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

[freo_leo29]

300 keeps us well in the game. Big knock needed from the tail here.

300 is 100 short...

 

[hawkman]

Pretty regulation catch. The carry on lol

Would have been much easier if he footwork was correct.

 

[Iceman!]

Our batting has been complete trash in general this series. Only thing keeping us in it is England's batting has also been pretty inept

Yeah it’s why no matter the result of this series it should not rival some of the previous greats. A tight series with flashes of brilliance but ultimately a lot of poor cricket.

 

[hoopla]

Umpires call screws us so much more than any other team I swear how often do we get given out onfield and umpires call gets the bowling team over the line? Compared to our bowlers who don't get the calls onfield and it's umpires call all the time

Umpires unconsciously favour the underdog, so it makes sense that Australia is usually on the wrong end of these decisions.

 

[Embley]

Regulation one hander for a half decent keeper

 

[Andronicus]

It's just whining at this point.

Oh poor us, we played like s**t and got trapped in front but if it had been a different ball it might not have been out.

Option b it is then.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Why are we refusing singles

 

[Moonwatcher]

Carey not running

 

[Southerntakeover]

Not good enough to cover Smith failing 3 Tests in a row

On form there are like three people in this line up that shouldn't be playing top level.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Ridiculous

Take the run

 

[Southerntakeover]

Why are we refusing singles

We're stupid.

 

[juice t]

And now we've got to expect Carey to bat like Gilchrist to have any hope of cracking 300

Fair dinkum we are a ****ing mentally incompetent team

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Pretty regulation catch. The carry on lol

The carry on was because Bairstow actually held on to one.

 

[ams4crows]

The idea we're world champions in this format when our batting line up is so ******* brittle and constantly fails is mind boggling.

We play at home most of the time that's why

 

[freo_leo29]

The idea we're world champions in this format when our batting line up is so ******* brittle and constantly fails is mind boggling.

Literally every teams is nowadays

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Commentators missing the point here - wood at end of a spell

He’s protecting Starc from wood

Not the others i reckon

 

[to1994]

The idea we're world champions in this format when our batting line up is so ******* brittle and constantly fails is mind boggling.

We were pretty good at Lords but if we're honest with ourselves we probably should of lost the first Test which would put us at 1-2 with England being ahead this Test.

Will probably retain the Ashes but our batting is clearly in decline.

 

[FreoRicci]

Head have saved this team for a few years now. Let’s stop pretending Labs is Australia’s most important batter. It’s actually Travis and Smith. Even with those two getting out, it’s then only Head .

 

[southern_crusher]

We just refused a single? What the **** Starc can bat

 

[Whiskers]

You have got to be kidding Carey???

 

[freo_leo29]

Wtf Carey? Why turn that down

 

[Mighty Storm]

Take the bloody runs

 

[Iceman!]

5 well and truly set batsman and Green also making a start and a top score of 51 on a pitch that is not that bad for batting. That is disgusting

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Every innings basically we've surrendered the advantage and collapsed for * all. It's grim

Justin Langer likes this

 

[Cmarsh]

In fairness England have bowled well.