It's The Ashes (again)

[SuperBob2002]

I really hope rain doesn't ruin what has been a fantastic Test, but sadly the forecast is not looking good. The irony is that I believe a draw is probably the fairest result. England have been superb at times, ditto Australia. England have been frustrating and 'poor' (I don't want to use poor as credit has to go to the opposition for making the other team look 'poor'.) at times, ditto Australia. It's ebbed and flowed to give us great theatre.

I obviously want England to win, but if it's going to be a draw then I want to see Australia battle and earn the draw, rather than be a washout. This Test deserves a better ending than that (I can only see a draw or England win, barring a collapse from us!), but knowing Stokes you can see a ballsy declaration that risks defeat in order to give him a chance of a win, so maybe, weather dependant. the draw is out of the question.

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That's an absolutely needless shot from Root. Ridiculous.

At least Pope got an absolute jaffa and couldn't do a lot against such a good ball. Root has just gifted his wicket away, when we needed him to be the core of our innings. This is where this mentality of gung ho really annoys me. It's brain dead cricket at times, I get that you need quick runs to get to a defendable total so you have time to bowl Australia out before rain ruins it, but you can score quick runs with sensible shots.