Ashes in England 2023

So does that mean then it's a more acceptable form of dismissal at grassroots level than it is say at conty or Test level? and would that make the Mankad the ultimate dismissal sin?

One way or another I would say if Bairstow has tried it three times already then fair play to Carey for giving Bairstow his come uppance on it, It would be interesting not only what the likes of Bob Taylor, Adam Gilchrist and other former Test wicketkeepers make of it, and current ones too. I am sure many will back Carey up. Maybe the onus is on the umpire to call 'over' at the right moment. But tbh how many times have we seen cricketers go out of their crease to attempt a shot and find themselves stranded?

There are three changes for the 3rd test tomorrow.

In come Mark Wood & Chris Woakes for Anderson and Tongue. But Ben Stokes has told Anderson that he will be back for the Old Trafford test.

Moeen Ali returns in place of the injured Ollie Pope.

Brook is to bat at No3.

Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl first.

The way things are going, at this rate, this will be over by sometime after Sunday lunch time - but who will win?

(04-07-2023 12:39 )4waydiablo Wrote:  Bairstow literally did the exact same thing, not just in the past, but in the exact same game.

I've just seen footage of that incident with audio from the stump mic. Stokes goes up the pitch from the non-strikers end and says something which wasn't picked up by the mic and Khawaja turns to him and says "you did the same thing to us".

Australia all out for 224.

England are 10-0 still needing 241 to win.

So 27/0 at close.
First hour tomorrow very important.
Cloud cover forecast for a lot of the day which could make batting harder.
224 more runs to win or 10 wickets.

Hmmmmm.

England just need to bat sensible to finish this test match as they have done a lot better in bowling in this test match

Lets hope they do bat sensibly but I can't see it happening. Bringing in Wood & Woakes was a good tactic but know on eo those two has to be sacrificed for playing Jimmy at Old Trafford. And I hope Bairstow stays in his crease this time!

What a day of cricket ahead.