Interesting partnership. Trott was on 40 when KP came in. KP made it to his 50 first.
Gah
Nail biting. Who said test cricket couldn't be exciting.
England still I think - by a whisker
Who said test cricket couldn't be exciting.
And, who said the short form game wasn't putting anything back in to the proper game? This is superb stuff...
KP gone, but what a knock! Belly to wrap it up in style?
draw is probably odds on now I reckon
Tuffers is a gem!
come on trotty
oops
D'oh
light....
Must be difficult to field in this by now 🙁
tense or what !
phew 11 off the over
light....Must be difficult to field in this by now
*Looks out of window*
Not a cloud in the sky here on the right side of the moat. Looks OK over the other side as well. Still bright enough to finish, I think.
LET ME GO TO BED!!!
go to bed its a dead rubber anyway 😉
Spot of gamesmanship about the light?
Must be tempting for the Aussies to whine about the light, but surely they'll front up and take the result either way now. Would be humiliating for them...
EDIT: Immediately proved wrong! Normally it's the batsmen who have most to lose.
Every boundary changes the game....
Aussie should stop taking "little chats" about the light and accept it. Stop playing the light, and let the crowd see what they've paid for!
Dirty cheats 😀
Absolutely shameful gamesmanship here from the Aussies.
Even TMS can't see where the ball has gone!
Michael Clarke you bloody coward.
Nooooo!!
And that puts the cap on an awful series for officiating. They should have just said get on with it, and deal with the ICC fallout later.
"An absolute disgrace" says Aggers.
And we [b][u]ALL[/u][/b] agree.
ICC - Hang your heads in shame.
Aussies stalled it, sad to say, but they knew what they were doing. Clarke chatting to the Umps or players after every ball. A "stalled" run up from bowlers. Blatant cheating? Or just gamesmanship? A sad end to a great series.
Still....
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OH FFS what an end to a series riddled with controversial umpire decisions
Cheated of a result one way or the other
Farce
So who do you blame? The Aussies for a slow over rate? The umpires for not calling them out for it? England for not upping their run rate sooner (first 15 overs were a bit slow)? The ICC for their light regs?
Well that's just w**k
TBH I've never understood why test matches start at 11am rather than 10 or 10.30.
The whinge has started here in Australia.
The fat one all of a sudden likes the umpires
And still thinks that's a positive fr Australia
Prick
And Chappel is as delusional as ever, trying to claim it as Australia's series.
****ing morons the pair of them
LOL
😀
this is perfect. Neither side good enough to deliver the coup de grace and the umpires interpretation of the law forcing the result. The Aussies showing lots of gamesmanship to slow the overrate - hope they all cry.
Farcical and the perfect end to an imperfect summer.
TBH I've never understood why test matches start at 11am rather than 10 or 10.30.
Especially when they're making up time lost on previous days
This is what happens when you move the ICC to Dubai because running the game is more about the lifestyle than the sport for the people in charge.
Has there ever been an Australian team that were loved universally?
Really thought England could of won that, oh well. Great game though.
Should've had the fifth test up at Headlingley, too. Still light enough for cricket up in Yorkshire right now.
Sad finish to what could have been a great finale. However, sadly somewhat fitting all-in-all. 🙁
Geoffrey Boycott, Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Michael Clarke should realise that when he dangles a carrot he could lose the game. You can't then complain to the umpires when it isn't going your way."
I've no idea why most people in the press etc are so kind towards Michael Clarke and slate Cook at any opportunity. Australia bowled extremely negatively in the first innings despite needing a win, and they only declared to 'dangle the carrot', not through some noble desire to entertain the crowd.
Then they indulge in time wasting and gamesmanship and whine to the umpires to get the game called off when they realise it's gone awry.
Wonder if this wil put an end to the Aussie bleating about the victory they were apparently robbed of by the weather? Doubt it.
LOL at expecting the umpires to interpret that law.
Seems a fair result for the match and the series. Would have preferred a win, don't think Australia are guilty of anything that couldn't also be levelled at England over the series.
Shame we have to wait so long for the next Ashes 🙁
😆 😆 😆
Seems a fair result for the match and the series. Would have preferred a win, don't think Australia are guilty of anything that couldn't also be levelled at England over the series.
True but there was a lot of sanctimonious whinging when England did it.
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Precisely [i]why[/i] it was so hilarious. No need to complain at all; it's clear that both teams are capable of a bit of gamesmanship.
Warne vs Atherton was almost my favourite exchange of the series. Subtext:
Will England let Australia have a test win?
No, it would be better to win the series 3-0
But my team was the best in the world, we always let other teams think they could win
Yes, they'll try to win, but if it looks risky we'll take the 3-0
But you have to risk losing sometimes to win!!!!
3-0 🙂
Atherton played a very straight bat, great stuff 🙂
grum - Member
I've no idea why most people in the press etc are so kind towards Michael Clarke and slate Cook at any opportunity. Australia bowled extremely negatively in the first innings despite needing a win, and they only declared to 'dangle the carrot', not through some noble desire to entertain the crowd.Then they indulge in time wasting and gamesmanship and whine to the umpires to get the game called off when they realise it's gone awry.
I agree. I also think England deserve credit for how they bowled in Australia's second innings. They kept it tight when the Aussies were looking to get going quickly.
And when did what the crowd wanted to see become the most important factor in how a team bats?
Shame about the ending was tempted to sit up and watch it early an work start got in the way.
Some of the Aussies wow probably have taken 3-0 at the outset.
Still plenty of questions about England need answers the first 11 should be fine but it's the players around them that need to get form. Will be a good series over here and at least it will be on during the day live and for free which is even better.
From TMS Facebook
[i]I think we should congratulate the poor little Australians for doing so very well considering the lack of natural talent available to them.
No one expected them to do so well as only lose 3-0 so let's all get together and shout out a rousing 3 cheers for the gallant err... losers.
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah![/i]
And mike: I did stay up, Clarke was a bloody disgrace , physically pushing the umpires at one point, and right in their face. I'm going to go to work today and start clucking every time an Aussie comes in. I think calling them a bunch of chickens is about as polite as you can be!
