any self respecting trader, can and should usually find things to blame other than themselves....

I'm really hoping and praying for the draw.

Yesterday Sky were well out of line with series score , 2-1 was 11/1 so I helped myself to a nice piece of that. They cut it to 11/2 I think it was after an hour or so.

surprised but pleased to see some play. Hope it goes on until stumps now.

Lucky I didn't go out as BBC predicted Armageddon today and I wasn't expecting any play.

The weather has still fooked us here hasn't it

From a purely financial point of view the draw would be a cracking result for me but if we do win then what a final test we'll havevto look forward to.

Fair play to Marsh and Lasagne, Aus looked shot yesterday but they've steadied the ship. England must be big favourites for the Oval though if the Ashes are decided here.

You never know. Even a blind chook picks the odd bit of corn etc. Radar looks ugly though.

Gaps in the rain and gaps in the cloud in the current forecast.

I guess we could get lucky or unlucky. If we get play, I'm sure we'll have the pick of our bowlers.

On the plus-side, we have one more Aussie wicket than I expected this morning...but to counter that we've conceded 100 runs.

I'd definitely have taken that this morning.

I think England would fancy chasing anything around 8/9 an over, should we have the chance, so runs aren't too big a problem, yet.

to be fair to any of them tomorrow looks more like a oscillating band that could either just miss Old Trafford or spend most of the day over it....

not quite sure what their excuse was today - other than humans and AI models still can't accurately predict complex weather systems...

strange how the umpires said it was too dark to play the quicks at the same ttime as they were wearing sunglasses

Too keen to restart play; the ball had been reversing but this was lost straight away on the wet outfield. Suppose they were in a no win situation as they probably wouldn't have played if they'd waited for it to dry out adequately..

Frustrating we couldn't nick another wicket as that would have opened up their weaker tail for Wood

We might not need long if Wood rips through them after 6 down

15 overs if we get on a roll if we get Marsh out quickly

sky news forecast doesn't look overly optimistic ... current england odds 2.98 which have drifted in the past 30 mins don't offer much hope either .. as is always said its the hope that kills you

I think we need to accept it's done

A sad way for this series to end sadly, the fooking rain

Good effort by England but the damage was done not giving the gloves to Foakes and this was because of the team imbalance as Stokes was unable to bowl.

England has the best of the weather this series too.

I think Australia are a better side so it is all the more galling to lose the first two Tests which were there for the taking.

All in all I like the way England have responded and there are positives to build on. Balancing the team is going to be difficult

if we can win the final test it will at least reflect the efforts of the team this series ... we made mistakes in the first 2 tests perhaps by being overly aggressive which could have been tempered slightly but can't fault the entertainment and endeavour to go for the win each time ... the Aussies can count themselves a little fortunate which isn't much consolation admittedly but the weather in the UK is always variable

if bazball means teams ringing the boundary with fielders on days 2 and 3 of test  matches the only difference between test cricket and white/pink ball/IPL is their not wearing PJ,S

agree 100% 1st time poster.

2nd time test cricket has robbed me,i was brought up thinking boycott etc never offered a chance every shot along the ground it was only when ch 4/sky had camera,s everywhere,that 90% of shots are in the air