Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
Wow what a test match , tha can cut the tension with a knife .

One of these two Root or Stokes has to be there all the way for me , assisted with good knocks from Bairstow and Buttler .

Once we get down to Woakes and Archer out in the middle needing 50 to win we've fecked it .

New ball due in the morning and it hinges on that for me , see that fecker off with losing only a wicket before lunch and it could be on .

I couldn't call it right now , it hangs by a thread either way .

Cracking stuff though , hardly a run scored but riveting stuff .

Stokes was impressive coming in and defending his wicket. Hard nosed batting to say the least and never flapping. As you say, the Ashes are gone if we feck up. The players obviously realise what's required here. More of the same tomorrow and the whole momentum of this series could change. We're probably reaching for shyte here but it's certainly better than the England players sat back in the pavillion tonight having lost the ashes. We live in hope.