England v Australia, 3rd Test, Headingley, 22-26 August, 2019

Cagney with less talcum:

Good news is, Archie was an outstanding bat.

Bad news, ...

"If you're going to swing, hit hard ..."

Ashes gone again. The most pathetic top order in test cricket's top six teams. Frail and inept.

Ronnie Sawyer wrote:Ashes gone again. The most pathetic top order in test cricket's top six teams. Frail and inept.

Nothing surer than a Stokes ton here.

JGK wrote:And of course it is a perfect farking day for batting here in Leeds.

England to be 4/310 at stumps - Ashes virtually regained.

Half right.

Goodness me. This wasn't in the script.

I've seen better displays of competence by England batting.

Follow-on has been averted, at least.

Embarrassing yet wholly predictable display of batting ineptitude. Can't actually think of a worse batting unit England have had - even in the dark days of the 90s we had smatterings of Test quality players.

Grim.

Australias session I think

Some great catching there.

Mr JGK has done some astonishing legendary work today, even by his Olympian standards.

It was great to see another duck from England's creepy Captain.

Pretty even game really, with the Poms likely to put on a few for the 7th wicket and the odious Broad sure to carve a few runs away from the comfort of square leg.

PeterCS wrote:Follow-on has been averted, at least.

Not even England can manage -21 all out yet... give it time though.

I think a 50% rule should apply for follow-on.

beamer wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Follow-on has been averted, at least.

Not even England can manage -21 all out yet... give it time though.

I think a 50% rule should apply for follow-on.

Interesting the one player who has looked most comfortable is the one who spent the most hours batting in the middle during the CC season.

What a start after lunch.

Aggregate score 99 for 16 since Warner was out.

lardbucket wrote:What a start after lunch.

yep... the unhappiest person at Headingly is Pattinson who has been forced to cool his jets.

This is the worst England batting lineup I have ever seen, and considering I lived through the 90s, that’s saying something.

I don’t think I’m being knee jerk when I say that Root has to go as captain. He has no feel for the game, is clearly unable to inspire any fight in his team, and perhaps worst of all, his batting seems to be in decline since he became captain.

Not only go as captain, he needs dropping/resting for the remainder of the summer and perhaps the winter.

Archer protected Broad from Cummins.

Captain Creepy Jumpin JoBalls might consider a sporting declaration to protect Broad. Leach looking to take a single here.

Does the next best thing and gets out.

I really thought this would make Day 4. Looking unlikely. Poms are likely to be batting again today.

Aussies could forfeit and win by tea.

110 for 18 now, this isn’t Test cricket, it’s a turkey shoot.

England 2015 onwards in tests looks basically like England up to 2015 in ODIs.