Ashes 2025-26.

[GarlicJam]

Green will be on for Doggett soon I would expect.....more pace and height to bounce the tail out....Doggett not quite at the races today

He was good yesterday, and Boland was quite off. Boland is doing ok today.

[backfootpunch]

The way its been nipping about today we may already have enough

Every length ball seems to be nipping a bat width

Even during the pope, duckett partenership they were playing and missing a couple of times every over

[andy]

Atkinson literally swiping at every single ball no attempt to knuckle down and stay with smith...smith literally was brought into the side to bat with the tail, yet the tail dosent give him the opportunity to do something..it's brainless...as Michael Vaughan said yesterday it's bazball without brains

[andy]

Green will be on for Doggett soon I would expect.....more pace and height to bounce the tail out....Doggett not quite at the races today

He was good yesterday, and Boland was quite off. Boland is doing ok today.

True but doesn't look a threat at all today been relatively wayward...and definitely a slight let off...khawaja off the field again...2 day test and everyone going off injured utterly ridiculous

[GarlicJam]

big 3rd umpire review , this

[GarlicJam]

I think he'll give it not out - but I also think he nicked it

[GarlicJam]

wow. A 4 minute decision.

Pleased to be wrong.

[andy]

Not 100% sure the right decision has been made there....however if we lose this test it isn't because of that decision

[backfootpunch]

I mean hes probably hit it

But if you need 5 minutes and 80 different angles there isnt enough evidence to overturn

[backfootpunch]

Carse appears to be trying to edge behind but failing

[GarlicJam]

I mean hes probably hit it

But if you need 5 minutes and 80 different angles there isnt enough evidence to overturn

overturn being the operative word.

I agree, it should have been a not out.

[andy]

Lyon still off the field...if that is a hip/abdominal problem then he could be in big trouble he couldn't even throw the ball without grimacing....only saving grace for him I guess is there is now going to be a huge gap between the tests now

[GarlicJam]

good lower order partnership between Carse and Atkinson. They were close in getting the Australians rattled.

[backfootpunch]

Dreadful captaincy from smith

Top order couldnt lay bat on good length balls. Then the bowlers come in and they completely change strategy.

Baffling

Carse goes but if theyd just bowled properly i doubt we'd have got the lead anywhere near this high.

Hopefully archer realises he needs to just get singles.

[backfootpunch]

Dreadful captaincy from smith

Top order couldnt lay bat on good length balls. Then the bowlers come in and they completely change strategy.

Baffling

Carse goes but if theyd just bowled properly i doubt we'd have got the lead anywhere near this high.

Hopefully archer realises he needs to just get singles.

He did not

Brainless.