They will go hard. a 40 ball 50 from Harry Brook will get them across the line I reckon
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Only one batsman needs a big 50 + Mike
Very ordinary batting though the Poms did get their lengths right.
Game on a knifes edge. 174 the highest total for the game.
Game on.
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Yes,you can,when Batsmen donāt put a big enough price on their Wickets,Mike!
I donāt care how poor people think the Wicket is.
Our 2 Innings were pretty much P*ss Poor!
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oh dear
this will be over in an hour
time for Renshaw to come in
maybe another batsman for Green too
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Two days tests in Perth and Melbourne.
Uzzie will have plenty to say about the Melbourne pitch.
I think he should keep his Trap Shut on that,plus anyone else who arks up about it!
If this was the MCG in 79/80,80/81 when it really was Atrocious with Cracks the size of the Grand Canyon,fair enough.
But itās nowhere near that now,so really Batsmen should Zip It and Put their Bl**dy heads down,more often than they do!
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Game over more like it, the Poms are coasting to victory!
Poor wickets in Perth and Melbourne have turned the whole series into a bit of a farce. Hopefully a decent wicket in Sydney will see a bit more of a contest between bat and ball.
Webster in for Green and Murphy for Richardson will probably be the go.
Renshaw should have been in for Test 1 mate instead of Weatherald & or Khawaja.
Hes in the form of his life pick him ffs!
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How come when wickets not covered, the tests lasted mostly 5 days?
That was test cricket, not what we are seeing now.
Feast for the bowlers, famine for the batsmenā¦thank fudge Auatralia won the first 2 dayer in Perthā¦could easily be 2-2 going into Sydneyā¦hopefully Richo can take a few after tea, so far he has looked the least threatening of all the bowlers across all innings.
Looks like Aust may have had too good a time in Adelaide with Head as their tour guideā¦going to be an interesting last sessionā¦
Hot of the press
A prominent sports adminstrator ,Melbourne based.
Has approched CA about a 50 over match Tommorow.At the Mcg
With 1 million dollars up for the winner
Like Melbourne 1971 the first 50 over match.After 3 days rain back in 71
England are cruising. Whats the point of playing a 50 over game with no purpose? Players wonāt be interested. Not their fault that the pitch is a piece of shit
Yes it Is!
So the Poms look like breaking their duck, well done to them, they finally realised how to bowl in Australia. I think after 3 warm up games (tests) they were cherry ripe for this one.
perfect timing from Bazz and Co ā¦
I think the Australian boys are still celebrating the real thing, the only thing that matters, but in this game they really are looking like the worst Australian team this century. Hopefully in Sydney, things return to something resembling normality.
Well done to England
got brushed aside a bit there
not sure why they picked Richardson and only gave him 9 overs
might have been better to play the extra bat
we needed to get another 100 runs and place pressure on that way
seen the replays of Khawaja & Green a few times
time to drop Green and retire Khawaja
play like that against SA and weāll get walloped
and that is the best team going
SA
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Cam certainly had a big chance to make good on his starts and unfortunately Failed to go on with it.
Today,he certainly didnāt have to spar at that ball that got him out,ā¦ā¦
The Green & Khawaja cheer squads have certainly gone quiet.
Pathetic soft dismissals both of them, whilst I have seen more than enough of Weatherald he is not a Test opener.
Those 3 should be dropped and Renshaw & Webster have to play in Sydney, the other spot should be one of Kuhnemann or Rocchiccioli, please not Murphy he is bloody ordinary!