Ashes 2019

[NTA]

359 to win.

A relatively fresh Cummins and Hazelwood to open the bowling.

Lessgo

[Siam]

@NTA that session and a bit yesterday morning and "loose bus change" has darn well kept you boys your urn.

Pretty good 100 odd overs mate!

All done and dusted with 2 to play. Congrats

[NTA]

@Siam is cricket. Weirder things have happened, and records are made to be broken.

I won't relax until the fat lady has got home and whipped off her garter belt

[Siam]

@NTA whilst I do believe it is a fait accompli ( it's easy to get romantic about test chases even though the overwhelming odds state that 300 is way too much),

I did get in early in the slim hope that the fat singing wench is preoccupied with the buffet and misses her cue! 😉

if only to keep the series alive...

[sparky]

@NTA England chased down 359 to win earlier this summer, albeit in the 50 over format:

https://www.wisden.com/matches/scorecard/198593/england-v-pakistan-at-bristol-3rd-odi-14-may-2019

[NTA]

Burns rips his nail

[sparky]

Two early wickets after lunch. Roy and Burn both gone. Can any of the England batsman score more than 12 in this innings?

[canefan]

The English might have to dip into their jar of luck

Oh that's right, they used all of it up in one game

[sparky]

England 90-2 at tea. Still need 269 more runs.

[sparky]

England's afternoon: 156-3 at the close. Root still there on 75.

A long way to go especially with the new ball due in 8 overs but they have given themselves and their supporters hope.

[Donsteppa]

For all of the valid weight of 4th innings chases, I suppose they don't often start before lunch on Day Three with the best of the pitch.

[NTA]

@Donsteppa might limit the expected effect of the goat

[KiwiPie]

England fairly streaky in getting to the close with only 3 wickets down although they were probably due that after every mistake causing a wicket in the 1st innings. Still unlikely to make not least because most chases that look good at the end of one day often crumble in the morning and Headingley is well known as being a 3rd session place to bat.

[NTA]

@KiwiPie the flip side is of they can stay in until lunch tomorrow, they win.

But their tail is not up to that task so double hundred needed from Root

[NTA]

Fucking hell the flaps have just launched off Stokes' lid

[NTA]

Go watch the dismissal of Root.

Caught by @Virgil 's fave Aussie.

It's a fucking gem.

[NTA]

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

Fucking hell the flaps have just launched off Stokes' lid

[canefan]

@NTA I've seen that before. I don't know why they simply don't incorporate it into the actual helmet. Maybe to retro fit existing helmets but these guys don't need to worry about that

[NTA]

Aussies getting their length wrong here. England only 160 away so a real chance if they get through to lunch with these two at the crease

[NTA]

Pushing too hard here, as Ponting says.

English crowd has turned into India, cheering everything.