Clarke
Captaincy
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
If Anderson was fit this would've been over in record time. Voges, Neville etc. - there's no real quality in this Aussie line up apart from Smith and Clarke, and they're both struggling for form. You can't let Ben Stokes take three wickets, that's just silly.
Smith
Come on sin. If you can't bat on anything but a fairweather wicket, you ain't that great.
Much as I'd love to take the piss out of Clarke, I really do rate him. No idea why he's trying to hit everything though.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
His record's too good to ignore - has got runs away at all places. But he does need to prove he can sustain it.
Race for England to win the ashes before football starts. They have until 12.45 to take 3 wickets. And then it's time to laugh at Man Utd or Tottenham (or both).
I remember the last day of the fifth test at the Oval (which would be ten years ago next month).
Warne and McGrath making me brick it as they tore into us in the morning session (was freshly out of uni so was a jobless bum back then so watching it on channel 4), then taking my then girlfriend back to her place during the afternoon who was in a huff with me for no reason whatsoever (it's called being a woman, she's engaged to some other poor sod now so that's his problem ha ha). Part of me wanted to be apologetic, part of me cared more about whether Pietersen was still at the crease.
And then the farce of the Australians coming out to bat for an over or so which I caught round hers, before the umpires lifting the bales off to end the greatest test series of all time in the most anti climatic way possible.
Won't be the same fanfare this time you'd suspect, given that we've won three ashes series back to back since that time.
It will be sweet though given that they were the huge favourites, and Joe Root and the last stand cameos from our tail Enders aside our batting is abject and has been for about three years now.
Skittle them out please.
Apparently, a statement from Cricket Australia is expected shortly. Rumours that Michael Clarke will announce his retirement.
242-8, off goes Starc for a duck!
Stokes with six-for now.
Cook should have a bowl.
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