just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

this will be over tomorrow 

 

2 hours ago, L/H White said:

this will be over tomorrow 

 

One way, or another

12 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Plenty of time left. Anything could happen in the next 3 days. Difficult to predict in any Test Match. This more so. It’s great.

 

12 hours ago, DazBob said:

Indeed.

Test match cricket has never been so good.

Got to feel sorry for those who think it's boring.

Spot on.

It’s been fantastic entertainment.

Would love us to win this one. It would set up Old Trafford tremendously well.

Countdown to 11am is on (rain dependent!) 

10 hours ago, globaldiver said:

One way, or another

if we can break this partnership up early, i fancy us today

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

if we can break this partnership up early, i fancy us today

Me too.

If we win this, it would be a massive statement. 

We’ll have won it, in a game where we’ve made loads of errors! 

Just think what could happen if we eradicate those mistakes and get everybody firing?!

My bit of advice for the doom merchants ( @meanderson93  leading the way 😉)  is, don’t get too far ahead of yourself if things aren’t going right in the moment. 

Surely the rollercoaster, not just in this test, but in all 3 so far, where the game has swung one way and the other and turned really quickly, tells you that these are 2 well matched teams and we keep bouncing back when all looks lost. 

Stick with us, we are in for another exciting and entertaining ride. Stop getting consumed in the negative moments. 

If you can’t embrace and enjoy this then maybe this brand of test cricket isn’t for you.

Weather forecasters have had a poor day

A pitch inspection in half an hour

Fingers crossed, because a couple of hour bowling in these conditions could really work in our favour

Here we go then…

And now we’re off 😂

Get in!

A great start

Does WinViz really tell us anything we can't already work out?

Get in!

Another one.

Whip these tailenders out then have a rain shower and fuck off for the day.

Come back tomorrow and...

Brilliant from Brook.

9th wicket?

Yes!

Bit of a crappy situation here 

We don't really wanna bat tonight and this lead had crept up a bit to much for me

Hopefully it pisses down as we take the last 

I fear it's to much 

Hope I'm wrong 

Come on 

Batsmen, it's over to you. 

Well done bowlers, for the most part.

1 hour ago, desperado said:

Brilliant from Brook.

Indeed - although even then you see the difference between Folkes & Bairstow - clearly that was for the bloke with the gloves and luckiily his mate bailed him out of his tentativity.

 

Should be walking this game, hopefully we survive tonight and piss it tomorrow.

Nowt daft here nowt daft.

Just now, Marc505 said:

Nowt daft here nowt daft.

Survive this evening with all wickets in place, then I think we'll be OK

Gotta drop Bairstow for OT. Bring back Foakes please....

duckett is a sitting duck