Day 2 of the 3rd test at the WACA in Perth, Western Australia.... They are 3 hours behind us here in Victoria... We get to sit down with a couple of beers in the evening and watch a good game til 9pm .... love it !

2 tons for your boys and a bloody good score 403... Could have been a lot better had they not had massive collapse at the end... We are a couple hundred behind for 3 wickets at the end of the days play....
Make or break tomorrow... for either side...

Need more

Day 4 ... And you must've sent some your weather down to Perth... Days play finished early.... And they are expecting more tomorrow...
We batted well and declared 250 ahead...
England is 4 wickets down and still nowhere near our score to make us bat again.
Possible draw looms...

Well done a job well done

Pitch copped a bit of moisture from storms overnight .. Ground staff were out on it with blowers to help dry it... Umpires then deemed it ok to play... The rest as they say.... is history. The Ashes are ours !

On to the next... Melbourne on Boxing Day.... which is already sold out !

Alby wrote:Pitch copped a bit of moisture from storms overnight .. Ground staff were out on it with blowers to help dry it... Umpires then  deemed it ok to play... The rest as they say.... is history. The Ashes are ours !

On to the next... Melbourne on Boxing Day.... which is already sold out !

They have tasted the Blood of England could be a on the cards

One of the big bowlers Starc could be out... bruised heel or something... And Overton out for you guys... maybe..

Alby wrote:One of the big bowlers Starc could be out... bruised heel or something... And Overton out for you guys... maybe..

Jackson Bird in for Starc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

Yep. Who is in for Overton ?

Alby wrote:Yep.  Who is in for Overton ?

Tom Curran or a Jedi master it is


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

Good start 244 for 3 nice ton by warner

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

England doing well cook and root digging in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

Nice double century for Cook

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

When he is going, he is great to watch Dave. He batted the way the Aussie batsmen should've... and to bat through the innings and not out !
It's 2pm and they have gone off for a sprinkle of rain. Warner and Smith aren't batting aggressively at present. Still 70-odd shy of Englands total

A draw avoided the white wash. I was not happy with the ball tampering accusations?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

Agree Dave... ridiculous !
But I reckon the rain saved us...
The pitch was 'dead' ... Gave nothing to bowlers and wasn't super good for batting... that shows how good your quickies were.
On to Thursday for the Sydney Test. This is normally a 'turner' ... We have brought in Agar to bolster the spinning ranks.. hope he gets a game.

Australia in the driving seat again



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Nice and hot up in Sydney today Dave... and expecting even hotter tomorrow.... might be when the Aussies are bowling....
Scorcher down in Geelong today 42deg C .. So glad I don't play cricket anymore !! Although In the lower grades if it gets over a certain temp they call the game off... thank goodness.

6 wickets in hand and the Marsh brothers doing well

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

It will be hard going for your boys Dave. 4 wickets down for 90-odd chasing the Aussies 300-odd lead (and that's just to make us bat again). Get one of these two out and it's curtains...... Joe Root is batting with a possible broken finger... If it's where I broke mine.. ouch !!!

just reading bbc sport Root in hospital does not sound good do you have any news on root AL


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-08/england-captain-root-hospitalised-with-dehydration/9310500

Looks like he is back at the SCG today and no doubt will bat if required. And his finger is "only sore"

Might even come out at the fall of the next wicket.

He came out at Ali's wicket.... but has since gone off again.... And it was gastro... Bairstow just OUT! LBW to Cummins . Broad out in the middle now.