The International Cricket Thread

[Flamingo Lane]

The weather for Sunday is now forecast to be as bad as for tomorrow.  Looks to me as if the intention here was/is to ensure we gain as big a moral victory as possible, hopefully before actually levelling the series in the final test.

[aev]

Jim Maxwell scathing on TMS.

[Meanwood Villa]

That was tremendous fun

[PaulWinch again]

The weather for Sunday is now forecast to be as bad as for tomorrow.  Looks to me as if the intention here was/is to ensure we gain as big a moral victory as possible, hopefully before actually levelling the series in the final test.

I think it was more that if there is any clear weather then we’ve hopefully done all the batting we need to do and it’s just about wickets. Reality is the weather, annoyingly, will likely stuff us either way.

[Drummond]

The weather for Sunday is now forecast to be as bad as for tomorrow.  Looks to me as if the intention here was/is to ensure we gain as big a moral victory as possible, hopefully before actually levelling the series in the final test.

We can't win the Ashes with a moral victory, and the records won't record it either.

[dubont]

Khawaja has wasted a review in both of his innings.

[Drummond]

Wickets like that will do it mind!

[Villan For Life]

We have really got into their heads in this series. It’s a long time since I’ve seen an Aussie team who collectively look like the proverbial rabbit in headlights.

[PaulWinch again]

Come on run through a few more.

[olaftab]

I believe to declare or not to declare may well mean Ashes are lost. Wrong to declare at Edgbaston and wrong not to declare shortly after lunch today. Time is of premium in this match and England may have blown it.

[olaftab]

Khawaja has wasted a review in both of his innings.

Yes, good man. His dismissals are worth two wickets.

[LeeB]

Done him up like a kipper there, get in

[paul_e]

I believe to declare or not to declare may well mean Ashes are lost. Wrong to declare at Edgbaston and wrong not to declare shortly after lunch today. Time is of premium in this match and England may have blown it.

As I've been moaning about all morning how many runs we got was irrelevant if we can't take 10 wickets, that was the 'known' this morning. How many runs we'd need to not pad up again was guesswork and, in my view, they've gone 100ish runs higher than we needed to.

[olaftab]

That was a better catch than the one Smith claimed and was given against India in the  Oval match.

[olaftab]

I believe to declare or not to declare may well mean Ashes are lost. Wrong to declare at Edgbaston and wrong not to declare shortly after lunch today. Time is of premium in this match and England may have blown it.

As I've been moaning about all morning how many runs we got was irrelevant if we can't take 10 wickets, that was the 'known' this morning. How many runs we'd need to not pad up again was guesswork and, in my view, they've gone 100ish runs higher than we needed to.

Indeed. The big issue was more time in better conditions to make Aussies stay out. On sunday they will have lot of excuses not to come out.