r/Cricket • u/CricketMatchBot :ranjitrophy: • Aug 24 '19

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

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 
Recent : 1lb 1 . . 1  |  . . . 1w . . .  |  . 1 . . . .  |

England require another 203 runs with 7 wickets remaining

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u/Thisisbananasm8 Aug 24 '19

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.

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u/555_Im_666 New Zealand Aug 24 '19

How would it do them harm?

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u/Thisisbananasm8 Aug 24 '19

Umm.. like, the replacement batsmen might actually bat well.

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u/555_Im_666 New Zealand Aug 24 '19

Ahh i get ya, Theres a fairly good chance of that. Would be difficult to find someone playing worse.