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

[mackembhoy]

The covers used in co certs (assuming your talking about something like ArmourDeck) takes a crew of 25 approx 6 hours to cover a football pitch, needs underlays of fabric to protect the grass rolled out first, and the takes that same 25 man crew about 7 hours to pick up again.

So I'd respectfully suggest the concert style coverings are not the way.

I'm going off a local to Old Trafford and what he says they use for concerts.

I've also seen what they use at Durham and is more akin to the covers on the square.

I'm fully aware of what they use at football stadia to protect the pitch.

 

[CartyDurham]

Potential start at 1pm according to the commentary on the Flashscore app

 

[Aidan11]

Raining. Hover cover going back on.

 

[Spark]

If that huge band of rain to the north starts heading south then everyone might as well go home

 

[Spikey]

don't know how some people expect australia to go out there without a lunch. inhumane

 

[RightArmMystery]

Brilliant. Raining again. Not gonna happen today I don’t reckon.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The covers used in co certs (assuming your talking about something like ArmourDeck) takes a crew of 25 approx 6 hours to cover a football pitch, needs underlays of fabric to protect the grass rolled out first, and the takes that same 25 man crew about 7 hours to pick up again.

So I'd respectfully suggest the concert style coverings are not the way.

I'd respectfully disagree. 7 hours to get the covers off sounds ideal in our current situation.

 

[slippy888]

They should cover the whole ground like they do in Sri Lanka

 

[Croadymeister]

That loss at Edgbaston has really cost us

 

[slippy888]

Mitchell Marsh blocking basically saved Australia the ashes urn you would have never think he could do this like 3 years ago when he looked done as a cricketer

 

[Prince EWS]

what if the food wasn't ready

#immovablefeast

 

[loterry1994]

Mitchell Marsh blocking basically saved Australia the ashes urn you would have never think he could do this like 3 years ago when he looked done as a cricketer

A lot of credit goes to him he played that situation perfect. Didn’t score much but chewed up a lot of balls and rotated the strike enough and Marnus done most the scoring to get over 100 runs that session. Took away his cover drives and pull shots to reduce the risk of getting out.

 

[slippy888]

Draw is 1/16 odds now, you could get 1/3 odds in the morning this is done guys let Australia celebrate on the pitch asap

 

[halba]

Complete wash out day. there ya go. thats a huge result for aus- considering they were totally gone in the match...
they have a chance for some improvement in the 5th test- i imagine as its a draw- the only change will be Murphy for Green. Considering Haze is now rested enough with the rain, doesnt have to bowl 2nd inn and he got 5 wickets in this game, so you cant drop Hazlewood anymore. Starc auto plays as he is a wicket taking bowler and left armed.

Bad luck for Neser- he did not impress enough in his County appearances - bowling wise- to get a game. Too average and medium pace which is not what the selector's want

Cummins has some rest to hopefully rectify his sins in this game lol- and get a better surface for the 5th test.

Warner did just enough to keep his spot.

 

[Croadymeister]

Damn it there's no rain in the Midlands,ironically the place where we threw away these ones

 

[mackembhoy]

They should cover the whole ground like they do in Sri Lanka

Make slippy head of the ECB

 

[slippy888]

England fans cant really complain guys remember 2005 ashes 5th test oval when over 150 overs where lost to bad weather

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

England didn't score fast enough imo, cost them the match in the end.

 

[Prince EWS]

It never suns in England in July.

 

[slippy888]

England didn't score fast enough imo, cost them the match in the end.

Maybe should have declared around 550