Ashes 4th test

[Pearcey3]

A good effort by Buttler to hold things together in the final session. Leach needs to be promoted to nine in the order with Archer dropping to ten.

[Optimistic Nick]

A good effort by Buttler to hold things together in the final session. Leach needs to be promoted to nine in the order with Archer dropping to ten.

Have to say, for sheer determination alone Leach should be promoted up the order a bit.

[sneggyblubird]

This innings... jesus. Australia did all they could to ensure we would bat all day but our batsmen seem to be on a mission to throw their wickets away. 205/7. Rubbish. I actually thought that we'd learned to try to bat properly - most got out to decent balls in the last test, but this seems to be a return to the norm and it's ugly.

Come back Geoff Boycott.Its basically what happens when players with a 50 over mentality try to apply that mentality to a test match.

[MacAdder]

Aus 5 for 1. Warner out to an edge off Archer which even in.slow motion looked like it had missed the bat.

Who'd be an umpire

[MacAdder]

14 for 2. Great catch by that man Stokes.

[Optimistic Nick]

14 for 2. Great catch by that man Stokes.

Going well, as is always the case after we bowl their openers out for jack-all. Let's knock these two over and shoot for the follow-on. Or sit and watch Smith put on a batting masterclass again.

[MacAdder]

Going well, as is always the case after we bowl their openers out for jack-all. Let's knock these two over and shoot for the follow-on. Or sit and watch Smith put on a batting masterclass again.

Yup.
Archer and Curran making it interesting tho and he could well run out of partners.

[life on mars]

Late swing has helped.
Jofra has been excellent.

My only observation we dont seem to knock the wickets over like Aussie's

[life on mars]

Great economy though from Archer and Curran , they worked very hard all day .