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

[Spark]

Incidentally - it was back of length and wide of off stump...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Fair play that is one of the great ashes innings from a player who is rocks or diamonds. Flukey in his first 50 but sublime after.

 

[Whistler]

Nice Crawley, well played lad. Now time to bring in an attacking batsman.

 

[Silver Silva]

Green doesn't bowl enough really.

 

[Kirkut]

Bloke needs a long long break

Also needs to step down for his own good

This

 

[Spark]

Brook to cash in or go cheaply?

Isn't his record when in cash in mode utterly terrifying?

 

[91Jmay]

Green vindicating selection

 

[ajdude]

Bloke needs a long long break

Also needs to step down for his own good

ideally he steps down before the WC but that won't happen

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Incidentally - it was back of length and wide of off stump...

Odds on Aus taking note of this for the rest of the series?

 

[Spark]

Green vindicating selection

Should honestly take a leaf or two out of Crawley's book with the bat, mentality wise

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Isn't his record when in cash in mode utterly terrifying?

Well the Jessop ton might be in danger if he lasts 20 balls.

 

[Aidan11]

This may not be as exciting now.

 

[Spark]

ideally he steps down before the WC but that won't happen

Oh god I just remembered we made him ODI captain too ffs. I guess that's not as bad though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Odds on Aus taking note of this for the rest of the series?

Anyone does it. Aussies didn't lol

 

[Kirkut]

Crawley take a bow

Superb innings, but lot of inside edges and nicks going through slips.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Oh god I just remembered we made him ODI captain too ffs. I guess that's not as bad though.

World cup coming. Can give up after it

 

[Daemon]

Aus lost this Test by selecting only 3 bowlers and no frontline spinner.

They’ve only bowled 50 overs, you’d have a point if they’d been in the field for a day or two. 3 bowlers and 2 all rounders should be able to handle this much. In all likelihood Murphy would not have somehow saved this abject performance.

Selection isn’t the problem here, they’ve just been junk.

 

[loterry1994]

They can still pick up wickets and slow the rate

 

[Spark]

Odds on Aus taking note of this for the rest of the series?

Big ask for them to notice something that the rest of us took about ten overs in this series to complain about

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Great innings by Crawley.

Not often we’ve said that recently. Well done, Zac. Keep it up!