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Langer putting pressure on him in order to use it as justification for replacing him with a Western Australian....yep, that sounds like Langer alright.
We practically start the innings at 2 for not much with Broad owning Warner.
More so the horrific Australian batting collapses of the past decade. Best we can hope for (unlikely now) is a draw
With only 67 overs left in the day (maybe less depending on the light), as I said earlier, Joe Root is more of a conservative type captain and wont want to take the risk of opening themselves to the possibility of losing if Warner et al. go into T20 mode and it pays off. Nothing to gain and everything to lose. Also, Given he hasnt been in good form with the bat, Root will cop an absolute hammering from the media if England lost.
That's what will save us, Root's conservativeness. If he asked his bowlers they'd be calling for a declaration with a enough overs to win it.
Doesnt help that all of day 1 and most of day 3 was a washout, hence nowhere near the deterioration in the pitch around the good length area as there was on day 5 at Edgbaston, where Lyon was getting heaps of turn and able to rip through England.
