*Official* Third Test (Headingley, Leeds) 6–10 July

[Starfighter]

Given Murphy has to play, Boland will presumably miss under the One Victorian Rule, unless the selectors think England are so bad they can risk two of them in the same side.

I have little doubt that Boland will play over Neser. Our selectors seem to stick quite rigidly to their pecking order. I'm leaning towards preferring Neser myself atm due to his better batting and I don't think Boland's really in rhythm.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Plays for Victoria. He has the taint.

Every man has a taint

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Taintless Burgey

 

[Qlder]

25 hours before the toss, time has slowed down, now glad only 3 days between tests

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I mean if you want a spinner who can bat a bit, why not the bloke who took 12 and made 140 like a week ago

Because ...shut up. That's why.

 

[chris.hinton]

Weather Update

Thurs - Same
Fri - Same
Sat - More widespread showers
Sun - Showers early afternoon
Mon - Showers all day

Looking a bit worse

Forecast today

Thurs - Dry/Sunny all day
Fri - Sunny all day
Sat - Same widespread Showers
Sun - Sunny all day
Mon - Showers all day

So Sunday will have no showers so the forecast has a whole is improving

 

[chris.hinton]

Eng team announced for 3rd test

Exclusive: Harry Brook to bat at No 3 as England recall Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood

Radical shake-up for third Test after Ollie Pope is ruled out for series – plus Nick Hoult's analysis on a team of cavaliers

www.telegraph.co.uk

6 man bowling attack.
Stokes(depending on fitness)
Ali
Woakes
Robinson
Broad
Wood

Comments. Wood and woakes haven't played tests for a very long time is my main concern. Broad and Robinson would be fatigued from the 2nd test. Ali and stokes aren't fully fit, Ali still hasn't fully recovered from the finger injury which normally takes a few weeks.

This attack will stun the Aussies. Wood has pace and the Aussies are scared of pace, Woakes will swing it and be bang on the money.

Win in 4 days for England. Murphy is going to be ****e

 

[Nicky]

Duckett,
Lawrence,

Brook,
Root,
Stokes(c),
Bairstow,
Foakes (wk),

Woakes,
Broad,
Wood,
Robinson

I would prefer this XI

 

[halba]

This attack will stun the Aussies. Wood has pace and the Aussies are scared of pace, Woakes will swing it and be bang on the money.

Win in 4 days for England. Murphy is going to be ****e

Yep the issue i have with Todd murphy- hes just going to get whacked out of the attack. why dont aus put Boland And Neser as a 4 pace bowling attack? on a green top better chance of a victory. Murphy will do *** all, i dont rate him at all- going to get slogged on these wickets. Only Lyon is australia's only good spinner produced in the last 30 years.. Get Smith/Head to bowl some offies/leggies for a short bit, but spin is just going to get whacked in england unless you are absolutely world class e.g. Warne or Lyon. Actually i rated Matt- Kuhnemann - Kuhnemann was world class in the 3rd test in india, 5 for 16 in the first INN

Attack should be - on a green top

Green
Neser
Starc
Cummins
Boland
Head/Smith - to bowl part time spin.

 

[the big bambino]

Only Lyon is australia's only good spinner produced in the last 30 years.. G

As this period included Warne and MacGill this has to be your best post ever.

 

[Qlder]

Latest ICC Rankings Top 10 released

2. Smith
3. Labuschagne
4. Head
5. Root
7. Khawaja

2. Cummins
4. Anderson
5. Robinson
7. Lyon
10. Broad

Edit: Smith (882) 1 point from Williamson (883) to regain #1 in his 100thTest

 

[Ashes81]

I like Leeds a lot as a town - had a very, very good time there one long weekend in the otherwise very cold northern winter of 2010/11. But in all seriousness, given what's gone on with Yorkshire, how does the ECB give them a test match when there's so many other venues available?

I think we'd all agree that having a test at Leeds doesn't sit well.

I lived there for 3 years as a student and it's a great city but what went on at the cricket club should have resulted in this test taking place elsewhere.

 

[Ashes81]

Latest ICC Rankings top 10 released

2. Smith
3. Labuschagne
4. Head
5. Root
7. Khawaja

2. Cummins
4. Anderson
5. Robinson
7. Lyon
10. Broad

How is Khawaja not higher. Hasn't he averaged 60 as an opener in the last couple of years.

 

[GIMH]

So my mandatory day in the office is now Thursday, was Wed until recently. The last two nights I’ve had a text from our alerting system saying stay at home if you were planning to come in, the network is ****ed.

Pray it remains ****ed people, I got cricket to watch!

 

[GIMH]

FFS just as I hit post reply, got a message saying it's fixed. Livid!!!

 

[Ashes81]

So my mandatory day in the office is now Thursday, was Wed until recently. The last two nights I’ve had a text from our alerting system saying stay at home if you were planning to come in, the network is ****ed.

Pray it remains ****ed people, I got cricket to watch!

I know the feeling mate - I go into the office one day a week, went in on Monday to free up the end of the week.

It'll be TMS on, and then I catch up with action on Sky during my breaks.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah TMS and ignoring everyone it is

 

[Burgey]

Yeah TMS and ignoring everyone it is

Why change the habit of a life time and stop being ignorant now?

 

[Burgey]

I think we'd all agree that having a test at Leeds doesn't sit well.

I lived there for 3 years as a student and it's a great city but what went on at the cricket club should have resulted in this test taking place elsewhere.

It is a quality joint. @GIMH what was the name of that curry joint the three of us went to? Was a decent nosh up. Massive joint, can’t remember its name, but there’s a lot of good joints to eat in northern English cities from what I’ve seen.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

As this period included Warne and MacGill this has to be your best post ever.

Colin Miller aswell ..Didn't he win ICC Cricketer of the year with his offspin in the 2000s?