Third Test Day 4; Adelaide Oval; We live to die another day

It was a good opportunity today to view proceedings from level 5. The appreciation for the game situation is so much moreenhanced if you can see the whole playing area at once

Up in the Gods


We just about got to the end of Day 4. which was better than I predicted yesterday.

Here is a snapshot of some of the action from high up. I was quite pleased with this shot ( you may need to enlarge it)

Boland (at the point of delivery) to Crawley




Was it too much to ask for Crawley and Duckett to survive the 10 minutes they were required to bat before lunch? The answer to this academic question, in the absence of multiple choice options was 'yes'. Duckett having a swish outside off stump to Cummins which of course he should've left. But he couldn't (because the situation was serious, and his job is not performance related)

Joe Root came in at No 3 (no need as usual to bother to count Pope's contribution).

Pat Cummins contiinued through the afternoon session to see off Root playing the same shot that did for him in the first innings.

Major damage was done in the final session by Nathan Lyon who was wicketless to that point, who started to exploit a wearing pitch (judging by the regular 'tampering' by the ground staff).

Brook bowled playing a shot where the ball wasn't, Stokes bowled by a turning Jaffa, and Crawley stumped (you just cant afford to go forward to Lyon or anyone else and miss, with Carey standing up). It's a basic law of physics that should be considered as equally fundamental as Newton's three laws of motion.

So we are left with Smith and Jacks as essentially the last men standing, they will probably have to treat the rest of the game as an ODI to give us any hope

I am duty bound to report on the contributions of Warwickshire players who are making stunning appearances as twelfth men ( As well as Jacob Bethell, for England, please give it up for Beau Webster of Australia who played for Warwickshire last season as one of our overseas players)

Beau Webster wishing he was back playing for the Bears


Comments

  1. Stephen McNab20 December 2025 at 09:56

    ……but England made it to the fifth day for the first time this series, as well as seeing the 2nd ball in the first innings.

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