3rd Ashes Test: Australia v England @ MCG Dec 26-30, 2021

[AlwaysGreen]

Bad news

Ashes live updates: England team confined to hotel after positive COVID test ahead of day two of Boxing Day Test

Flurry of late wickets leaves England in deep hole after day two of MCG Ashes Test

Mitchell Starc takes two wickets in two balls to give Australia the perfect start to the second innings before Scott Boland follows up with two in three balls to heap more pain onto the English team.

www.abc.net.au

On the plus side (from the same article)

"We've also heard that a member of the Channel 7 broadcast team has tested positive too, so their whole commentary team has been replaced for today also."

 

[King hit]

Bad news

Ashes live updates: England team confined to hotel after positive COVID test ahead of day two of Boxing Day Test

Flurry of late wickets leaves England in deep hole after day two of MCG Ashes Test

Mitchell Starc takes two wickets in two balls to give Australia the perfect start to the second innings before Scott Boland follows up with two in three balls to heap more pain onto the English team.

www.abc.net.au

On the plus side (from the same article)

"We've also heard that a member of the Channel 7 broadcast team has tested positive too, so their whole commentary team has been replaced for today also."

But get vaccinated and we return to normality.

 

[The_Frog]

Interesting stat - between Ashes 1989 to 2005, England only won 1 live test.

That was the 1st test in 1997.

Got Australia on a greentop on the first day.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

BREAKING: England team given the all clear​

Good news. The players have passed their lateral flow tests and are on their way to the MCG as we speak. Some members of the England coaching group are setting up some warm up drills and cones, so it looks like everything is going to be okay. For now.

Ashes live updates: England team confined to hotel after positive COVID test ahead of day two of Boxing Day Test

Flurry of late wickets leaves England in deep hole after day two of MCG Ashes Test

Mitchell Starc takes two wickets in two balls to give Australia the perfect start to the second innings before Scott Boland follows up with two in three balls to heap more pain onto the English team.

www.abc.net.au

I think there were a few players hoping they were positive just so they didn't have to continue the nightmare.

 

[TheParraboy]

I wonder if this gives any ideas for the poms before the 4th test

 

[The_Frog]

Watson, Hughes, Katich, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke, Smith, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, Harris, Hilfenhaus

That is not a squad that should be copping a belting by an innings three times from the soap dodgers

Katich was removed from the side after Adelaide with a Test average of 45 and well over 50 as opener. It seems there was friction in the camp.

Basically we could not get England out in that series.

 

[lockyno1]

The Admiral graving his presence on ch7

 

[King-Gutho94]

Found it poor captaincy Root didnt give leach an over last night.

You should always give your spinner an over before stumps if you are going to be out there for at least an hour which england were.

 

[hineyrulz]

England has been giving me COVID since December 8.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Anyone suprised warnie is happy for the 4th test to be in Melbourne

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Katich was removed from the side after Adelaide with a Test average of 45 and well over 50 as opener. It seems there was friction in the camp.

Basically we could not get England out in that series.

Yeah Australia in 2010/11 were not in a good space off field.
England did have their peak side too.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah Australia in 2010/11 were not in a good space off field.
England did have their peak side too.

Ponting was finally exposed for the bog average captain he really was.

 

[Smug Panther]

Watson, Hughes, Katich, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke, Smith, Haddin, Johnson, Siddle, Harris, Hilfenhaus

That is not a squad that should be copping a belting by an innings three times from the soap dodgers

Harris was world class, the rest shield bowlers

 

[2 weeks]

Lyon is a mere 192 runs from breaking Dizzy's nightwatchman record.

To be fair though , Gillespie's knock was against far tougher opposition

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Lyon at 3 > than anyone England can put at 3

LOL.
#takingthepiss

 

[TheParraboy]

Lyon races to a Quiney

 

[roofromoz]

Warney will push for the rest of the series to be played in Melbourne.

He knows nothing about the COVID scare though.

 

[2 weeks]

Nathan Tendulkar

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Ponting was finally exposed for the bog average captain he really was.

Correct.
To be fair, like South Africa now, the 2006/07 side had lost:

Langer
Hayden
Martyn
Gilchrist
Symonds
Gillespie
Lee
Warne
McGrath

only Punter, Pup and Huss remained.

Bollinger, Hilfy, Siddle were honest but none great.
Johnson off the boil.
Hauritz, Doherty, Beer…
Only Harris was awesome but dogged by injury in his career.

 

[roofromoz]

Who in here, truly thinks Boland will ever play another test?
Honestly, he shouldn’t have played this one.
Good on him getting a test cap, a dream come true, and I’ll never get one myself but this is a poor selection and a publicity stunt from CA.

I don't think his indigenous background had anything to do with his selection, more CA thinking he is just next in line. And if that's the case... yikes, the cupboard is a bit bare.