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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. 07:43 - Dec 10 with 1514 viewsChrisd

Day 3 end of play - England 220-2 - Malan 80 n/o and Root 86 n/o. England now trail by 58 runs.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:47 - Dec 10 with 1487 viewsSaleAway

Woke up around 5:30am, and saw that Root and Malan were set, so I stayed up and watched. Pitch looks pretty flat, although one or two kicked off a length, no real threat from the aussies. If we can survive the morning session tomorrow, we'll be in decent shape, but I worry about the new ball.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:48 - Dec 10 with 1484 viewsIpswichKnight

It certainly was! I fully expected to be skittled out for 170 and lose by an innings. We now have a slim chance of winning this.
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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:51 - Dec 10 with 1467 viewsFixed_It

Just looked out of my window to see the sunrise!

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:52 - Dec 10 with 1469 viewsChrisd

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:47 - Dec 10 by SaleAway

Woke up around 5:30am, and saw that Root and Malan were set, so I stayed up and watched. Pitch looks pretty flat, although one or two kicked off a length, no real threat from the aussies. If we can survive the morning session tomorrow, we'll be in decent shape, but I worry about the new ball.


I saw a few comments from Chappell who said this pitch reminds him of the one played on against India at this ground, when Australia set India 330 to win. Blimey, we’re going to need to bat like demons to post a lead of that magnitude. You just know it’s the hope that kills you being an England fan, expect 270 a/o tomorrow!!!!

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:56 - Dec 10 with 1448 viewschicoazul

Neither of them will make a ton now though.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:19 - Dec 10 with 1365 viewsElephantintheRoom

Clearly we need more South Africans

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:27 - Dec 10 with 1316 viewsFtnfwest

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:19 - Dec 10 by ElephantintheRoom

Clearly we need more South Africans


can we get Australia's one?
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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:27 - Dec 10 with 1317 viewsBlueandTruesince82

Great to see both get runs, a confidence boost for the rest of the series but still 60 odd behind so England need to put on at least another 250 to have something to bowl at unless the pitch really deterioates... even if we did I think we'd need a little help from the aussies
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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:34 - Dec 10 with 1275 viewsFtnfwest

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:52 - Dec 10 by Chrisd

I saw a few comments from Chappell who said this pitch reminds him of the one played on against India at this ground, when Australia set India 330 to win. Blimey, we’re going to need to bat like demons to post a lead of that magnitude. You just know it’s the hope that kills you being an England fan, expect 270 a/o tomorrow!!!!


This is the issue, we need to get probably another 300-350 to set them something difficult such that they might go for a draw. They just need a breakthrough...
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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 09:52 - Dec 10 with 1176 viewsGuthrum

I looked at Cricinfo when I woke up and misread the score as 147 and 220 all out. Quite delighted when I realised we were in fact only 58 runs behind with eight wickets in hand, including Stokes and Buttler still in the shed.

Get to and through the new ball, we might give them something reasonably hefty to chase on the final day.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 11:05 - Dec 10 with 1106 viewsGuthrum

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 08:19 - Dec 10 by ElephantintheRoom

Clearly we need more South Africans


London-born Dawid Malan, do you mean?

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 11:12 - Dec 10 with 1087 viewsgainsboroughblue

It's given us hope, which I hope isn't false. The new ball in ten overs will be crucial but if we manage to escape, it will be up there with the first test of 2010-11 of great escapes. 517-1 I believe we got then.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 13:27 - Dec 10 with 999 viewsMaySixth

There will be lots of talk of England fighting back and having a chance of getting something.

We won't.

They will smash us.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 13:35 - Dec 10 with 985 viewsclive_baker

Yeah. I'm not even thinking it gives us a chance to win, to be honest I'm just thinking we could make a game of it and lose respectably. Not to sound defeatist, but given day 1 it would be a decent turaround and hopefully give us confidence going into the next tests away from Brisbane, and with Anderson back.

Next little milestone is to get 59 more without loss, effectively 1-2 at that stage. Then try and give them something starting in a 2 to chase.

Watch them skittle through us now and win by 8 or 9 wickets.

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 13:36 - Dec 10 with 979 viewsMaySixth

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 13:35 - Dec 10 by clive_baker

Yeah. I'm not even thinking it gives us a chance to win, to be honest I'm just thinking we could make a game of it and lose respectably. Not to sound defeatist, but given day 1 it would be a decent turaround and hopefully give us confidence going into the next tests away from Brisbane, and with Anderson back.

Next little milestone is to get 59 more without loss, effectively 1-2 at that stage. Then try and give them something starting in a 2 to chase.

Watch them skittle through us now and win by 8 or 9 wickets.


I am with you mate, I really hope we can take it to the final day but I think we will be all out by tea

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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 02:32 - Dec 11 with 896 viewschicoazul

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 07:56 - Dec 10 by chicoazul

Neither of them will make a ton now though.


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Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 10:27 - Dec 11 with 790 viewsMaySixth

Well that was a pleasant and unexpected surprise this morning…. on 13:36 - Dec 10 by MaySixth

I am with you mate, I really hope we can take it to the final day but I think we will be all out by tea


No problem

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