Sunday, September 08, 2019

England Surely Doomed At Old Trafford.

After an excellent day's cricket in Manchester, facing a huge, unchaseable target, England have just eight wickets remaining to bat out the entire final day of the Test Match in order to claim an improbable draw.
Burns and Root were both dismissed by some excellent Aussie bowling late in the day. Jason Roy is at the crease this morning. Sigh.
On Saturday morning, the England late order had batted wonderfully to avoid the follow on but that man Smith hit a brisk 80+ to allow the visitors an earlier declaration than they could have reasonably hoped for. This grants the Aussies that essential element for winning - time.
An England draw just ain't gonna happen. The Ashes will remain with the Aussies.
Sigh.
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