Ashes 2019

[sparky]

England 238 -4 at lunch. Needing 121 runs to win.

More twist and turns to come in this one I suspect.

[sparky]

@mariner4life said in Ashes 2019:

This crowd is fucking great

Young and noisy crowd. Probably helps that there is a Rock festival also going in Leeds this weekend........

[ACT Crusader]

Exciting test match finishes are few and far between, but when they do come around and there is a noisy crowd and half decent commentary, there’s few sporting contests that match it.

What I’d like to see - these two score another 50 together and then OZ take a wicket. Then another 20-30 runs and OZ take a couple of quick ones.

Squeaky bum time with 3 tail enders to get and 40-50 runs to win.

[sparky]

Bairstow given out caught behind off Hazelwood almost straight after lunch. But a successful review to the delight of the crowd.

[ACT Crusader]

Then a half chance that goes through slip for 4.

Now Bairstow swipes at a wide one and caught. Poor

[sparky]

@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2019:

Then a half chance that goes through slip for 4.

Now Bairstow swipes at a wide one and caught. Poor

As loose as a goose.

[sparky]

Tight finish coming. My guess is England will end up about 15-20 runs short.

Lyons is going to put the remaining England batsmen under a lot of pressure on a Day Four pitch.

[canefan]

Stokes is key here. I for one am not ready to see England win at sports, cricket and rugby least of all

[canefan]

Australia being Australian right now. Brilliant reply straight after lunch, 100 runs might as be 300 now. Only 3 wickets needed to keep the ashes

[sparky]

Three quick wickets. Stokes is running out of partners. Australia have regroup ed brilliantly since lunch.

[canefan]

@NTA said in Ashes 2019:

England in the box seat at lunch. Aussies pace bowling gone to shit, and Lyon will probably need to drag them home if they're to win.

I'm going to bed

Nice reverse jinx mate. Either that or

[sparky]

Mid-session Drinks. England 277-7. 82 needed to win.

[sparky]

Archer takes a swing at one. Top edge. Out caught by Harris in the deep. 286-8

Aussies need two wickets to regain the urn.

[sparky]

Board LBW to Pattinson. Review unsuccessful. Nine down.

[sparky]

Fat lady is warming up.
England need 78 for the last wicket.
England have shown some fight & spirit in this 4th innings but left themselves with far too much to do getting all out for 67 in their first innings. Brain-dead giving away of his wicket by Bairstow. 4 for 48 since lunch.

Credit to Australia who have bowled well throughout this game.

[sparky]

England 310 for 9.

[sparky]

Stokes smashes it for 6.

40 runs needed. Crowd pumped.

[canefan]

@sparky said in Ashes 2019:

Stokes smashes it for 6.

40 runs needed.

has Stokes taken any boundary overthrows off his bat yet?

[sparky]

Stokes smashes one through mid-wicket for four to reach his 8th Test Century.

[ACT Crusader]

It will go down as....