Ashes 2025-26.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Decent recovery, but the light about to take effect.

Bonus runs from Crawley.

Scorecard looks precarious, despite the recovery.

[Arthur Crabtree]

I don't think it's a case of picking the wrong spinner I think in this test jack's over Bashir makes sense... spin will be used to rush through overs to get to bowling under lights it won't win the game and jack's batting is a handy extra....

Aussies not going that way though. Five pace bowlers.

[bigfluffylemon]

Oh FFS. This pitch has done very little since the first ten. Duckett got a legitimate excellent delivery. The rest of the wickets have been careless. As usual.

400+ should be the minimum here. You can bet Australia won't throw away starts the way England have.

England know Starc is tough to face in these conditions while the other bowlers have offered no threat. See him off. But no, they have to throw the bat at it.

[Arthur Crabtree]

England well under par. Unless it really is a lottery under lights.

KP tribute bat Harry Brook's dismissal to a loose shot meets with internet dismay. But imagine the reaction if the real KP was out like that!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Internet says Starc now has most Test wickets for a left arm pace bowler.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looks like England are digging in...

[GarlicJam]

at least England get a very decent opportunity at the evening pink ball - in a decent position, softened ball, Root a great chance to break that century-in-Aus duck.

If Australia had been bowling quicker, they'd get up to 10 overs at England with the brand new pink ball under the lights.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Root a great chance to break that century-in-Aus duck.

Jinx!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Partnership going at 2 rpo. Is this the strategy for the nocturnal play?

[bigfluffylemon]

at least England get a very decent opportunity at the evening pink ball - in a decent position, softened ball, Root a great chance to break that century-in-Aus duck.

If Australia had been bowling quicker, they'd get up to 10 overs at England with the brand new pink ball under the lights.

I don't think they'll need it. England ar nt going to make it through the day.

[bigfluffylemon]

Partnership going at 2 rpo. Is this the strategy for the nocturnal play?

After all that fighting, a run out.

Collapse on now.

[Arthur Crabtree]

There's never a good time to get run out.

[bigfluffylemon]

Just can't capitalise on a good position, can they?

Haven't passed 300 in Australia since Boxing Day 2017 and Cook's epic.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bang Bang.

[GarlicJam]

A very nice bit of fielding by Inglis. That will be replayed quite a lot.
Aus really needed it.

One brings two...