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Maringer
December 4, 2017, 9:52am
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I don't follow the cricket particularly closely, but usually keep an eye on the England test match results.

The fact that I've never heard of half of the England players shows that it's not exactly a team chock full of experience, once you take a few of the big names out.

5-0 sounds entirely likely from reading the reports.
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December 4, 2017, 7:57pm
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Chance of a draw now in this test?


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December 4, 2017, 10:31pm
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We'll need to bowl them out very cheaply then have a couple of players get centuries to have a chance.

Very slim chance of a draw given our propensity to have batting collapses.
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December 5, 2017, 6:53am
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Don't think it'll be a draw unless there's rain. At least we're making a fight of it but can't see us chasing these.
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Agree. 200 plus to get with 3 down does look a tall order and the draw a long shot without rain or bad light.
Tiny squeak though. At least we've made a game of this one.


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Absolutely gripping stuff at the moment. Still think it's very unlikely but it's just great to see them putting up a proper fight.
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Still extremely unlikely, I'd have thought. Root will need to stay in for a long time with support from the others with Moeen needing to get a good score. Maybe a 1 in 10 chance of an England victory? Perhaps a little less than that.
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Credit to England for giving it a real go, rather than crumbling like I expected them to (helped of course by Smith not enforcing the follow on!). Hopefully Root can convert his 50 into a ton and go on, and if Woakes could stick around too (he's got an average of 30 so why not?) the Aussies will get nervy.

Half tempted to get up and watch it, although if I do that I'll probably see 2 wickets go down by 3.35!


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I've got an early start in the morning as I'm off to the big smoke so I'll probably have it on from 5ish.  I just can't see us winning from here but to quote Keegan, I'd love it!
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Would be a record second innings score to beat Australia.

On the plus side, records are there to be broken.

On the down side, there's a reason records aren't broken very often!
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