Everyone's got their own interests in cricket. Hobart is trying to produce a pitch that will hold up for 5 days and make a good test match. More chance of Hobart getting a test in the future this way.

Like even though the series is lost Burns, Billings, Crawley and others want to do well to try to get a regular place in the team in the future.

A+ mansplaining

Just seen the Labuschagne wicket and that is quite the worst played ball I think I've ever seen.

oh ffs

Lol Rory

This was gold and good on him for having a laugh at himself

Even the literal best in the world makes mistakes

Crawley's fauilt according to TMS

Ponting: Rory burned himself

While Zak Crawley called Rory Burns through for a single that was hugely risky at best, Ricky Ponting is putting the blame for Burns' run out back on Burns, who fell to Marnus Labuschagne's direct hit for a duck in his first match after being dropped following the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.

Ponting, the former Australia captain, told Channel Seven: “I want to make a bit of a point of this. There had to be more desperation there from Rory Burns. He’s back into the side, fighting for his Test career and he's not willing to put in a big dive there to try and save his wicket. I know it's not his fault, probably not his call, but you can imagine Marnus Labuschagne in that same situation, he would have been diving from two or three yards out from the crease.”

kohli resigned test captaincy

Probably for the best. Decent record and he had a great run for a while but he needs to concentrate on his batting for the last years of his career

This tells a tale

3-1 will be very flattering

Update after the last days play and I'm sure things have swung back into our favour (just about)

Long way off this at the moment.

come on you ****ers. win

nobs!!!

so disappointing. 68 for no loss needing another 200 odd was so gettable

Clearly not

Time to play some mediocre opposition, limp over the line and call ourselves awesome again.

Positives from the ashes:

Bairstow ton
Wood 6fer
Broad 5fer
Crawley 77 and not looking awful
Stokes double fifties

That is all

BOIDS

You should get yourself in the match threads on reddit. I think you'd like it.

Indeed. It was more like gallows humour than a predition.

What a miserables series

i will take an unfussed jimmy blocking out the last over in the 4th test like he was in the nets on a thursday evening

the rest will be memory-holed

ireland on the brink of an away ODI series win over the windies, 2-1. some good bowling performances

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there's a three part documentary on sky about allen stanford and the stanford 20/20, very much worth a watch

Crawley does look like he has something from a technique and mentality perspective.

Honestly reckon we move Stokes back to 6 and then start again with the rest of the bats

Burns
Crawley
Malan
Root
Stokes
Pope
Bairstow
Wood
Leach/Broad
Robinson
Anderson

Final answer.

We've got the best players, they've just got to play better.