4th Ashes Test England v Australia July 19-23 1930hrs @ Old Trafford

[LukeParkerno1]

England absolutely cooked their declaration. Gave us a get out of jail free card there. Really bizarre.

Yep. The cooked it then. Should have declared an hr earlier at least

 

[kenneje]

the replies here are hilarious

You can suck my pyrrhic Piers, you phone tapping campaigner.

 

[tigland]

So it was the Bairstow 50 that made this a draw?

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

Saved by the rain it looks like.

Saved by winning the first two tests* looks like

 

[cats_09]

 

[grumbleguts]

Something tells me if it was England who won the first two Tests & it was Australia coming back from behind, desperate to win this Test to go to a decider, you'd be singing a different tune.

He would if he knew what a tune was.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

What a successful day.

 

[Coasters7]

Are we close to being done?

Forecast is worse for the last session. If they don’t get on before tea I can’t see them getting it dry enough to go back on and regardless it’ll probably be too dark by then anyway

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

So it was the Bairstow 50 that made this a draw?

No had they declared immediately after lunch they would of been 170 or so ahead.

They would of had to bat again regardless there is simply not enough time to force a result.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

On the positive Alex Carey has made a good run at being the most hated person in England ahead of Megan Markle lol

It's been a shame that he hasn't been able to cope with that pressure whilst batting.

 

[dumb]

9 coverage abysmal. Not bad enough to take away the joy of a draw but close

 

[MotlopRules]

god bless you Manchester you dank miserable shithole

 

[new breed]

Perfect Storm on Ashes decider saves Aussies .....

Who knows what Marshy might have done , quick hundred may have saved the test anyway .

 

[Headless]

Consistently! Good night Heady.

Sweet dreams, BLUE!

 

[BG32]

Watching tubs poke it around for 99 cost them the win

 

[Joffaboy]

Wouldnt come close to Sex/Life

Tottie- now theres a hotter redhead than Jonny B

Eli from Russia is the hottest redhead I have seen for a while and I usually don't like ranga's, must be the sultry Russian accent.

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[grumbleguts]

To be fair, the rain has kept it interesting. If we played through rain / could use a roof then this game would of been a forgone conclusion once England got ahead of us in their innings.

Instead everyone has been on the edge of their seats, checking weather apps, reading articles etc. rather than tuning out knowing the result is already decided.

Despite all the chat about England momentum, this talk is only possible because England botched the first Test. If this was happening in Australia, while I'm sure plenty of us would be whinging about the rules like England are now, I think plenty would be questioning how we let it get this close in a home series.

Hopefully England ask themselves that question if today is washed out but let's face it, they'll continue to blow smoke up their own backsides and it'll all be about bad luck.

T o be fair, if there were rooves, we'd be up three nil, and hitting our own wickets just for laughs.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It's what he likes though, he'd rather have adverse attention than no attention at all. Most people in England despise him.

Between the cricket, the trans rants, and the oil blokes does he even not whinge?

 

[Mateyman]

the replies here are hilarious

Does this clown know what Pyrrhic means?

 

[The King!]

Rain costing us 3-1

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

I think for a significant series like the Ashes extra days should be scheduled in the result of wash outs.

We probably win in 2005 if that was the case.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It's been a shame that he hasn't been able to cope with that pressure whilst batting.

Batted pretty well this test to be fair

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Sweet dreams, BLUE!

I’ll sleep well knowing the Ashes are in safe hands Heady.

 

[cats_09]

Another from our mate Piers

 

[Andronicus]

I would rather we won a series by us playing good cricket than winning it by default due to the weather.

Australia might retain the Ashes due to it raining for the best part of 2 days but it's hardly anything worth celebrating.

You are just celebrating the rain and not your team playing good cricket.

Can you sook any harder?

You are acting like rain ruined all 5 tests. Australia had a 2-0 lead. Remember?