![]() ![]() ![]() “It’s surely debatable whether it was one of the worst declarations in history, as in your list of reasons for England’s current situation,” says John Burton. Australia were 39-0 after 17 overs, I think, which means they’ve belted 249 from the last 53 overs. Smith crashes another cover drive for four. They’re approaching a full-on sulk, and Australia are taking full advantage. But I’d really rather not find out.”ħ0th over: Australia 288-3 (Smith 66, Head 61) England are in danger of throwing the Bazball out with the bathwater. Secondly, if there’s any team who won’t be cowed by a 0-2 deficit, who might even relish the opportunity to make more history, then it’s England under Stokes. ”Two reasons for optimism: firstly, until England have batted then it’s too early to declare this match lost. Still, even if the shellacking happens this match at least we’ve got it out of the way. Another reason why that declaration is ageing like milk. You really, really don’t want it arriving at 0-1 down. ”History, Australia’s quality and the nature of Bazball suggested that England were likely to get a shellacking at some point over this series. “However those series were poised at 0-0, 1-0 and 1-0 respectively (plus a bonus innings defeat when 3-1 up in 2015). We lost by 239 in 2005, an innings in 2009 and 405 runs in 2015,” says Max Williams. “In every Ashes home win this century – bar 2013 – there has been one Test when the wheels spectacularly came off. Australia have also played by far the better cricket. I do think Australia have had the rub of the green today, although England probably had it at Edgbaston. It has moved around all day – not lavishly, but enough for 330-5 to be a very good score – and Carey inside-edges just past leg stump. When that happens it sucks you in a little bit because you can’t trust your leave the way you can in Australia.Ĩ0th over: Australia 332-5 (Smith 78, Carey 10) Robinson still has three slips for Carey, even with a ball that is 80 overs old. The wickets we’ve played on this summer haven’t had a lot of bounce. Getting my back foot onto off stump, and being more open, really helped me to leave the ball outside off. I didn’t like the position I was getting in, with my left foot getting too far across, because I felt like that drew me into playing that fifth/sixth-stump line. Travis has been doing this for a year and a half now, taking the game on. Steve came out with a lot of intent – beautiful, got in some great positions. The opening partnership shut that out and took it out of play. If you can get through 15/20 overs, just get through… especially the likes of Stuart Broad, when he gets his tail up he goes to another level. We could have been only three down but you’ll take that score when you’re sent in on a wicket that we thought had a fair bit in it. ![]()
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