Hazlewood starts the day's play.
Appeal for LBW. Not out. Going down leg. Ball tracking shows even the impact was umpire's call.
Warne & Nasser praise the Oz bowling in general.
Warne (on the Root dismissal): "Joe Root just stood there. He could not believe he was bowled."
4th. Ashes Test. Manchester.
Hazlewood beats Denly again.
The broadcast shows "intercept points vs seam" for Denly & Roy. Roy is hitting the ball further in front of his body. Denly is "not bad", says Warne.
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Now Denly hits it airily just short of mid off.
And another LBW appeal. Not out. Paine waves his glove to indicate he thinks it's going down leg.
I agree. And ball tracking confirms.
Warne: "Test cricket is a hard game. ... It's not easy all the time. When you're not bowling at your best or batting at your best, that's when you need to hang in and find a way."
The broadcast shows "intercept points vs seam" for Denly & Roy. Roy is hitting the ball further in front of his body. Denly is "not bad", says Warne.
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Now Denly hits it airily just short of mid off.
And another LBW appeal. Not out. Paine waves his glove to indicate he thinks it's going down leg.
I agree. And ball tracking confirms.
Warne: "Test cricket is a hard game. ... It's not easy all the time. When you're not bowling at your best or batting at your best, that's when you need to hang in and find a way."
Now it's Botham's turn to point out the flaws in Roy's technique.
He shows with split screen first Denly hitting the ball under his head, and then Roy planting his foot forward and hitting in front of his head.
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Warne suggests there's a "lack of patience" by Oz, shown in the field changes.
He shows with split screen first Denly hitting the ball under his head, and then Roy planting his foot forward and hitting in front of his head.
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Warne suggests there's a "lack of patience" by Oz, shown in the field changes.
Cummins beats Roy again. Roy's feet look glued to the pitch.
Warne praises the bowling: "Cummins and Hazlewood have to be as good as there's been for a long time."
The broadcast camera pans to McGrath in the media box. Tony Jones is in front of him. (Now that Fairfax is owned by Nine, it looks like they are not bothering much with sending journos to the UK. We know A. Wu is there, but it's all a bit strange having Baum write opinion pieces on the cricket when he must be in Melbourne.)
Warne praises the bowling: "Cummins and Hazlewood have to be as good as there's been for a long time."
The broadcast camera pans to McGrath in the media box. Tony Jones is in front of him. (Now that Fairfax is owned by Nine, it looks like they are not bothering much with sending journos to the UK. We know A. Wu is there, but it's all a bit strange having Baum write opinion pieces on the cricket when he must be in Melbourne.)
First change of the day: Starc to bowl from the B. Statham end.
Lyon is warming up too.
Ponting: "Beautiful conditions for batting."
He says now is the best time to bat.
Ponting: "Big day for Nathan Lyon. Never easy to bowl your team to victory."
He says the batsmen are beginning to look a bit more confident in defence.
Oz need a wicket soon.
Lyon is warming up too.
Ponting: "Beautiful conditions for batting."
He says now is the best time to bat.
Ponting: "Big day for Nathan Lyon. Never easy to bowl your team to victory."
He says the batsmen are beginning to look a bit more confident in defence.
Oz need a wicket soon.
The 50 partnership comes up. There are cheers from the crowd. The crowd is annoying me.
Ponting says they've looked good this morning. Surely, not Roy, Ricky?
Botham says the rough created by Starc is bothering Roy. he says Roy's attempts to pat it down are probably doing more harm than good.
Athers says Lyon will love having Starc in the team.
Now Starc comes around the wicket. Ponting says that's generally a sign there's a little reverse swing.
Ponting says they've looked good this morning. Surely, not Roy, Ricky?
Botham says the rough created by Starc is bothering Roy. he says Roy's attempts to pat it down are probably doing more harm than good.
Athers says Lyon will love having Starc in the team.
Now Starc comes around the wicket. Ponting says that's generally a sign there's a little reverse swing.