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Bairstow is bad.

Done

Yeah, what to?

Changed it for you

What a day of cricket. Skittled out Aus for under 300 with one of their players getting a century. Then lost 3 wickets in the final session. Maybe both teams know there's rain on the horizon for Saturday and potentially Monday. Get the game done tomorrow

Mark Wood is perfect on this pacy pitch. Excellent pace.

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It's the drama of it all though. It's much more than a Liverpool vs Everton...

Would you swap Bairstow out for Foakes? Must have been more than that, surely? Even Khawaja got pissed and he's known as a calm guy. There must have been verbals towards them? Given they were suspended, had to have been more than boos and hisses.

Slight difference there is that De Grandhomme is off balance and in momentum of the shot still, and Pope was just that quick in the mind for the run out. So don't have any surprise there was little uproar.

For the romance of the game I so hoped Stokes would do it. But Aus got their heads straight and stuck to an efficient game plan. Yep, took all the control away and started bowling in the right places. But it was some innings from him up to then.

Broad ably supporting him. Getting lucky on a couple of occasions. Starc should have been brought in earlier...

How can anyone not love Ashes cricket.

Stokes. Love it. This is quality.

Exactly. Sky showed the 3 balls before, and he did it every time. England will be mad, but I think it's probably more frustration and misplaced anger. Yeah it's not usual to see it, but it's also not against the rules. Aussies are just more ruthless with that.

Absolutely no issue with the dismissal from me. Quick thinking from Carey to do that, and notice Bairstow did it a few times before. And pure laziness from Bairstow. Stupid.

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Now that we can agree on!

You're bringing in a premise that, while is a law in itself, isn't actually comparable to the situation we're discussing. He's let the ball hit the floor. Even if there was a bit of finger under it, there's not enough of it I think, and he's let the ball drag on the floor, clearly making contact. There's people saying it evens out the Smith decision, so where does the even-ing out end?! 33.3 Making a catch The act of making a catch shall start from the time when the ball first comes into contact with a fielder’s person and shall end when a fielder obtains complete control over both the ball and his/her own movement That's the rules. So control of the body clearly isn't as useless or irrelevant as you make it out to be. Starc used his hands and the ball on the ground to control how he falls. So going back to your previous point, if he had to use his face to ensure it was a fair catch and eliminate all doubt, then do so...

Well yeah, if he wanted to make sure the ball didn't touch the floor And yeah, obviously he caught the ball and chucked it up in the air, it would have been a catch. Because the ball didn't touch the floor? Not sure how that proves it was a catch?