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

[G. S. Kohli]

4th test XI(what id do)

Green
Khawaja
Labu
Smith
Head
Marsh
Carey
Neser
Starc
Cummins
Murphy (as its old trafford- spins)

Aus will win next test
Eng 171/6 yet won by 3 wkts but not twice Lucky.

 

[CartyDurham]

Sports better in the north

go on Woody my lad, next ashes series has zero games north of Birmingham iirc

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

This ongoing booing says a lot more about English crowds than it does about Cummins & co unfortunately

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

The Mark Wood story is just great also, I’m sure no one begrudges him being there with red ink at the end.

 

[ashley bach]

You gotta love Wood, always gives 100% and seems like a decent bloke.

 

[Burgey]

I reckon Mel Jones is unironically the best commentator on the team. The rest of those biased old toffee noses can **** off

She’s ****ing awesome. And she’s also a genuinely good egg with it. Been fortunate to meet her a couple of times when she’s visited the FFA in our building.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Green opens. Or Marnus and the rest move up, but I’d rather Green do it

You really think Australia will ask Green to open when they have two openers on the bench ? , Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw

 

[number11]

Another 50/50 chase where Pat Cummins disappeared when he was needed the most. It makes me wonder if Ambrose and Wasim deserve even more credit for defending <200 so often.

Those are 2 men assured a place on the high altar of fast bowling. Pat needs time to approach their stature.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Most successful 250+ chases at a venue
7 at MCG
6 at Headingley
4 at SCG
3 each at Kingsmead, Queen's Park Oval, Lord's, Edgbaston

Fewest balls to 1000 Test runs
1058 Harry Brook
1140 Colin de Grandhomme
1167 Tim Southee
1168 Ben Duckett


Fewest inngs to 1000 Test runs for England
12 Herbert Sutcliffe
16 Len Hutton
17 Gary Ballance/ Harry Brook
18 Wally Hammond
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[honestbharani]

Once Aus had Head, Eng had to get Wood to get even

 

[Spark]

You really think Australia will ask Green to open when they have two openers on the bench ? , Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw

Green is a better batsman than both. But it is very much squeezing him into the team.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

Lol Wood is such a down to earth northern country lad. Love it

WAG

 

[CartyDurham]

You gotta love Wood, always gives 100% and seems like a decent bloke.

I’ve met a lot of the Durham lads and they all are of a similar ilk

they are a great bunch after games for the kids with autographs, pictures and giving bits of kit away

 

[Aidan11]

Great win for us. The contest is still alive.

 

[Spark]

Will say though 3-0 would have been a grossly unfair reflection of the series, 2-1 is about right on the overall balance of play so far. Two matches which could have easily gone either way on small moments and one game where one team was pretty consistently ahead of the game.

 

[CartyDurham]

Great win for us. The contest is still alive.

I need a bucket hat

were sold out last time I went around CLS for Durham one

 

[ashley bach]

Australia would be stark raving mad if they don't go with Marsh again.

 

[Gob]

No way Warner is getting dropped

They could have won from the point where England needed 80 to win with 4 in hand but honestly the game was lost in the afternoon session on day 2. That was the day to bat

 

[CartyDurham]

Australia would be stark raving mad if they don't go with Marsh again.

Green or marsh or possibly both ?

 

[vicleggie]

Tubby, no one cares if you played tennis the other day and Brook’s sister was on the next court

If Warnie was there telling that anecdote, I'd be interested in hearing the end of it tbh