England 4th test

10-2 after just one over!!!!

10-3!!!!!!!!

Wow!! I take it that's the Aussie's and not us?

15-4!

Ha ha. Supposed to be going to Alton Towers...

21-5!! WHAT A CATCH! Broad 4 wickets!

We can always go tomorrow...

29-6!!

We're off to Drayton Manor tomorrow, weathers shit today.

33-7!

46-8! They could be out here before lunch!!

50-9!!

8 minutes with no wicket now.. whats going on....?

Game is over in all reality.

60 all out. If England are still batting at the end of the day, the Ashes will be coming home...

Watch Eng go and get bowled out for 150 by the end of the day!!

Quite incredible morning session !
Even 150 would be a lead of 90 Blue but I'd be hoping for a lead of at least 200

I'm hoping Eng bat until tomorrow afternoon and score 400+ and have 3 days to bowl them out!!

Lyth shit again. Can't see him lasting beyond this series.

34-2!!

Going along nicely now. Cook and Root look like they are in good nick.

99-3 need 1 or 2 good partnerships now as report says wicket is going to be perfect for batting as weather forecast is for fine conditions. a 250- 300 lead will be enough I reckon.  Just need to get the head down & concentrate no rash stuff plenty of time.

Getting past 200 should be enough, but you never know.

175-3 now, with Root back to his glorious best, backed up by Bairstow. See tonight out with no more wickets (1 more max), and with the wicket drying out, we amass 400 very quickly tomorrow and get them in asap!

Why asap? I'd even bat into the 3rd day if possible. Let them start their 2nd innings with a deficit of 700+!

Nah, embarrass them into the ground. There's no way they can score 450+, we'd probably bowl them out again below 250-280.

They're done as a team. Clarke looks finished and clearly there are divides within the camp which isn't helping. Some of those shots they played today looked like they didn't want to be out there whatsoever.

Got to have been one of the best fielding performances I've seen in one innings today. The catches were sublime.

It has to be the perfect day. To be over 200 runs ahead with 6 wickets left is unbelievable. Bat as long as possible tomorrow. It would be amazing if everyone could score a few runs. Stokes and Buttler do need some runs and it would be superb to bat all day. It may be a little early, but Joe Root could get himself a daddy hundred. If he bats all day tomorrow, he'll be on 300 and on the brink of history. You don't get too many chances to create history, so they should go for it. Bat until tea on the 3rd day and declare when the score is 1,000!!!!!

When will England ever get a better chance to rub their noses in it?

113-1 Aus.

Wood was unlucky earlier - no ball, but Stokes has got Rogers and what another catch by Root!!

1st Cook dropping a sitter & then that no ball wicket. I thought this is gonna be a loooong day. A couple more before tea would be nice !

130-2....Warner gone!!

138-4 at tea.

More than I asked for   

Just get Clarke out early now and really rub it in!!

Well, he didn't last long!!! 175-5!

Don't think we're gonna get em all out by close of play but another 1 or 2 wickets would be good

224-6! Stokes.

2 more in the next 20 mins may mean an extra 30 mins, if the light holds!!

bastard light...1.40am time for bed then.......

worth the wait though, now the ashes are won. looking forward to the 5th test no pressure just rub salt into the wound.

Topdawg wrote:Why asap? I'd even bat into the 3rd day if possible. Let them start their 2nd innings with a deficit of 700+!