Really? Trade that rollercoaster? Shows how little I know. Pretty damn happy all the same. Apologies and respect to our Aussie contributors.
Sitll game on for the Ashes, excellent!!
Just low liability laying, both teams went under 1.50 first couple of days, then bit of recycling green, stayed out mid afternoon onwards today went it went a bit crazy.
To be fair to 'the moron' it was a very difficult decision ... usually with an LBW shout the pad remains in place or it continues it's movement in an orderly fashion. The Stokes one at the end was just a jumble of fast moving legs, arms, body, bat and ball ... the only stationary item was the wicket My initial thought on TV was that it was 'missing leg' so I think he made the correct decision ... he had reasonable doubt and the Aussies wasted their last review on that clearly (and therefore stupid) down the leg side review a few overs earlier. That was out of pure desperation and I thought at the time they may well rue reviewing it in case they needed the review later on. Reviews are a tool to be used tactically not out of hope. They were discussing on Sky that JR has the best review record of the Test captains.
Yeah, very soild after a terrible start.
A few showers again for Thursday then some early rain that will probably be mostly gone by lunch, otherwise set fair.