starts thursday . Can't wait , should be a great series. Go you ball scratching Aussies

Very hard to call this one...completely different attitude to the white ball game...just hope England know how to “dig in”

I agree roylew , hard to call . IF our fast bowlers live up to their reputations , then we should win. IF

go, go, england, thrash the ball scratchers !!

As Australia are notorious cheats let us hope that both onfield and TV umpires keep a careful eye on proceedings.

Aussie94 - a Brit shouting for Australia - hang your head in shame. They still have hanging for treason Lord Haw Haw.

builderboy,well said.

I think when I was playing,most ball scratchers fielded in the slips Tony j 😀😀

reet there bill

Douglas Jardine the biggest thug ever to play cricket. hated Don Bradman , so he set out to maim him. Worst captain ever. Toff from upper class Englandr

who would have believed aussies moaning about douglas jardine.
he choose a away to beat his opponents, the aussies where not good enough to adapt to his tactics.
whinging poms indeed.
winners do not have to be popular.

Harold Larwood who could not return to England after jardine and who lived out his life in Aussie . Told people Jardine was a bastard an english Toff I hate the C--t

Harold Larwood retired from cricket in 1939 and went to work as a market gardener. In 1946 he bought a toffee shop in Blackpool were he stayed till 1950, when he emigrated to Australia.

Sorry, but I see nothing but an Aussie whitewash...

Is there any sport this gent isn't an expert on?

Shut up jarvo...you know nothing bout cricket

what a superb knock by smith,credit where it's due.

tony j i agree with you one of the best Innings i have seen in Ashes Tests. Well done Steve.

A fine display of batting and some brilliant support from the tail end Charlies.
Still a cheat............

His past will haunt him , but that was brilliant best Aussie batsman I have seen. met him he is a very humbke guy. Not a bragster

A cheat is a cheat .Is a cheat .

End of .

grimsaw people in glass houses

If we can bat past 450 today we shouldn’t lose the game and the Aussies will be on the back foot....I know Smith had a great innings but that Siddle is a thorn in Englands side

What a joke these umpires are . giving players out when they are not Not , Giving them out when they are. A raft of bad decisions for both sides .

I hope the weather stays good for the last day. Should be a great day.

Hear hear to that Aussie.

The quality of umpiring in the first test has been very close to shocking. Joel Wilson only recently elected to the elite panel is not good enough to officiate in matches of this status in my opinion,
The second of the two reviews this morning against Joe Root indicated that the umpire was incompetent as the contact off Roots bat was square on to his pad and visible without the replay,even the mrs saw it!!!

Dead right fossil.

It’s not only the umpires who are awful this morning

Fifth day pitch and classy bowling from Lyon makes it very difficult to survive for England.
Lyon is putting a lot more effort into his bowling than Ali did on a helpful pitch yesterday.That and Smith is the difference.

Nathan Lyon bowled superbly .

Your boys ain't doing bad Aussie

that england batting today was a disgrace .

See Jarvo’s comment of 31st July. The sporting know all.

broady i seem to remember somebody crowing about trafford being unbeaten pre season.

May I propose Sir Benjamin in the New Years honours.
Cannot wait for Old Trafford although weather forecast is a bit of a drizzle on first day

Were they unbeaten?? When did stating a fact amount to crowing? I don't intend to exchange comments on all that cra* you post with you. There are plenty more on here who wipe the floor with you as it is. Just for the record why not give us YOUR forecast of the top four in the PL this season.

i never thought i,d see another botham innings again in my lifetime but that from ben stokes was the best iv,e seen . considering he was down to the last man & get another 70+ runs to win it . just remarkable & he,s pure box office.

Great knock by the basher Ben Stokes. Terrible umpires , poor Aussie fielding gave England a chance. And they took it. These two turkeys standing as Umpires are the worst I have seen in 60 years of watching Cricket

A terrible referral near the end too, you threw it away Aussie still it sets up a great finish to the series

Don’t forget Leach....he was outstanding....it’s so difficult to prop up one end....😂😂I remember scoring 4 not out in a partnership of 146....although it wasn’t a last wicket partnership

quite right roylew & lets not forget the misfield at the end .

I agree Aussie fielding was poor . Steve Smith should be back and a few changes needed . I cant understand why Mitchell Starc is not in the side. If he is fit he should be there bowling at speed around the heads of Englands batsmen

Well we may have Mitchell Starc in the side at last. About time we gave back Joffra his serving bouncers . Go Mitch take their heads off.

shades of dougie jardine

No he was a toff with an attitude who used up Harold Larwood. we need a bowler who can liven up the contest. Should be a great match

balls starting to get hot , starting time not far away . who will have the balls at the end

Rerrible start

Great Manchester weather

Smithy bats on

Another century from the greatest Aussie batsman since Sir Donald Bradman. Has to be the best in the world, or is he

yes he is aussie, without a doubt, he makes it look so easy. he is one helluva player

Stand above the rest i just wish he was not such a fidge. Drives you mad his antics

I feel that it's slipping away from us.

can basher Ben do it again

no

spot on tony j a great win

well done aussie, best team won, but having said that, they were two ordinary teams in my opinion, the difference being the superb smith,what a player.

tony j I agree with you . Our bowling was good , but other than Steve Smith our batting very ordinary. And that was probably true for both sides . Too much white ball cricket and the tip and run rubbish

What a stuff up , why did Paine not bat and then our fielding was terrible . Well done England and joffra what a star he is turning out to be . Chief Cheat Warner should get the big A. Feel for our great bowlers , Unless Smith fire we are rubbish .

Englamd should win this one

should do aussie, but it means nowt, job done, aussies just want to get back whom after a long tour.

tony j Yes I agree with you

aussie, a while back on the people message forum, you mentioned kevin murphy at john fisher, i replied to it, did you go there ?

tony j yes from 1959 to 1962

i left dec 1960

tony j do you remembber Mr lawson , garrick rowlands , Myers , Walsh , Porter and gannon tough school

remember them all aussie,it sure was. what is your surname ?don't need to tell me if you so wish

tony n j a school to remember . My surname Ratcliffe