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England [67 & 362/9] beat Australia [179 & 246] by 1 wicket in the third Test to level the Ashes 1-1

What will be the outcome of the third Test?

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England crumbling even in home conditions ....seems they have forgotten the method of batting in tests completely all the while developing their ODI team. Perhaps revealing to rest of the world that separate teams in separate formats are the need of the hour now a days?
 
Pity.

England have been awful today, but they have also been somewhat unlucky. Injuries and weather aside, they could have easily gone into this Test tied on 1-1 or even 2-0 up.

Buttler needs to counter-attack here instead of letting his bat hang on the fourth stump to find the slip cordon. A rapid 60-70 can turn this game around yet again.
 
satheesh said:
England crumbling even in home conditions ....seems they have forgotten the method of batting in tests completely all the while developing their ODI team. Perhaps revealing to rest of the world that separate teams in separate formats are the need of the hour now a days?
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These are the best batsmen they have. Australia isn't doing that well either, their batting is 50% Smith.
 
Mamoon said:
Pity.

England have been awful today, but they have also been somewhat unlucky. Injuries and weather aside, they could have easily gone into this Test tied on 1-1 or even 2-0 up.

Buttler needs to counter-attack here instead of letting his bat hang on the fourth stump to find the slip cordon. A rapid 60-70 can turn this game around yet again.
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Yup, if they would have been lucky they would have beat Australia 5-0 just like they defeated NZ in WC FINAL.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Australian bowling is world class.
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india were exceptional against them. Indian bowling was even better than Aussies in their own backyard.
Any way I hope pakistan get back to form in test cricket. Test format need a strong pakistan side.

Yes curran made the difference last time but more importantly toss won England the series. No excuses though, india should have won atleast 1 more test because lot of the scores were chasable.
 
1st ball after Lunch

AUS 179
ENG 54/7 (24.1) CRR: 2.23
Day 2: 2nd Session - England trail by 125 runs
 
Mamoon said:
Pity.

England have been awful today, but they have also been somewhat unlucky. Injuries and weather aside, they could have easily gone into this Test tied on 1-1 or even 2-0 up.

Buttler needs to counter-attack here instead of letting his bat hang on the fourth stump to find the slip cordon. A rapid 60-70 can turn this game around yet again.
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Their batting has been sucking balls for a while. Didn't you see them against Ireland?
 
The only way England can recover is to bat in T20 mode. They should start all guns blazing from the 2nd innings till the last Test. No other way out. Defensive cricket is not the forte of these mediocre Test batsmen. Either select batsmen with FC average of above 40 or play in a T20 mode!
 
Mamoon said:
Pity.

England have been awful today, but they have also been somewhat unlucky. Injuries and weather aside, they could have easily gone into this Test tied on 1-1 or even 2-0 up.

Buttler needs to counter-attack here instead of letting his bat hang on the fourth stump to find the slip cordon. A rapid 60-70 can turn this game around yet again.
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unlucky? how?

they have batted terribly and deserve this drubbing.

on top of that root is a below average captain who is being out-captained by paine.

eng test team is bad. there is luck involved here.

roots gonna cause archer an early back injury the way hes been using him..

yesterday he bowled him 10 overs running up the hill. when he should've been bowling from the opposite end.

root should be sacked from captaincy.
 
tyron_woodley said:
india were exceptional against them. Indian bowling was even better than Aussies in their own backyard.
Any way I hope pakistan get back to form in test cricket. Test format need a strong pakistan side.

Yes curran made the difference last time but more importantly toss won England the series. No excuses though, india should have won atleast 1 more test because lot of the scores were chasable.
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I would agree that Indian attack all round is the strongest followed by Australia, but India won in Australia who were without Smith Warner that's almost 50 tests hundreds
 
Mamoon said:
Pity.

England have been awful today, but they have also been somewhat unlucky. Injuries and weather aside, they could have easily gone into this Test tied on 1-1 or even 2-0 up.

Buttler needs to counter-attack here instead of letting his bat hang on the fourth stump to find the slip cordon. A rapid 60-70 can turn this game around yet again.
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Another clueless post
 
Australia has sure taken the Smith injury personally. There was no full ball for Archer. Every single ball was a short ball.
 
Damn they don't have Starc as well lol It would have been massacre on this pitch. Few might have visited the hospital.
 
Manunited18 said:
I would agree that Indian attack all round is the strongest followed by Australia, but India won in Australia who were without Smith Warner that's almost 50 tests hundreds
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Bowling was mighty good though. They proved in the following series against Srilanka. Great batting by Pujara in that series.
 
Manunited18 said:
I would agree that Indian attack all round is the strongest followed by Australia, but India won in Australia who were without Smith Warner that's almost 50 tests hundreds
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india and australia are equal I would say bowling wise. bumrah and cummins are roughly equal. maybe slight edge to bumrah.

cummins can bat though.

shami imo is better than hazelwood. He really is transformed. Pattinson is better than ishant but ishu has improved. However Patto can bat too.

overall ability I would say australia first then india because their bowlers can bat. England with archer would be third and then followed by n.z and pakistan?
 
Sharp carry on this pitch. This is the Leeds that was famous for in the past era. Lot of bounce, movement.
 
tyron_woodley said:
india and australia are equal I would say bowling wise. bumrah and cummins are roughly equal. maybe slight edge to bumrah.

cummins can bat though.

shami imo is better than hazelwood. He really is transformed. Pattinson is better than ishant but ishu has improved. However Patto can bat too.

overall ability I would say australia first then india because their bowlers can bat. England with archer would be third and then followed by n.z and pakistan?
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Pakistan have a battery of young quicks coming through, who are tall and fast
 
One accurate good length bowler, one accurate short of a length bowler, one accurate full ball bowler. That is all you need !!
 
Once again an appalling batting display from England.

This is the state of the Test team under legendary coach Trevor Bayliss [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION].
 
Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket

England are dismissed for their lowest score against Australia since 1948.
 
Markhor said:
Once again an appalling batting display from England.

This is the state of the Test team under legendary coach Trevor Bayliss [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION].
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They lack good defensive players with technique to dig in. That is the role of Root. But he failed badly.
 
Big problem for England is that they have not got many upcoming batsmen as well who can cope even English conditions well let alone other conditions we see in test cricket.

Ollie Pope looks a decent prospect but he will take some time to develop. Tim Burton looks decent but nobody can be sure how well he can handle Test cricket.

However there is no exceptional batting talent waiting in the ranks unfortunately for Eng. No matter how good your domestic system is sometimes drought of talent in a particular department is uncontrollable.
 
England have got to be kidding me.
This was their best chance to go 1-1.Seriously atrocious effort.
 
Vengsarkar averages 228 at Leeds. He played one of the best Test at Leeds back in the 80s. Leeds was always considered to be the toughest place to bat for touring side. Especially for Aussies. I am surprised Tendulkar has batted their only once. He made 193. But man of the match in that match was Dravid with his 148 in the same innings.
 
MenInG said:
Sky Sports Cricket @SkyCricket

England are dismissed for their lowest score against Australia since 1948.
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Am sure you or Saj can tell us about the test match in 1948? :)

England batting is that of associate level right now in terms of test cricket.
 
Always good to see bowlers getting the upperhand in Tests. All 3 test series are shaping out to be a series for bowlers.
 
Manunited18 said:
Pakistan have a battery of young quicks coming through, who are tall and fast
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yes and I can't wait to see them explode. Mark my words. shaheen will be what amir was supposed to be in the future. world class talent.

others like musa husnain need more time. Bodies aren't used to the rigours of test cricket yet.
 
Markhor said:
Once again an appalling batting display from England.

This is the state of the Test team under legendary coach Trevor Bayliss [MENTION=142432]Titan24[/MENTION].
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The problem is not bayliss . The issue is that the gulf between white ball cricket and red ball cricket is much bigger in England than in India /Austtalia/NZ. It's almost a different sport. You have seaming conditions and a nice dark Dukes for tests and ultra flat motorways with 2 useless white kookaburras and expect the same set of players to perform in both?
 
Got tickets for tomorrow. Expecting to see Australia win the Ashes. Not really how I planned it lol but it’ll be a good day out.
 
James said:
Got tickets for tomorrow. Expecting to see Australia win the Ashes. Not really how I planned it lol but it’ll be a good day out.
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Think Aussies should declare once they have 200 run lead and finish the game today.

England should be demoted to minnow test status alongside ireland/afghanistan. There batting is similar standard.
 
Lowest Test score since Jan 2017:

38 Ireland
43 Bangladesh
58 England
67 England*
68 Zimbabwe
73 South Africa
77 England
81 Pakistan
85 England
 
tyron_woodley said:
yes and I can't wait to see them explode. Mark my words. shaheen will be what amir was supposed to be in the future. world class talent.

others like musa husnain need more time. Bodies aren't used to the rigours of test cricket yet.
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Yes also good to see India producing top class quicks also
 
Amjid Javed said:
England batting is that of associate level right now in terms of test cricket.
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There's a woeful level of batting strength in both the English and Aussie test teams right now. In saying that, there's no excuse to score less than a Smith-less Australian lineup.
 
ENG 67
AUS 179, 82/3 (24.5) CRR: 3.3
Day 2: 2nd Session - Australia lead by 194 runs
 
Fantastic yorker by Stokes to bowl Head for 25, Australia 97/4.
 
Anything below 250 is gettable for England - thoughts?
 
Torborg said:
There's a woeful level of batting strength in both the English and Aussie test teams right now. In saying that, there's no excuse to score less than a Smith-less Australian lineup.
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This pitch is not easy to bat on.Both teams have good bowling attacks that is why it is going to be a low scoring game.i don't see any other team doing well on this ground either .India which boasts a strong batting line up would have been blown away too.
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If Australia can get close to 300 runs then the match is theirs.Thy will win unless one of the English batsman scores a big hundred.
 
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