4th Test at Old Trafford, Manchester

[Lillian Thomson]

Not out. Wade getting ready to review before the decision was a major hint.

 

[Pothas]

Depends what Australia set, I'd be interested to see them perhaps look at setting 370 with about 100 overs to get them, if the ghost of Headingley wasn't so close behind this might happen but I'd say Aus will look to bat England out of the game tonight and hope to run through them on day 5 like in the first test

Yeah this Test is so much more Edgbaston than it is Headingley.

 

[Maximas]

Would have been advanced tactics from Wade had he hit that and feigned the DRS review to try and put England off reviewing themselves

 

[Burgey]

Why do people assume every spike of noise is automatically from the bat or glove? Was miles way

 

[Spark]

Broad

 

[wpdavid]

Plus I presume Broard and Archer will bowl again straight or soon after tea. Not easy to score off them

You really would have thought so, but apparently our genius of a captain knew better.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Depends what Australia set, I'd be interested to see them perhaps look at setting 370 with about 100 overs to get them, if the ghost of Headingley wasn't so close behind this might happen but I'd say Aus will look to bat England out of the game tonight and hope to run through them on day 5 like in the first test

If I was an Aus fan, I'd want them to wrap up the Ashes here. They don't want this to go down to a decider; just a hunch, but something about how the summer has played out for Eng would make me wary of a playoff.

 

[Maximas]

Yeah this Test is so much more Edgbaston than it is Headingley.

Key indicator being that the conditions are getting harder to bat, whereas at Leeds it was easiest to bat when Stokes was hammering them home

 

[vcs]

Would have been advanced tactics from Wade had he hit that and feigned the DRS review to try and put England off reviewing themselves

Yeah it's a very admirable level of skulduggery haha. I'd like to believe it.

 

[Compton]

Smith’s a ***y **** with the bat.

 

[Spark]

If I was an Aus fan, I'd want them to wrap up the Ashes here. They don't want this to go down to a decider; just a hunch, but something about how the summer has played out for Eng would make me wary of a playoff.

Yeah I'm in this boat. When you're away, when you get a chance, you must take it.

 

[Burgey]

Smith isn’t just playing a different game, he’s on a different planet to every other player

 

[vcs]

Glorious

 

[OverratedSanity]

I was told he doesnt play cover drives

 

[mr_mister]

More than just a batsman
He was something like a tide
More than just one man
He was half the side

 

[Spikey]

Bit worried Smith won't have time to ton up

 

[Maximas]

Yeah I'm in this boat. When you're away, when you get a chance, you must take it.

Paine will be aware that two Headingley events in a row under his watch will define his career and be looked back on as a dreadful failure all round. It shouldn't happen because of the conditions making batting difficult but it will be in the back of his mind for sure, for better or worse

 

[Anil]

difficult to recall a worse aussie batting lineup (outside of one obvious exception of course)...even the dark rebuilding period under border was better than this, i think...

 

[Spark]

Well that's imperious

 

[Burgey]

Welcome back to the crease, Jofra.