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Bad Day Boof, Sad Day Smudge. You always know Australia have had an ordinary day when the coach has to front the media at stumps. My piece from last night.
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Good morning to you all. As Darren Lehmann said last night, Australia’s hopes in this match are just about gone after Alastair Cook’s epic. Play will resume today with England 164 ahead, their first innings still yet to formally conclude.
There was a bit of chat around late yesterday as to whether Joe Root might declare and have a brief crack before the close. I dismissed that as crazy talk, mostly because I wanted to see Cook pass Brian Lara on the all-time run-scorers’ list, which he did with his final stroke of the day. But now, with the relatively iffy weather forecast today (60 percent chance of rain, looking pretty dark outside) maybe that was a slight opportunity lost.
Adam will be here shortly. In the meantime, have a read of his piece from day three at the MCG.
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