from Stokes , much like bowling 14 overs on the bounce

[dougcollins]

It’s test cricket, not a t20 bash. He’s done really well for Australia.

Our side is definitely short of a Boycott.

[ClaretTony]

We lost the first test because Australia are better than us and helping them with the early declaration made no sense , just an ego thing from Stokes , much like bowling 14 overs on the bounce

We only lost the first test because they scored an unbeaten 54 for the 9th wicket when the game looked won.

We deserved to lose the second test but gave it a real go.

This test is right up there with them and this third day has been enthralling.