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Oz need to be careful here. Don't wanna throw a Test away.

Leach can easily bowl FTB, but don't expect Lyon to bowl Root. Lyon struggles to bowl out sides on the last day of a Test.
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Australia would win this afternnon, if they declared now.

As it is, the lead is 250, with 6 wickets in hand.
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Wowee... If Jonny scores a century, it'll show how flat the pitch still is. Just like when Khawaja scored his (with the help of a dropped catch, of course).

They say there's some variable bounce... But unless it actually gets a wicket, variable bounce is just optics. Show me a ball scuttle along the ground and bowl a batsman... Then I'll get interested.
Bairstow got a century but also a hand injury. I guess that's at least something. 8)

But it's never good seeing FTBs get centuries. It means the pitches are too flat.
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For Oz...

Hazlewood will miss the final Test.
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50 partnership up. Australia 4/142 (Khawaja 31*, Green 23*). The lead is now 264.
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Tea. 4/149. The lead is 271. Special K is 35* and Green is 26*. Special K's average in the third innings of all Test matches is now 56.69 (from 18 innings in 19 Tests, so it isn't just a statistical curio).
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Green hit Anderson for back-to-back 4s a few overs ago... Shows the pitch is still easy. (But not easy enough for FTB of course. :wink: )

Is rain coming?
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For 60 years, batting has been more or less like this at Sydney. It is not some recent phenomenon.
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Ussy continues his impressive return to Test cricket. 54*.

The lead is 293.
Donny.

It's a game. Enjoy it. :D
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Special K brings up another 50 with an elegant 4. 4/171, after he backs up with a magnificent back-cut. Australia lead by 293.

Special K has now scored more runs in the Series than Marcus Harris.
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Khawaja is 75*, Green is 36*. The score is 4/200. The lead is 322.
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Special K is putting on a clinic, now. He's 82*.
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Green has his 50. He's 53 from 102. Khawaja is 96* from 125. Australia is 4/238. The partnership is 152* and the lead is 360.
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4/250. The lead is 372.
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Khawaja brings up his century from 131 balls. That’s his 10th Test century. His Test average at the SCG is presently 98.33.
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