Australia v England | 4th Ashes Test | Melbourne | Day 3 | 28/12/2013

[rooster]

Apparently carbury had a reputation for being an aggressive dasher.

And he did that in one of the warmup inns as well. May be he's not good enough for international cricket.

He just stood there blocking everything on the way to making the bowlers feel good about their rhythm. Once a wicket falls their confidence went sky high.

I don't mind him doing it for couple of matches but he's carried that a bit too long.

 

[ali bubba]

I've said that about Carberry for some time. Root to open because he's a burden at 3, Bell to 3 and Ballance to 5.

Or maybe stick Root at 5 and give Compton another go as opener. He does at least have a test century.

I agree about having Bell at 3.

 

[Justcrazy]

I think Poms have good chance of winning this.

This will not be easy pitch for Aussies batsmen.

 

[Justcrazy]

"I have my doubts on Australia's capability of chasing anything over 250 in the 4th innings," muses Rajeev. "England needs just one good session to put this match beyond the Aussies"

 

[rooster]

I had doubts on Stokes but I'm impressed now. Every time he came to the crease he's hardly thrown his wicket away.

 

[Random Aussie]

I had doubts on Stokes but I'm impressed now. Every time he came to the crease he's hardly thrown his wicket away.

As he throws his wicket away

 

[OZGOD]

Woeful shot from Stokes. Missed a lot of the day's play, looks like another good contest though.

 

[rooster]

As he throws his wicket away

My bad but still impressed

 

[Mobashir]

KP looking so good out there. Currently lead is on 190. Another 50 runs forms KP and 50 from the rest will make a good contest.

 

[Justcrazy]

139 / 5

190 runs lead

 

[Justcrazy]

what a way to get off mark

 

[OZGOD]

One more wicket and we're in the tail

 

[jattafridi]

Kevin playing good
Lead 200

 

[Justcrazy]

200 runs lead :

 

[Justcrazy]

159 / 5

 

[Justcrazy]

Bairstow is batting well here :$

 

[OZGOD]

Bairstow's not going to die wondering

 

[Justcrazy]

lead 215 here

 

[OZGOD]

Bit of hows your father between Kevinder and Jonno

 

[Convict]

KP is so obviously doing that on purpose

 

[OZGOD]

KP is so obviously doing that on purpose

Yea. I would've beamed him and apologized and said I didn't mean it.

He's batting well though

 

[OZGOD]

Bairstow

Huge wicket for Jonno

 

[Convict]

Yea. I would've beamed him and apologized and said I didn't mean it.

He's batting well though

We were both obviously fast bowlers in the past.

 

[Kianig89]

poor stuff for Bairstow should have left this

 

[Justcrazy]

Lead 224 runs

 

[Convict]

poor stuff for Bairstow should have left this

Pace makes batsmen do strange things.

 

[Justcrazy]

300 will be tough chase.

 

[Mr Consistent]

all depend upon kp now

 

[Wattoo]

225 lead, hmmmm anything above 270 will be a very good total to defend.

 

[Wattoo]

I think Mitchell Johnson has the best of his career during this seris.

 

[OZGOD]

Bresnan bowled

 

[OZGOD]

7/174

 

[battler]

Bresnan

 

[Robert]

300 will be tough chase.

They won't need 300.

KP is going to have to start hitting now.

 

[jattafridi]

Booooo broad in

 

[Justcrazy]

7 down

 

[ali bubba]

Need at least another 50 runs. KP may have to go for it here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lead 225 ,

Poms should look to slog here and get some quick runs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lyon gets one

Broad

 

[Convict]

100th wicket for Garry.

 

[battler]

Lyon gets his 4th.
Kevinder should slog now!

 

[ali bubba]

Just rubbish batting once again.

 

[Robert]

Double-wicket maiden for Lyon, of all people. Facepalm.

This is lemming stuff. ENG have forgotten how to win very quickly.

 

[AZ]

absolutely shocking batting, if this was Pakistan people would be calling it a fix.

 

[Kwremb]

Panesar might have a big role to play in the 4th innings

 

[Robert]

Same old same old - ENG bowl well but can't finish the tail off, then bat rubbish.

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Convict]

Double-wicket maiden for Lyon, of all people. Facepalm.

This is lemming stuff. ENG have forgotten how to win very quickly.

Johnson's mentally broken your tail.

 

[Kwremb]

England should try for 250, will be an interesting chase

 

[Robert]

Panesar might have a big role to play in the 4th innings

It seems more likely that AUS will blast their way to 100-0 and then Monty won't have enough runs to bowl at and it will be a cakewalk.

AUS to win by five wickets.

 

[OZGOD]

Kevinder Garry gets fifer in Australia well played

 

[Convict]

great job Garry. Really proven everyone wrong this summer.

 

[Mr Consistent]

Kp

 

[Justcrazy]

Who would have imagined Lyon getting a fiver

 

[battler]

Lyon gets a fifer.well done!

 

[OZGOD]

Good catch on the long off boundary by Rhino in the wind

 

[Nuekboi]

Sher of Australia takes 5-fer. (Sher if you get my meaning )

 

[Justcrazy]

100 Test Wickets for Lyon

 

[battler]

Will it be 4-0 by tomorrow?

 

[Robert]

Kevinder Garry gets fifer in Australia well played

Flat pitch, no spin, ENG hand him three wickets.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lyon has got top order wickets , he is now useful clog in Aussies Test Set Up.

 

[Kwremb]

England lost 4 wickets for 6 runs

 

[Kwremb]

And all the wickets were just bad batting

 

[Nuekboi]

Flat pitch, no spin, ENG hand him three wickets.

Atleast he didn't retire in the middle of the tour after losing the series like another certain spinner

 

[Robert]

Blow this, I'm going back to bed.

 

[battler]

Lyon has 16 wickets for the series!

 

[Wattoo]

so 4-0 on cards, dont know what happend to this eng team, they have won ashes few months ago. and now are being humuliated.

 

[Nuekboi]

Classy jokes from Lawry

 

[Mo_Ahmed84]

Had KP been Misbah his fans would have called it a legendary innings.

 

[Convict]

Lyon isn't a great bowler but he is test standard. Also got a lot of ticker and will fight to the end.

People forget that he made his test debut with months of his first class debut and that the last time England toured he was mowing grass on the Adelaide Oval.

He's had his faults with the ball but much of that has been inexperience.

 

[Kwremb]

The tail has been a big difference between both the teams, England haven't managed to wag at all

 

[Nuekboi]

Kentucky fried poms )

 

[OZGOD]

England all out for 179, 231 to chase down to win. Pretty epic collapse all up.

 

[Convict]

Bumble: There's alot of rubbish blowing across the pitch
Bill: No that's just the english batsman

 

[jattafridi]

5 wickets victory is coming

 

[OZGOD]

And all the wickets were just bad batting

That's the thing about watching two teams with ordinary batting lineups but good bowlers, you see a lot of collapses on both sides and keeps the game tight.

 

[ali bubba]

The tail has been a big difference between both the teams, England haven't managed to wag at all

The bowling, the batting, pretty much everything.

 

[Nuekboi]

The tail has been a big difference between both the teams, England haven't managed to wag at all

And their tail has only gotten longer since Swannie flew away

 

[RamLakhan]

Lyon'ic performance by Aussies

 

[Kwremb]

The bowling, the batting, pretty much everything.

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