Snakey, I had a good look for your official 4th Test blog and was quite dismayed to find you hadn't issued one. What's the deal, good buddy?
Anyway, the traditional Melbourne Boxing Day Test starts today on Boxing Day. What a co-incidence. Great scheduling by the ACB.
Dates: 26 to 30 December
Aussie team: Warner, Rogers, Watson, Clarke (c), Smith, Bailey, Haddin, Siddle, Johnson, Lyon, Harris
Poms: Cook (c), Carberry, Bell, Pietersen, Root, Stokes, Bairstow, Broad, Panesar, Anderson, Bresnan
Morning session: 10:30-12:30 (21:30-23:30 previous day GMT)
Afternoon session: 13:10-15:10 (00:10-02:10 GMT)
Evening session: 15:30-17:30 (02:30-04:30 GMT)
On-field umpires: Aleem Dar and Kumar Dharmasena
Third umpire: Billy Bowden
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle
Day 1 Attendance: 91,092 (world record for a Test)
Day 2 Attendance:
Day 3 Attendance:
Day 4 Attendance:
Day 5 Attendance:
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Eng 2/100.
Carberry's dismissal by Watson was an absolute beauty.
Marvellous bowling.
LOL, totally forgot buddy, but quality blog here, youve got all the details, i'll have to step up my game for the 5th test if i can beat you to it.
I was a bit disappointed when clark chose to bowl after winning the toss, and it wasnt looking good earlier, but at 3/106 we are looking good.
If we can knock Bell and Peterson out soon they will be in massive trouble, once again Harris never bowls a bad one, Lyon has been exceptional this summer too.
Too many women rot the brain, mate.
Wrong decision to bowl first but i think we have done a good job on a very good batting deck. these two are the big wickets.
Hi Yobz, i dont think clark was thinking of giving our team practice at bowling first, he is thinking about going 5 up in the series, in hindsight it was an average choice, why change a winning formular, or batsman would have been 300 + up on this dead wicket.
Its been the worst day of the series so far, the poms have been over careful to the point of being boring, weve been committed and hungry, but we havnt been able to capitalise.
What do you expect an offie on a day 1 wicket Wongy??? He has done a good job today on a wicket offering him nothing. He is easily the best spinner in the country atm.
Wongy, im not sure if youve been watching much cricket, not much id presume lol but Lyon has been in sensational form, an absolute standout, probably the form spinner in world cricket at the moment, and light years ahead of any spinner in this country atm.
Sorry Wongy, I've got to agree with the others.
He's no Warnie, but he is doing a pretty fair job atm.
GOT HIM, YES!!!
Stokes not on fire today. Gone for 14.
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