Match Thread: The Ashes - 2nd Test
Match Thread: The Ashes - 2nd Test
England won the toss and elected to bowl under overcast skies at Lords.
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A scintillating second session yesterday! The aussie batters did incredibly well to only be 2 down (courtesy of some Marnus luck). Uzzie a rock as usual. Warner may not have scored many, but soaked up a lot of balls, so not unhappy with that.
What do we reckon? A lead of 450 and put them in 10 minutes before tea?
450 would be ideal but might not get there now. The games turned a bit into bodyline.
Regardless, 350+ is a hard chase in the fourth innings of a test match whatever the conditions. Bazball doesn’t change that. Not saying it can’t happen, Headingley showed that, but we just have squeeze out as many runs as we can and not worry about the mind games of England thinking they can’t chase down anything.
Just gotta focus on working out how to get 10 wickets.