*Official* Third Test (Headingley, Leeds) 6–10 July

[halba]

#Bairflop. He's overweight and unfit after a long injury layoff .Looks more Ranatunga ,and far off a De Villiers who is the ideal athlete figure.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Haha. Awful dismissal. Pathetic from England.

 

[trundler]

Awful, awful shot. Gotta be better than that. Now I have a feeling that this series has been closer than it ought to be because England have been vastly fortunate with the conditions.

 

[Spikey]

Time for Stokes to floor it

 

[Gnske]

England: We have them right where we want them

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Basic Catches by Australians are Brilliant

87/5

9 years ago Mo scored 100 here Vs Sri lanka

So both Yorkshire hero gone!

 

[slowfinger]

i think this is really good batting from England, showing that they do indeed do more than just talk the talk

 

[RightArmMystery]

Anyone apart from Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have any faith in Moeen Ali here? I sure as hell don't.

 

[Heboric]

Bairstow hitting a class 4 there

Lovely that by Bairstow real quality

 

[chris.hinton]

I’ve had my pants down all this series

 

[Calm_profit]

Bring in Murphy to get Moeen

 

[halba]

Anyone apart from Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have any faith in Moeen Ali here? I sure as hell don't.

Nope. hes not a proper bat. Only Woakes really - to come. and thats it. Woakes batting average of 28.
#Bairflop - batting for the 'other' team - how many drop catches? Poor batting apart from 1INN only. Apart 1 INN/ 5 INN he has been poor.

 

[_Ed_]

That was a ballsy leave - didn't look like it missed off stump by much.

 

[straw man]

England: We have them right where we want them

Should declare and take the moral victory right now

 

[Whitefish]

Awful, awful shot. Gotta be better than that. Now I have a feeling that this series has been closer than it ought to be because England have been vastly fortunate with the conditions.

It is starting to look like that. After the first test it felt like the two teams were quite evenly matched, but I think we are seeing that Australia are just better than England in virtually every department. I am not sure this Ashes series will be remembered as a close-run thing by the time we get to the end of it.

 

[Burgey]

I’ve had my pants down all this series

Quoted because this is an ATG post regardless of context.

And I don’t want to know the context

 

[loterry1994]

Can we get Milhouse in to bowl to Moen

 

[Fuller Pilch]

So both Yorkshire hero gone!

And Brook last night

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Catches in Ashes

Ian Chappell 54
S. Smith 51*
G. Chappell 56

 

[Croadymeister]

Amazing the difference it can make when your slips don't drop catches at crucial times