THE ASHES 2017 - 2018

4th Test - Australia v England - The Boxing Day Test

Tue Dec 26 - Sat Dec 30 10:30 local (23:30 GMT -1d | 12:30 NZDT)
Melbourne Cricket Ground LIVE

Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Livescorecard
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1088 ... z-2017-18/


STUMPS - Day 1
Australia 244/3 * (89 ov)
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STUMPS - Day 2
Australia 327
England 192/2 * (57 ov)
England trail by 135 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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STUMPS - Day 3
Australia 327
England 491/9 * (144 ov)
England lead by 164 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings
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STUMPS - Day 4
Australia 327 & 103/2 * (43.5 ov)
England 491
Australia trail by 61 runs with 8 wickets remaining
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RESULT - Day 5
Australia 327 & 263/4 (124.2 ov)
England 491

DRAW






5 Game test series, Australia 3 V England 0
(1 Game drawn)

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Two positives to this draw.

England could NOT stop Smith.
Australia denied England a shot at their first victory in Australia since January 2011.

THE ASHES 2017 - 2018

5th Test - Australia v England

Thu Jan 4 - Mon Jan 8, 2018 10:30 local (23:30 GMT -1d | 12:30 NZDT)
Sydney Cricket Ground LIVE

Toss: England have won the toss and will bat.

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5 Game test series, Australia 3 V England 0
(1 Game drawn)

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Weather Forecast

Day 1: Patchy rain
Day 2: Partly cloud
Day 3: Partly cloud
Day 4: Partly cloud
Day 5: Moderate or heavy rain showers

https://www.worldweatheronline.com/sydn ... es/au.aspx

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The good news is.... the prematch show has started....

The BAD news is.... commentators standing in the rain with umbrellas!!


ETA
Toss at 11:00, Play to start 11:30.... maybe


ETA 2
Ummmm... rain again as Captains were about to go out for the toss


ETA 3
Toss 12:10. Play 12:40. No lunch break

Schedule shows 83 overs to be bowled today. They gain half an hour (8 overs) with afternoon session starting at 12:40, rather than 1:10 pm. And I assume they plan an hour overtime (15 overs) as well... Stumps at 6:30 pm?

I assume they will start half hour early tomorrow (10:00 AM start) and gain another 8 overs, and so make up for overs lost to rain this morning.

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

5th Test Day 1 - Tea Break

England 122/3 * (42 ov)

Minimum Ov. Rem 41.0

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New Ball

After 80 overs, with just 3 overs left in the day


England 220/3 * (80 ov)




ETA - Wickets
New ball worked!!

JE Root c SE Marsh b Starc 83 (141b 8x4 0x6) SR: 58.86

JM Bairstow c †Paine b Hazlewood 5 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

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5th Test - Day 2

GUESSING - early start? 10:00 AM

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6th Wicket

DJ Malan c Smith b Starc 62 (180b 6x4 0x6) SR: 34.44

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England seems to be pissing about taking up time.
After 20 overs
England: 294/6 * (101.4 ov) with a 2.87 RR

Lyon NEEDS a couple of wickets before lunch.

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ETA: and just like that ... 7th Wicket, Ali OUT

MM Ali c †Paine b Cummins 30 (58b 2x4 0x6) SR: 51.72

England: 294/7 * (102.4 ov) RR: 286

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8th Wicket

TK Curran c Bancroft b Cummins 39 (65b 6x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

England: 335/8 * (108.4 ov) RR: 308

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9th Wicket

SCJ Broad c Smith b Lyon 31 (32b 1x4 2x6) SR: 96.87

346/9 * (111.4 ov) RR: 309

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ALL Out

MS Crane run out 4 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 57.14

5th Test, Day 2 - LUNCH, INNINGS Break

England: 346 * (112.3 ov) RR:3/07 (31.3 ovs in 1st session)

Minimum Ovs Remaining: 65.3

1st Wicket

CT Bancroft b Broad 0 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

England 346
Australia 1/1 * (1.2 ovr)

Australia trail by 345 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

2nd Wicket

DA Warner c †Bairstow b Anderson 56 (104b 6x4 0x6) SR: 53.84

England 346
Australia 86/2 * (31.4 ov) RR: 2.71

Australia trail by 260 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.

5th Test, Day 2 - TEA Break

England 346
Australia 96/2 * (34 ov) RR: 2.82

Australia trail by 250 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Minimum overs required: 30.0

Thanks for updates, Molly

Overs Math
Given the scheduled overs remaining plus those bowled already, it looks like total at stumps today will be 176.3
I guess they "lost" 3.3 with an innings break? And so they are close to having made up for overs lost to rain yesterday morning?

WEATHER looks to me to likely wipe out (mostly) day 5, and so I am as always worried about TIME... and a draw... we'll see

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5th Test, Day 3

IMO it makes sense to assume there will be no play on day 5. This test needs to be played as if time runs out at the end of day 4.

As always... my advice is "bat like hell".

Australia need to knock off the deficit and put on a lead that they can defend while taking 10 English wickets. That is Austalia need to plan to NOT bat a second innings at all (at a pinch a token few runs to make in a 2nd innings). With that in mind, they need to bat a little more as they would in an ODI. They need to bat, say 80 overs today and put England in for 10 overs at the end of the day. If Australia can manage a RR of say 4, then they will lead by 170. A little better than RR 4 would be better still.

It's Pink Day at the SCG, in honour of the McGrath Foundation.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
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5th Test, Day 3 - LUNCH

England 346
Australia 277/3 * (95 ov)
Australia trail by 69 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Minimum Ov. Rem 62.0 (2 short for the session)


Shame that Smith was out just before lunch.. and he was short of a century.

Australia are progressing OK ... if this were a 5 day test... but I fear it wont be, and so I see a DRAW looming

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Australia knock off the deficit

England 346
Australia 348/3 * (122.2 ov)

Australia lead by 2 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Minimum Ov. Rem 34.4

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
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5th Test, Day 3 - TEA

England 346
Australia 365/3 * (127 ov) RR 2.87
Australia lead by 19 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Minimum Ov. Rem 30 (they caught up missed overs from session 1)


As I said... Australia on track to set a target for England.. and bowl them out, but....At the current rate, Australia will need to bat 2 sessions or more tomorrow and are unlikely to bowl England out on day 4. And... day 5 may be rained out.
We''ll see... Australia may bat like hell in the final session today?

If there is play on day 5, Australia have a good chance of a win.

Michael Clarke is suggesting that Australia will have "enough" runs by lunch tomorrow. (A lead of 250+?) And COULD bowl England out in the afternoon two sessions tomorrow..
I guess that might work.. and there is always (perhaps) some play on day 5 to mop up the Poms.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
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5th Test - Day 4

IF rain were not a factor, this looks like an almost certain win for Australia.

They could bat half of today and gain an unassailable lead (350+) and would have a day and a half to bowl England out.
That may well be how things go. They could even achieve that today (regardless of the weather tomorrow) if they bat aggressively to set the target by around lunch time today, and declare, and bowl England out over the two remaining sessions today. Even if they don't quite achieve that today, there is always the possibility of at least some play tomorrow.

Australia have got this

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
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Century - Shaun Marsh

Shaun Marsh(lhb) 102 (212) SR 48.17


England 346
Australia 483/4 * (157.5 ov)
Australia lead by 137 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light