*Official* Fourth Test (Old Trafford, Manchester) 19-23 July

[mackembhoy]

Umpires call on impact surely?!

Was my initial thought too.

Thank the lord cos I hate umpires call.( I know why we have it and do need it at the same time)

 

[CartyDurham]

Yeah and that wasn't exactly ripping sideways on a bunsen. No idea where he's trying to play that ball

He just played down the wrong line. Mental error

 

[TimAngas]

Potential for barnstorming post-tea if these two survive.

 

[Spark]

He just played down the wrong line. Mental error

If he's trying to play it to mid on instead of square leg then he adjusts fine. Hard to hit the ball with 1/10th of a bat face

 

[CartyDurham]

47 overs in almost 4 hours is disgraceful

Take out about 30 mins for drinks breaks and getting that shiney bar thing sorted

 

[Aidan11]

Umpires have had a shocker today.

 

[CartyDurham]

If he's trying to play it to mid on instead of square leg then he adjusts fine. Hard to hit the ball with 1/10th of a bat face

Totally agreed. Just human error which he will resolve next time

 

[andruid]

Umpires have had a shocker today.

It was coming.

 

[CartyDurham]

The umpires again barring the blatantly obvious getting decisions wrong

been like that all series and if this has been in the 80s there would have been huge arguments over their performances

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Really frustrating that we can't just put the foot down. Too many starts, not enough big scores.

Both sides guilty of that all series.

 

[Molehill]

I suspect England will considerably make up their over rate after Tea, Moeen surely going to block up an end. Aus maybe regretting not having a spinner, especially if they do end up bowling last (rain may scupper that).

 

[Aidan11]

Oh that was close.

 

[andruid]

Now to see if Australia's extra batting depth will amount to anything.

 

[CartyDurham]

Oh that was close.

I’m on the move with sky go and it ain’t happened yet

have now and it was

 

[CartyDurham]

Now to see if Australia's extra batting depth will amount to anything.

Been a lot of collapses in this series so far but they need to bat to their averages here to get a decent total

 

[Burgey]

Ordinary call from Ponting saying Woakes is more of a swing bowler than Anderson. Rare sort of mischaracterisation by him

 

[Spark]

Both sides guilty of that all series.

Yeah, principal reason why I think this series has just lacked in quality somewhat. The great sides aren't as lenient as these two sides have been.

 

[mackembhoy]

I’m on the move with sky go and it ain’t happened yet

I've got sky go but use my IPTV as it's closer to the live play.

So bad that the dodgy method is better than the legit one.

My IPTV is £9 a year and sky free though, so got to make my money's worth haha

 

[CartyDurham]

Umpire got that one right

 

[CartyDurham]

I've got sky go but use my IPTV as it's closer to the live play.

So bad that the dodgy method is better than the legit one.

My IPTV is £9 a year and sky free though, so got to make my money's worth.

That’s a great deal.