Welcome to news.com.au’s stay protection of the third day of the third Ashes Test from Headingley.
After the primary two classes have been misplaced to rain, we have been handled to 1 over within the third earlier than rain began once more.
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Australia added two runs to its in a single day rating to take a seat at 4/118 with a lead of 144 runs.
1.50am – One over, two runs and we’re off once more
Talk about an anti-climax.
After one Chris Woakes over – and a run every to Travis Head and Mitch Marsh – play was stopped once more because the drizzle resumed.
It’s prone to proceed this manner so don’t surrender on seeing extra motion – and spare a thought for Head and Marsh who gained’t discover this straightforward.
1.45am – Play resumes and it’s ‘perfect’ for bowling
England has been gifted a super alternative to take away Australia’s final recognised batsmen as play resumes.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has described the situations as “perfect” for bowling because the hosts look to take away Travis Head (18 not out) and Mitch Marsh (17 not out).
The umpires hope to squeeze in 34 overs of play, however there may be extra rain predicted to fall so don’t financial institution on getting that many.
11.33pm — The forecast was incorrect
We got here into the day with The Met Office predicting solely a 50 per cent probability of rain within the first session, whereas thunderstorms are anticipated after play finishes.
Well that was incorrect.
It’s raining nonetheless at Headingley and the Met Office now predicts 60 per cent probabilities of thunderstorms till at the least the 3pm (midnight AEST).
It’s seemingly a 40 per cent probability at 3pm and 30 per cent at 4pm.
What does this imply? Who is aware of, the climate has simply been sticking round and ruining the day.
Hopefully there’ll be some play within the closing session.
9.45pm — Match referee clipped over Warner meme
The father of Stuart Broad — who can also be an ICC match referee — has reportedly been rebuked by cricket’s governing physique.
Chris Broad is a former worldwide star for England, who rating six Test centuries, however grew to become an official after his profession ended.
Broad has stood because the match referee in 120 Test matches and 349 ODIs, the second most of all-time in every statistic, and 127 T20Is, the fourth most in historical past.
So he most likely ought to have identified higher than sharing this meme the Barmy Army additionally shared.
The Age reported whereas the ICC declined to remark, “sources close to the governing body indicated that he had been told it was unbecoming of his role as a neutral match official”.
However, it additionally mentions that Warner and Chris Broad have an extended, pleasant relationship.
As for Warner and Stuart Broad, that could be a bit totally different after he was dismissed for a seventeenth time in Tests on day two.
9.30pm — The covers are coming off
There will likely be some play in the present day, but it surely’ll be after lunch because the groups have taken the early break.
It means the primary session has been fully washed out.
But at the least there’ll be some cricket in the present day — the suspense has been killing us!
7.45pm — 50 per cent probability of rain…
It’s a bit extra like 100 per cent as a result of it’s raining in Leeds.
Looks like we’ll have a little bit of a delayed begin.
6.30pm — Warner catastrophe isn’t any smiling matter
Aussie cricket legend Ian Healy has slammed opening batter David Warner after the veteran Aussie was as soon as once more dismissed by England fast Stuart Broad.
It was the seventeenth time Broad had claimed the wicket of Warner, the equal third most in Test cricket historical past.
But it wasn’t simply that he was dismissed for 1 by his outdated nemesis, it was the opener’s response to the dismissal.
Warner was smiling as he left the sector, which was a weird response when dismissed by a man who’s been dwelling lease free in your head for thus lengthy.
“It worries me,” Healy mentioned from the Nine studio at tea on day two.
“He’s smiling a little too much. I’m hopeful it’s not a smile and it just looks like a smile.
“He’s numb, he’s not really into the innings, his clarity in the mind wasn’t there to get 300. Australia have got to get 300 right now. He’s been the real warrior that leads us into those innings in the past, but he’s just been nowhere in this Test when we need to really add 300 at least to our lead of 29.”
Was the a sledge Warner heard that the stump mic didn’t seize? Maybe, but it surely’s a foul search for a batter who’s hoping to retain his spot within the facet till the New Year’s Test, the place he hopes to retire.
That is trying a great distance away in latest occasions with Warner scoring simply 1099 runs at 28.17 for the reason that 2020 Sydney Test, which incorporates his Boxing Day double hundred.
Healy contemplated if Warner, who has 141 runs at 23.50 on this collection, might not be capable of afford sticking true with the batter.
“Not only is Broad unsettling him, but worldwide, bowlers over the last two years have not had much trouble with him. His average is about 28 over the last couple of years in cricket and those numbers for a national team are probably not good enough,” Healy mentioned.
“So I worry that we can pick him again, even in the next Test in this series.”
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