Son Of Coco
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Yeah, I'm slightly nervous about tomorrow morning. If it's sunny, and we fail to get the score we think we need, I will be pissed off.
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*Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July
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Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Ahh yes, the tail enders green and carey who average more then 2 of england's top 3 batters and stokes.
Nintendo
Cricketer Of The Year
Part of me really wants to see a Dehli sweepathon type colapse just for the shitshow it would cause.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Travis Head to take 5fer to bowl England out on day 5, you heard it here first.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Travis Head hits a Test 50? That's a daily reminder.
Matthew Wade out for a duck? That's a daily reminder.
Ton for Head? That's a daily reminder.
Matthew Wade out for a duck? That's a daily reminder.
Ton for Head? That's a daily reminder.
Ooooh you better believe that's a daily reminder.
Gob
International Coach
Yeah they aren't out of the woods yet. I think they dodged a bullet yesterday by not playing the last session as it could easily have been 5 down but as they say, always add two wickets to the total to see where they really are
Needs to bat well on what would be very good conditions
Son Of Coco
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Burgey
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Smith’s 3rd innings average is 44. He seems to properly tank in the fourth dig
i think aus will only get around 230 in the 2nd dig. there is a massive tail starting from no.6.
Leaves around 320 for the chase, should be pretty much on if Root gets a big score. No Lyon who would've been the key to defend that total.
Spark
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He's spoken at length that he really struggles to sleep properly during games. No surprise that he wouldn't have the mental sharpness by Day 4/5 if so.
i think its mainly the 1st innings he scores big so by 2nd innings theres not much required as the bowling attack has been generally good at mopping things up.
greatest 1st inn batter in modern history.
overall modern history- tendulkar or sanga for me. very close between those two imho.
if they do, eng will not win it.
"massive tail starting from 6" no. Green and Carey both average 35, more than two of england's dedicated batsmen in Crawley and Pope. If Australia only gets 230, England won't get close, they've shown a complete inability to deal with the Australian pace attack. Lyon missing is also partially compensated for by Smith and Head.
44 is a long way from bad.
Yeah we know England time is different when batting so declaring isn't going to bring any benefit. It would absolutely hilarious if England suddenly went all South Africa at Adelaide though.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
If I was in the Australia dressing room I would not even be contemplating the concept of declaring at all. Firstly no Lyon and then secondly this England team have well and truly nailed their colours to the mast in terms of being entirely draw averse, no matter what they are set recent history suggest they will have a dip at it anyway, no need whatsoever to try and speed up the game from an Australian viewpoint, give them a mountain and let try to make their way up Icelandic hillclimb style if they so desire
Prince EWS
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If anyone even dares bring an eclair to the dressing room, sacked for good.