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[Vic Nicholas]

The pitch has been fine.

Nothing there that looks scary.

The close loss at Trent Bridge has killed what little confidence these blokes had.

It is turning into a rout already.

[RoCo Da Pixie]

I agree buzz, I doubt it'll be enforced. But having the mental aspect on your side that you could have enforced it will work to Englands advantage.

[Vic Nicholas]

The cricinfo description of Agar's runout says it all really:

38.6
 Anderson to Haddin, OUT, oh dear! Agar has been run out! What a terrible mix-up! At first glance it appears Haddin has let his partner down here. It was shortish on the hips and lobbed up, perhaps off the body, behind square leg. Prior ran around to collect and Agar was running through for a single. It was Agar's call as it was behind the batsman, but Haddin didn't respond. He barely even left his crease. Agar made it three quarters of the way down the pitch and almost all the way back, but the throw was collected by Anderson who whipped the bails off.

 
Dear, oh dear!

It was an EASY single Brad.

[Vic Nicholas]

Mikey Holding sounds bored out of his brain.

Cannot blame him.

This is getting so bad, that I am starting to wonder whether forfeiting the series may not have been a bad idea.

[justnotcricket86]

I won't lie, I am absolutley loving this.

[RoCo Da Pixie]

Haddin gone now. Can no one bat in the Australian team?

[stevat]

Siddle gone too eh, cannae enforce the follow on though.  Make them bowl again in the sun.  Pitch looks fine, get an insurmountable total and let Swann bowl at them on a day 4 pitch.

[stevat]

Also barely a cheer when those last two wickets fell, as if the crowd think it's over as a contest already. Two innings in this game, England prone to second innings collapses, ain't over til it's over.

[Abighugeappl]

I can see the game ending in a draw, if we don't enforce the follow on

[SkipperJ]

This sums it all for the aussies ...

[Leddster138]

When I start to feel sorry for them I think back to the Aussies booking a golf day for the 5th day of the Perth test match in 2003 before a ball was bowled. They won in three days.

It was the same match Harminson has to take guard in blood after Tudor got cracked in the head by Lee!

[tim2000s]

Go on then, who predicted that? Do we want to bat last on this pitch?

[procricket]

I diet think England bowled well at all Australia look like a poor county side no better currently.

This is poor cricket I predicted a tight tussle but there major issue I think within the Australia camp

No mater how this test goes if they do not buck up then this is not great viewing

[Wedge2408]

Abysmal from Australia. We need a stellar bowling performance to be even a remote chance now!

Also saw this article on cricinfo, reckon it sums up Watson rather well. http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/653135.html?CMP=chrome

[procricket]

Maddinson is worthy of a shot surely