Before the 2023 Ashes sequence had even begun Stuart Broad hit out saying Australia’s win in 2021 was “not valid” due to Covid.
Now he’s saying the present sequence will likely be “unjust” if England loses the fourth check due to rain.
Sounds like whinging Pom syndrome, no?
“We probably had the most perfect first three days we could have wished for at the start, put in a pretty incredible performance to get eight wickets on day one, then played outrageously to get so far ahead of the game on day two,” Broad wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.
“Now, we just need a bit of luck from the Manchester weather gods.
“Sitting in the changing room watching the rainfall on Saturday, there was a feeling it would be unjust if the weather had a decisive say because it’s been such an incredible few weeks to be a part of. It would be such a damp squib, such an unemotional way for a series between two great rivals to be defined.”
Heavy rain on day 4 meant solely 30 overs had been performs with Australia 214-5.
It means Englands probabilities of equalling the sequence to 2-2 grasp within the stability and the lap of the climate gods.
Marnus Labuschagne says England gamers “weren’t happy” together with his request to try a substitute ball throughout his century at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Labuschagne’s eleventh Test ton – his first within the UK – helped push the fourth Test right into a fifth day.
Originally printed as Ashes 2023 stay: Follow the day 5 motion between Australia and England
Source: www.news.com.au
