the answer is to score 500 and leave England 170 to get

Aussies will have to face 2-3 overs before lunch

Pushed out the odds on the near certainty of a draw.

The financial impact of the match not going into tomorrow will be horrendous as  I assume Saturday and Sunday takings will have to be refunded.Also if test matches are only going to last for 3 days future tv contracts will be for much smaller amounts.

Play every match in Bangaldesh... it either rains for 4 days or the team batting first score 500-4 declared.

Odds to lose a wicket before lunch?

I price it 2.10

wouldn't mind some 1.9 they don't lose one

Whisperingdeath    07 Aug 15 12:16 

johnnythebull
07 Aug 15 11:54

the 'enforcer' to get his maiden test century to really cap things off?Grin


Johhny,

I think " The best white ball bowler in the world " had a big hundred against Pakistan unless that match was voided for their spot fixing.


ur entirely correct WHISPERING,just looked it up..i just naturally assumed,w/o checking,that seeing the position he bats at that he wouldn't have scored a century
guys on this forum know their onions..btw what's become of him?

broad has warner in knots here

broads century was not voided it still in the record books

For the 1st time, England have taken a 300+ runs lead, when their 1st innings total is less than 400 while batting 2nd.

Session wickets of : 9,8,6, and 4 lots of 5 wickets have fallen here prior to yesterdays 10 wicket in the morning session.

Andy Maher reckons England attack is a 1 way streak "Wood, Finn, Stokes, Ali. You take Broad out of the equation and there's not much there to strike fear. Surely we dig in here"

Australia vs England, 3rd Test, Melbourne (1937): It was the first time in the history of Test cricket that both the teams declared their first innings. Australia declared on 200 for 9 after the rain interrupted their innings. On a spiteful pitch, fuelled by rain, England slid to 76 for 9 before their captain Gubby Allen decided to declare to test Australian batting on the wet pitch. But the plan backfired as Australia batted through day three and four, with English failing to grip the wet ball. Don Bradman blasted 270 runs and Australia scored 564 runs in their second outing. England were bowled out for 323 and lost the match by 365 runs.

Australia vs England, 1st Test, Brisbane (1950): This was the first series between the arch-rivals after the famous 1948 series in which Australia were crowned as 'The Invincibles'. Australian skipper Lindsay Hassett opted to bat and the flip of the coin ultimately decided the outcome of the match. On a good surface, Australia put up a below-par total of 228 in their first innings. Just after the close of day one, there was a massive storm followed by a heavy downpour. Play could not take place for next two days and when England came out to bat, the pitch had become treacherous. Several England batsmen took blows before the innings was declared on 68 for 7; trailing by 160. Australia too fared poorly in their second innings were reduced to 32 for 7 at which point Hassett declared the innings which is the lowest declared total in Tests as yet. England needed 193 runs to win but were dismissed for 122 as Australia won the Test by 70 runs and took 1-0 lead. The win set the tone for the hosts who went on to clinch the series 4-1.

Remember Poms have lost before declaring to the Aussies back in 2006/07 summer in Adelaide

Draw down to 34.

15.2
Stokes to Warner, FOUR, full at the stumps, punched straight of mid-on who can't stop it with a dive and the 1,000,000th legal delivery in Tests England goes to the boundary