The International Cricket Thread

[Risso]

Yeah, perfect example, I think the reaction of the player has a much bigger impact than you might expect and the seemingly default reaction of looking crestfallen about the mistake pushes the ref in the other direction.

Yes, a good comparison. They also probably had the Aussie grounding at the back of their minds as well.

[London Villan]

So close to winning this series 2-1, but for an act of bravado on day 1 and persisting with a player that has clearly past his best.

[Villan For Life]

I’m amazed that there’s as many overs left!

52 overs

7 wickets

146 runs

[Proposition Joe]

So close to winning this series 2-1, but for an act of bravado on day 1 and persisting with a player that has clearly past his best.

What cost us more in the first test, and also here in hindsight, was not being able to clean up their tail, especially Pat Cummins.

[UK Redsox]

I think it was the right call. Looks careless from Stokes, not sure if he was celebrating as such but clearly not holding on to it tight enough.

Right decision on the catch but wrong that England lost a review. They were reviewing whether Smith hit it (which he did).

It’s down to the Umpires to decide whether it was a clean/completed catch

[paul_e]

So close to winning this series 2-1, but for an act of bravado on day 1 and persisting with a player that has clearly past his best.

What cost us more in the first test, and also here in hindsight, was not being able to clean up their tail, especially Pat Cummins.

Yep, as I've been saying for a while, the bowling and fielding was much more of a problem than the batting in the first 2 tests.

[Gareth]

Might be missing something but that win viz thing they showed with England as favourites - can’t see it myself, think Australia will canter home if weather stays ok

[PaulWinch again]

We have no chance here.

[London Villan]

Just can't see it... even with that wicket. We have one crocked bowler in Wood and Anderson who just hasn't done it across the series...

[tomd2103]

I think it was the right call. Looks careless from Stokes, not sure if he was celebrating as such but clearly not holding on to it tight enough.

The thing is, if he'd thrown it up at the same time (after taking the catch) no one would be questioning it, that's why it's so borderline. I reckon part of the problem was that he looked gutted, if he'd carried on celebrating I reckon it might've been given out.

I have just got in and am catching up with it.  I thought he caught the ball, but then it went to ground with his second movement when he went to throw it up and it caught his leg. 

I think it would be hard to argue that he was in control of his body though given that his leg was still up in the air.

[Villafirst]

Well done Moeen! Warwickshire boys doing England proud! So infuriating that Stokes dropped a simple catch! Aussies still look favourites.....

[paul_e]

Great wicket for Moeen, if anything he's getting too much spin to the right handers but against a leftie one going across you like that is really hard to deal with.

[PaulWinch again]

Still just about alive but we need to knock over 3 quickly here.

[olaftab]

I do hope the Aussies don’t go for bad light about 5.30 just as they are in deep trouble.🤞

[taylorsworkrate]

Great wicket for Moeen, if anything he's getting too much spin to the right handers but against a leftie one going across you like that is really hard to deal with.

He has to go round the wicket to the right hander.