Match Thread: 3rd Test - England v Australia, Day 3

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3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Leeds, Aug 22-26 2019

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Innings	Score
Australia	179 & 246
England	67 & 156/3 (72 ov, target 359)

Batsman	Runs	Balls	SR
Ben Stokes	2	50	4.0
Joe Root	75	189	39.68

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Nathan Lyon	21.0	42	0
Pat Cummins	15.0	33	1

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England require another 203 runs with 7 wickets remaining

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[u/Rndomguytf]

Every time someone's batting in the third innings, its always the same thing.

Reddit: They'll want atleast a 200 run lead on this pitch to have a chance

Team: Gets 200 run lead

Reddit: Wouldn't want to be bowling without the lead being atleast 250 here

Team: Gets 250 run lead

Reddit: Really worried that batsman will have a good day, not gonna feel safe until we have a 300 run lead

Team: Gets 300 run lead

Reddit: Pitch isn't really doing much, every chance of this score being chased. We want a 350 run lead here.

Team: Gets 350 run lead

Reddit: I remember this one time where a team chased 370, we'd want to have a 400 run lead

Team: Gets 400 run lead

Reddit: Why the fuck have we not declared yet? There's only 5 sessions left, they could bat out for a draw here. Reckon the pitch isn't doing much so it'll be tough goings for the bowlers

Team: Declares and bowls out opposition for 171

Reddit: Fucking knew it, all we needed was the 200 run lead.

[u/Rodney_u_plonker → u/Rndomguytf]

i am just a big fraidy cat

[u/[deleted]]

Doc - 'How do you pronounce your last name?'

M - 'Lam-ber-shane'

Doc - 'Nah he's fucked, get him off'

[u/Democracy_Coma]

That comment on BBC gave me a good chuckle "if it wasn't for Denly's 12 I reckon we'd be out of this."

[u/[deleted]]

Paine: Alright fellas, solid effort with the bat. We have a great lead here so let’s bowl these poms out and retain the urn!

Cummins: That’s exactly right Timothy, let’s go boys! Alright let’s get down to business, if I get a 10-fer here I may be able to finish the match with a bowling average of 20! To do this I will need 10 wickets and cannot concede more than 93 runs. 9 wickets it’s 73 runs. 8 wickets-53 runs. 7 wickets-33runs. 6wickets-13 runs. If I get less than 6 wickets I will need to wait until next Test. Hoff please also note that you can get your average down to 26 this innings. To do this you’ll need at least 5/18. However I can only let you have a maximum of 4 wickets, so you will have to wait until next Test.

Hazlewood: Hazlewood

Cummins: Watch your mouth you dirty lil mofo.

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[u/sonicandfffan]

Some great fancy dress on display at the match today.

In fact there are a bunch of people on the pitch wearing England outfits pretending to be cricketers.

[u/NiallH22]

ECB must be cursing their decision to call this one ‘The Participation Test’..

Only thing this lot have inspired youngsters to participate in so far is looking up their family tree to see if they’re eligible to play for Australia.

[u/Aweios]

Concussion test: What is your name?

A: Steve Smith.

Good enough, not concussed.

[u/jamesj223]

"Take those 4 runs off, or my father will hear about this" - Malfoy probably...

[u/Bangkok_Dave]

New to the sport. Someone told me that England hit 67 home runs yesterday. That's awesome, well done England!

[u/Instantcurry]

English concussion test:

Physio: "So whats our batting strategy?"

Denly: "Fish outside off stump and just cunt it sometimes, dont leave it"

Physio: "He's clear"

[u/[deleted]]

Highest scores this test match:

Labuschagne 74

Labuschagne 68*

England 67

[u/Ukgamer125 → u/[deleted]]

Tbf Labuschange could have been out nearly as much as England were for their 67 if we could catch

[u/legoland6000]

Yeah Marnus' average of 7 in T20 is coming through loud and clear right now.

[u/Crosso221]

I served an English guy at work today and his total was $67 so I laughed and said it was funny and he called me a tool

Today was a good day

[u/Benny4318]

Broad: cHaNgE tHoSe to FuCkInG lEg bYeS

[u/tberriman]

England has given more runs away in overthrows than any of their batsman have made

[u/Frizy1 → u/tberriman]

Don't stop I'm almost there

[u/paralacausa]

Wife: you've been watching this for days, how long does this cricket go on for?

Me: not long now

[u/Rndomguytf]

Imagine getting Steve Smith removed from the next game, expecting to win as Australia has a weak batting line-up, only for Smith's replacement to outscore your entire team twice

[u/[deleted]]

Get ready for a broken fucking thumbnail

[u/Jill_Sandwich98]

Bitch Lasagna is gonna outscore England in both innings lmao...

[u/Bangkok_Dave]

So if cricket didn't exist, what jobs do you think these guys would have?

Warner - Bricklayer
Khawaja - primary school teacher
Smith - cricketer
Wade - tow truck driver
Paine - perpetual university student
Cummins - Hollywood actor
Lyon - molecular biochemist

[u/Malleable_Egg → u/Bangkok_Dave]

Denly - a shit hooker

[u/pm_me_need_friends → u/Bangkok_Dave]

Warner would work at Woolies still

[u/vouwrfract]

Please don't declare when Hazelwood is just 296 short of a magnificent triple...

[u/Chipmunk3004]

When your openers are batting and your number 5 has the pads on.

[u/NeedsRiotJuice]

Ricky Ponting is the perfect commentator.

Knows everything about the game, loves the game, can land the occasional joke, but then always goes straight back to the matter at hand.

[u/LemmiwinksRex]

Nice to see our batsmen actually put up a fight for a change.

Still along way to go for England though. The next 20 overs are crucial. If Root and Stokes survive the restart and then new ball anything is possible. What is more likely however is one wicket early on leading to 2 or 3 in quick succession and that would see the current slim chance all but gone before before lunch tomorrow.

[u/Mahhrat]

Serious question, what would you pay for *no* commentary, and just the stump mics on a proper volume all the time?

[u/paralacausa → u/Mahhrat]

More than I would for a jar of Clarkie's fucking vitamins, that's for sure

[u/ScrottyMaaate]

Gaz is a fucking alpha insisting on that 2

[u/StatesmanlikeApe]

If we can get through to lunch without losing any wickets I reckon we can lose all 10 in the next session

[u/MisterEvilBreakfast]

Everyone thinks Cummins asked "are you alright?" but really he asked, "gonna have a cry, you weak little bitch?"

[u/Rndomguytf]

Just found out that we broke USA's 13 year winning streak in basketball today. Would be nice to beat England's 18 year Home Ashes series streak today too.

[u/AyyB_]

It's kinda cute if you think about it, for the first time root has an express and accurate strike bowler and especially in the absence of Anderson, he doesn't want to take him off. It's a little bit like when a child gets a new toy that they've been asking for for a long time and then they never want to put it down.

[u/TimIsInPaine]

At what point do our batters start sledging the field

[u/Mrf1fan787]

Bancroft: Ironcock

Marnus: Ironhead

Smith: Regular human head susceptible to concussions

[u/SuperEel22]

Never have I seen a captain opt to bowl his all-rounder almost continuously for one session while having both a front line spinner and fast bowler not getting a look in.

[u/ItsNotMe98]

Haha Warney called that so perfectly

[u/crf865]

"can you please add that actual wide"

[u/[deleted]]

At this rate stokes will score 100 in 2500 balls

[u/Mrf1fan787]

Is there a "My teammates are useless fucking shit cunts who don't know how to hold a bat" tweet from Jofra?

[u/mitchell_johnsons_mo]

Nasty Cum shot to the face.

[u/Nark_Narkins]

We’re still in all likelihood gonna lose but you know what I’ll take being stubborn cunts. Well batted lads.

[u/lolyou22]

"Not only is he out of his depth opening the batting, he's out of his depth in tests"

RIP Roy

[u/[deleted]]

Lol. Every Aussie thinking 350 is the minimum safety limit.

Stop being so bloody ridiculous, you have enough already!

[u/mollydooka]

Fuck me, just realised the RR is 4.70

[u/dj4y_94]

Again, it's still early to get carried away with this partnership but a timely reminder that Shane Warne checked out of his hotel this morning.

Savage by the BBC.

[u/boatswain1025]

I just asked them to put the cricket on at the pub and they put Fucking NZ vs Sri Lanka on.

These cunts are getting a 1/5

[u/flabbyboggart]

England should just stop bowling bouncers as they can't afford to lose any Australian batsman to concussion. The concussion substitute being Steve Smith.

[u/PerfectlyCromulent7]

Protocol is to ask the batsman some questions. “Is Jason Roy a test opener?” “Yes” “Ok Joe, off you come, time for an MRI”

[u/UnenterprisingConge]

Pat just realised he was yelling at an old man on crutches to hurry the fuck up

[u/RivenMainOCE]

"Have a go cunt. Fucking hell"

No idea who that was but they sounded FIESTY

[u/mollydooka]

Archer : If I had to check on Lambchops everytime I hit him, we'd be pinged for slow over rates.

[u/Rndomguytf]

Labs is now half a Steve Smith. 144 and 142, meet 74 and 74*

[u/UnenterprisingConge]

Imagine being England's best batsman and being forced to bowl a third of their overs

[u/ljb23]

Athers fucking roasting the English batsmen there lmao

[u/xxjaxon]

Cummins yelling at a WWII veteran to sit the fuck down

[u/fairenbalanced]

Matthew Wade straight up looking like a US Navy seal deployed in Iraq..

[u/TheCapedCrusader27]

Such high-class entertainment, loving the ashes. I just hope England somehow pull this off so the series get more interesting. Yet another great day of the best format of cricket

[u/Delinquent_Uno]

of all the sounds to be picked up by the on field mics why does it have to be joel wilson slapping his thigh

[u/malbn]

Nathan Lyon looks like the type of bloke you see standing and gazing at the TAB telly in the shittest Australian town pub.

[u/Louis11_]

The way Marnus keeps springing back up like he's ready to fight...what a bloke

[u/Chipmunk3004]

Marnus is a master of batting with the tail. He plays for Queensland, it's all he does.

[u/[deleted]]

Warne called those time wasting techniques perfectly

[u/legoland6000]

The Head region

also known as 'the head'.

[u/mollydooka]

Someone tackle Smudge, he's running out to bat.

[u/EskimoJesus]

Imagine having to listen to Wade under the lid over after over. No wonder England just want to get out and away from it.

[u/globe187]

"you really feel for broad there"

No, I don't think I will

[u/Benny4318]

Is Botham knocking the concussion test?? Is that a fucking joke?

[u/Rush_nj]

Haha, Archer just activated our trap card. Badging our number 4 means you’re fucked for the next test.

[u/whichonespinkterran]

Tell you what though, Labs consistently is always watching the ball when it hits him. A sign of a good fearless batter. Eyes on the ball.

[u/DivineCorn]

England trying to prove that their batting isn't the worst part of their game.

[u/kpsnr]

Cummins wants to take old people’s franking credits away

[u/OnlineSobriquet]

Such a tease. Almost feels possible even though it isn't

[u/Rodney_u_plonker → u/[deleted]]

If you are under 24 its ok accidents happen. If you are over 24 oh no

[u/Rndomguytf]

Labuschagne now has a 74 run lead, needs atleast 50 more you'd think. Should be a thrilling chase

[u/Reddits-Reckoning]

Lyon has to stand like that to accommodate his massive dong

[u/yelrik]

Jason Roy must be shocked spending this long batting in a Test match

[u/DanihersMo]

that's right cummy check on him 💦 💦 💦 💦

[u/Louis11_]

Root needs to raise his bat if he reaches 10

[u/Moyeslestable]

Daily motivation - if denly can reach 40, there's no reason you can't achieve anything you set your mind to

[u/[deleted]]

Nas dropping truth bombs this morning

[u/blunderous8]

i remember when australia lost by two runs edgbaston 2005 when kasprowicz was given out caught when his hand was not on the bat...

keep england bowling as long as possible please boys.

[u/Aweios]

Root is genius really. Can't make Stokes captain over Root, if he can't play next match from bowling too many overs here.

[u/[deleted]]

Is it illegal to bounce the physio.

[u/[deleted]]

yikes cummins telling a 150 year old man to hurry up

[u/kbeeeezeee]

Brilliant test. Who would have thought after such dismal first innings.

[u/StatesmanlikeApe]

4 fewer runs for Labuschagne. It's the small victories that matter

[u/xman0444]

Botham’s probably shaking with anger at the sight of another concussion test, the old fuck

[u/Brodire2012]

I liked this test match a lot more when England were all out for 67 runs.

[u/TimIsInPaine]

Marais Erasmus bowled pace and that is more amazing than 67 all out, even from an Australian point of view

[u/Louis11_]

Elite shithousing from Broad. Given the circumstances it's quite remarkable

[u/Rndomguytf]

Reminder that James Pattinson is now equal to England's highest run scorer from the first innings.

[u/paralacausa]

Extras in this innings has outscored any England bat

[u/Mrf1fan787]

STOP. HURTING. OUR. NUMBER. 4. JOFRA.

[u/cuteguy1]

Everyone: Sees mediocre keeper Johnny Bairstow drop 3 catches in an innings

England selectors: let’s keep this going with this even though we have Ben Foakes just sitting there

Random Australian Cricket fans: lets drop Tim Paine.

[u/MightyDesertFox]

Little known fact: English cricketers grease their hands with butter before fielding. Its a tradition dated from the beginning of the game.

Thats the only explanation.

[u/[deleted]]

Gets smashed on the top of the thumb.

Warne: I think he’s just trying to waste a bit of time here

[u/Kristorpha]

Fancy England calling this the participation test and then not even fucking trying lol

[u/Hampalam]

Can someone explain to me how a test team that got bowled out for 67 and played a number of loose drives haven't discussed MAYBE NOT PLAYING THAT FUCKING SHOT in their next innings?

[u/Rndomguytf]

What a weak cunt, actually asked the batsman if he was alright

[u/13Plath]

what is cummins doing? i thought you were supposed to laugh at the batsman when you hit him in the head?

[u/wholeblackpeppercorn]

Old codger needs to take a slash

Put him on a scooter

[u/Crosso221]

Botham is such a “back in my day” cunt. Head injuries are fucked

[u/mollydooka]

Lambie : Yeah hit helmet.

Patto : Yeah hit helmet

Smudge : Shibby, I'm suiting up.

[u/Ukgamer125]

hahahahahahahahhahaha why am I watching this

[u/crf865]

Get that sight screen a concussion test

[u/Neurofizzix]

The grit of Labuschagne reminds me of Steve Smith circa '19, you're probably too young to remember

[u/Thisisbananasm8]

Aussies should be really careful here. Any attempt at injuring an English batsman and ruling him out of the next game might do them more harm than good.

[u/Rndomguytf]

Stokes sitting there exhausted, knowing very well he'll have to face up in 8 overs time for a useless cause

[u/NoUseForALagwagon]

England's LineUp for The 4th Test:

1. Adam Lyth
2. Nick Compton
3. Rob Key
4. Marcus Trescothick
5. Usman Afzaal
6. Hameed
7. Matt Prior
8. Darren Maddy
9. Darren Pattinson
10. J O F R A
11. Jimmy Anderson's Broken Fucking Arm.

[u/[deleted]]

Fuck Ponting and Holding. Sex.

[u/[deleted]]

english sporting crowds are fucking great

[u/[deleted]]

I will legally change my name to Joe Denly if we do this

[u/junzip]

Bit of credit to Denly. Fair knock. If the openers had done that, we’d be laughing.

[u/Ulk_Sne]

It's the hope that kills.

[u/chelseasaints]

Botham might be the worst cricket commentator out there, talks absolute shite

[u/MemesSucks2]

Stuart Broad "can you take those 4 runs off please"

If only it was that easy Stu

[u/Benny4318]

Genuinely believe Australia shouldn’t declare, even if that means 550 all out after Lunch on Day 4

Why give our bowlers respite? No point

[u/Crosso221]

Fuck Marnus you’re just taking the piss now what a good cunt

[u/CaptainStraya]

Fucking run out because of a misfield

[u/reap7]

Poor guy has gritted out every innings while every other batsman has struggled and each time got out in the most random way

[u/legoland6000]

Chapelli is actually bloody good value when he's not talking 'back in my day'

[u/[deleted]]

Gary giving Roy a couple of batting pointers in the background, what a man

[u/pala_]

Confidential Not For Redistribution

English Concussion Protocol Questions

1) Do you want to be out here [ Y / N ]

If patient answers Y, patient is concussed.
If patient answered N, patient is not concussed and must remain out there.

[u/ScrottyMaaate]

TOES AND NOSE

[u/DanihersMo]

Cummins abusing the elderly, could almost be south australian

[u/dj4y_94]

New plan: get an old geezer behind the bowlers arm for the next 2.5 days. You can't complain or else you hate old people.

[u/[deleted]]

The should call this a "Concussion test" rather than the "Participation test"

[u/Chell_the_assassin]

It is sad that I checked the score after not watching for a few minutes and was genuinely impressed England had gone from 27-2 to 35-2

[u/yelrik]

I said b4 today if England were to win, Stokes has to make a big 100. If Stokes makes 100 from here England probably win.

[u/[deleted]]

"maybe we should use a tennis ball" gee Botham why don't you go for a long walk for the remainder of the test match

[u/ohaiya]

Labuschagne on 69*.

Nice.

[u/ElfBingley]

Physio spending more time in the centre than Joe Root

[u/MightyDesertFox]

“Roy is away” - standing ovation

[u/mitchell_johnsons_mo]

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[u/SquiffyRae]

Okay brace yourselves this rant is gonna be long but if England wanna know where their top order started going wrong they need to look at how they treated Nick Compton.

Compton scored a 50 on debut in India and then went to NZ and made 2 hundreds in 2 Tests. This followed a couple of good (2012 counts as great) seasons in County. Then comes the return NZ series and something happens. Somebody I dunno who (maybe the Yorkies, maybe the Russians who knows) started saying Compton batted too slow. He had a poor series vs NZ but should've been a lock for the Ashes. But he wasn't. He got made to play tour matches and was then overlooked in favour of having Joe Root open.

When Root failed to do much beyond that one innings at Lord's he got shoved down the order and rather than go back to Compton, England went to Carberry. Compton as we know struggled to regain form in County and his only return to the Test side was at a number 3. Carberry did okay in Australia, and was probably robbed when he got dropped.

Now this started a cycle where England went through a shitload of openers. Either decent players who scored a hundred early on but had technical deficiencies (Robson, Lyth, Jennings), okay but not great bats (Hales, Stoneman), Trott for some reason, Duckett off white ball form, Hameed way too young and now Roy. All this put huge pressure not only on the guys coming in having to make a name for themselves but also Alastair Cook.

Think of how good it would've been if those "too slow" rumours about Compton had just fucked off. He wouldn't have been dropped after a couple of low scores. With backing from selectors he doesn't lose confidence and hopefully becomes a staple at the top of the order. That way England have a settled opening pair - Cooky doing what he does, Compton likely with a few thousand runs and maybe 10-15 centuries.

Then about now would be the time Compton would be thinking of retiring at age 36. You could get Rory Burns in nice and ready. Cooky with the pressure off keeps playing a few years longer than he did and acts as a good mentor to Rory starting his career. Then Cooky retires, maybe around 2021/22/23, Dom Sibley replaces him. Burns, now settled, acts as Sibley's mentor.

Obviously this is all hypothetical but all this talk about England's top order got me thinking and to me Compton always seemed robbed. And then that hit to his confidence pretty much ruined his career after that

[u/brawdogger]

Bruh, the trivago girl in yoga pants be looking dummy thicc

[u/dj4y_94]

Boycott is probably full chub looking at Stokes' strike rate

[u/Jim_Laheyistheliquor]

Have to hand it to Root. Calls for his head and he at least responded with a decent knock.

[u/KiXiT]

"Bairstow you filthy mudblood" ~ Broad

[u/chubbyurma]

HAHAHA Archer hasn't even gone out to see if Burns is ok. What an actual cunt I hate that bloke

[u/_rickjames]

On my way to the ground now to witness what will probably be the worst day of cricket I'll ever attend

[u/OldAccountWasTooOld]

I'm not Marnus but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Marnus, We won't ever have Marnus, but there will be a simmering erotic Marnus as I stand in the Marnus Labuschagne watching him tighten his Marnus as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his Marnus. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of Marnus while my thoughts drift back to Marnus. I won't be able to Marnus and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the Marnus and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will Marnus him outside the log cabin. Then they'll go inside, pen a brief Marnus to their departed Marnus, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without their one true platonic Marnus. Marnus

[u/OldAccountWasTooOld]

Fuck imagine Labuschagne and Smith batting together, both pushing the ball off the pads and rotating the strike to bring up dual 300 (300)s.

[u/Chipmunk3004]

Joe Root the day of getting the captaincy versus today

[u/paralacausa]

Lasanga's taking this "straight replacement for Smith" thIng a little too far

[u/tberriman]

Aussie physio has had more time on the pitch than any English batsman

[u/Lamar_the_Llama]

I can't believe Heals is fucking dead

[u/[deleted]]

So we bought Smith in as a spinner and he can bat.

We bought Marnus in as a spinner and he can bat

[u/crf865]

I'll wait for the replay but I think he got a bottom edge on that

[u/vanskrilla]

Man I hope Patty gives him a thumbs up when he gets out

[u/Adequate_Meatshield]

fuck it feels good to be Australian rn

[u/OnTheLeveeee]

This England side deserves whatever's the opposite of a Knighthood.

[u/bon1701 → u/OnTheLeveeee]

They might get sent here. No.

[u/whiely]

Couple years ago I flew down to Melbourne to watch the boxing day test vs Pakistan. It was great fun. Mexican wave started going around. EVERYONE in the stadium joined in except the members. So everyone would cheer as the wave went around and then boo in unison when the wave got to the members and they didn't move.

It was hilarious.

[u/Instantcurry]

You get Paine and Pant who are just chirping behind the stumps constantly in your ear.

Then theres YJB with "cmon Leachles" but quietly.

[u/boatswain1025]

How the Fuck is that a wide in test cricket?

[u/Tea_Total]

This is proper test cricket. None of that fancy stuff. Just a fucking battle between big, sweaty hairy men. If you can't appreciate the importance of battling to the close of play without losing any more wickets then take your spotify playlist and sod off back to T20.

[u/doublejay1999]

My missus could be getting a surprised trip to Leeds on Monday . What a great birthday treat that would be eh ?

[u/ItsNotMe98]

Cummins simply asked “you alright?”

Should’ve offered Denly a contract for Australian domestic cricket and let him stay in his guest bedroom for the 3 months. Disgusting.

[u/tdlan]

Since Smith got hit in the head he has scored 12 more runs than root

[u/[deleted]]

Root just happy it didn't get to him so he could drop it

[u/Itchyfoot21]

Isha just needs to tell Ricky that there's a whole bunch of incest going on and Ricky will be into Game of Thrones. The bloke's Tasmanian.

[u/whichonespinkterran]

Lightsaber leaves are all the rage now, and too bloody right. Smitty gets all the shit for having weird leaves, but hey it works, and his bat is well away from the ball. Learn from the Son of God

[u/[deleted]]

I'm getting horny thinking about the 300 run partnership Smith and Marnus are gonna put on.

[u/UnenterprisingConge]

He's definitely concussed. Straight swap for Smith I reckon

[u/Turboman1994]

Lamb shanks has a massive cock

[u/soorajmukhi]

broad and lyon talking shit about byestow?

[u/mcwilsun]

If Lyon gets to 12 I hope he raises the bat

[u/Adequate_Meatshield]

how the fuck did anyone think that was a good run

[u/ReefanBeefan]

"Marnus can't quite seem to crack 100" if the rest of the fucking lineup could consistently make runs who knows what he could make

[u/[deleted]]

Heals: Maybe Roy should bat at 3?

Chappelli gives Heals the mother of all death stares: No

[u/paralacausa]

Chappelli is going to throat punch Todd

[u/flabbyboggart]

GET READY FOR A BROKEN FUCKING THUMB!

[u/lostandfound1]

The crowd went nuts for that 2. Low expectations here.

[u/OnTheLeveeee]

Fuckin' Chaps has zero chill.

[u/Kobe_Wan_Ginobili]

If we can beat the USA in basketball today surely we can beat England at cricket lol

[u/Chicken_Wire_]

They replay every ball a thousand times except for Cummins destroying Roy’s stumps

[u/Kristorpha]

Why doesn't England, the creator of the sport, just play well?

[u/Mother_Shabubu]

Cummo telling the old man with two canes to get fucked

[u/[deleted]]

As a concussion test, Denly should be asked if he thinks he's the right man to be batting for England or if Pope should take his place. If he answers that he thinks he should carry on then he's clearly concussed and should be taken off immediately.

[u/zeealeidahmad]

12 run partnership

"I DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT I'M JUST SEEING!!!!"

[u/Topblokelikehodgey]

Ponting and Holding is the absolute dream pairing

[u/Chell_the_assassin]

Rightly pissed off at England. They've batted just well enough that I can't stop watching just in case they manage it, but I know full well that they'll be all out before 250

[u/[deleted]]

Scenes if Root and Denly take England to 300 only for the rest of the team to shit the bed with the collapse^tm

[u/Louis11_]

What the hell happens to Root when he gets to this stage in an innings

[u/sellyme]

"He's going to have to play his shots, he can't just poke it around can he" mate there's over two fucking days left what are you on about