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Crash Hamster Jul 2015 4:23pm, 18 Jul 2015 511 posts	0 Crash Hamster 4 wickets all day... Hmm, we really have got to work very hard to stop them taking another 12 wickets and it's an easy pitch.
Crash Hamster Jul 2015 4:23pm, 18 Jul 2015 512 posts	0 Crash Hamster 5 wickets all day...
fraggle Jul 2015 4:44pm, 18 Jul 2015 534 posts	0 fraggle oh dear I switched over to the TdF - much more pleasing result!
Crash Hamster Jul 2015 4:53pm, 18 Jul 2015 513 posts	0 Crash Hamster Agreed; joys of Skygo, had cricket on laptop and TdF on t'telly! Got to keep Australia to a slow rate of scoring, then not throw away our wickets now. Draw...
TRO Saracen Jul 2015 5:03pm, 18 Jul 2015 11,000 posts	0 TRO Saracen A draw would be massive, psychologically, for us. Sadly, way beyond us - all she wrote baby by close tomorrow.
Ceratonia Jul 2015 5:12pm, 18 Jul 2015 2,387 posts	0 Ceratonia Realistically, they'll easily get 200 by lunch tomorrow and very few teams have ever seen out 5 sessions in the 4th innings. In the unlikely event that we did manage that, an England win is more likely than a draw.
Crash Hamster Jul 2015 5:20pm, 18 Jul 2015 514 posts	0 Crash Hamster Been done 5 times, apparently, so not unprecedented. I hope that the England dressing room are thinking positively, rather than being resigned to defeat. I'm not sure that we, as a nation, are very good at confidence.
Crash Hamster Jul 2015 7:48pm, 18 Jul 2015 515 posts	0 Crash Hamster And there we have a demonstration by Australia of how benign this pitch is...
swittle Jul 2015 9:14am, 19 Jul 2015 34,909 posts	0 swittle Plenty of golf to watch.....
Fellrunning Jul 2015 9:35am, 19 Jul 2015 1,462 posts	0 Fellrunning Think its doable on a tame pitch like this one. Needs someone to set an example and drop anchor a la Tavare/Crashies Granny. Don't always agree with Boyccs but this is the time to show the full face of the bat and play what has to be played and leave everything else.