Steve Smith out for not much again, shame they’ll have another batsmen who will dig in and score a bucket load.
Wow it turns out we do know how to play the game.
For half a session at least.
They could have enforced it but chose not to. Smith CAN actually make a mistake it turns out, though I very much doubt it will make any difference to the result
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A pity thry cou;dnt have given us this score card in the Australia first innings
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | (35.3overs) | 76-for6wickets | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Bancroft | cBairstow | bAnderson | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Warner | c Root | b Woakes | 14 | 89 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 23.33 |
| Khawaja | lbw | bAnderson | 20 | 71 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 40.82 |
| Smith | lbw | b Woakes | 6 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Handscomb | c Malan | bAnderson | 12 | 78 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Lyon | c Broad | bAnderson | 14 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 46.67 |
| S Marsh | not out | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Paine | not out | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | 0nb 2w 0b 2lb | 4 | ||||||
| — | — | — |
Paine has gone
| Paine | c C Overton | b Woakes | 11 |
Australia 90-7 lead 305
Paine has gone
| Paine | c C Overton | b Woakes | 11 |
Australia 90-7 lead 305
Aussies all out for 138 a lead of 352
The openers are still there
| Batsman | How Out | Bowler | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | (14.1 overs) | 45-for0wickets | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Cook | not out | 12 | 60 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Stoneman | not out | 32 | 60 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 86.49 | |
| Extras | 0nb 0w 0b 1lb | 1 | ||||||
| — | — | — |
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That should read a lead of 353 we need 354 to win easy peasy on theis wicket.
If only they hadn’ bowled like twonks on day 1.
Chased 350 a dozen times in last decade never got within 100.
Don’ hold your breath
The first 50 opening partnership comes up and then the first wicket
50 per wicket and we could win this 
My fault I checked the score
Won’ happen again my bad
Vince out for 15…fly-swatting at a wide ball FFS. 
91 - 3
Seems to be his “give my wicket away” MO.
Root 50 up from 78 balls.
Malan getting bogged down at the other end…
134-3
I can’t believe Aus pissed their reviews up the wall the way they did. Have they done it simply to increase my levels of false hope?
The close of play needs to come so i can get my levels of pessimism back up.
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Malan gone. Shit. 10 mins before close.
176-4 at close, I might have to drag my sorry ass out of bed tomorrow morning now…
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Gutted that we lost the 4th wicket but wow, anyone should be happy that we go into the final day needing “only” 178, with 6 wickets remaining, to actually win this.
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If only we had Stokes in next.
Ho hum