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Sad way for Rhino to bow out.

Yeah, where is Rhino these days?

Looking forward to the long cold nights, I hope Harris' immediate retirement won't influence the balance of the team. But we will miss him.

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England win the toss and bat.

The Marsh brothers miss out and Voges & Watson get the nod ahead.

Lets hope for at least 2 wickets in the first session. 3+ would be great!

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Hope that drop doesn't turn out costly, he's looking good!

Although I said the same thing about Cook just before he got out, so hopefully that means Root will go out in the first few overs after lunch.

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Yep, as you mentioned we're already missing Harris at the moment.

Watson may be useful on this wicket with his line & length. Siddle also.

Having said that, the three quicks picked have certainly deserved first crack.

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Pegged the run rate back a little since lunch and a few half chances with edges not going to hand.

Get Root and the rest could go quickly!

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Funny session that one. I thought we bowled better, but nil wickets.

The wicket looks like an absolute road, but hopefully we can maybe get them 6 down by stumps to be on track to keep them to under any type of huge score.

Mitchell Starc has been a concern in the first two sessions, looks back to bowling the way he was before Warne gave him that massive spray. He played a few tests last Ashes Series in England, so doesn't have the excuse of not knowing the conditions.

Fingers crossed for a big final session.

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Pitch is a road so 7 wickets on Day 1 is quite good, but how many times in his career have we said that a Haddin drop has defined the day? If he'd held that (easy) catch, there's a fair chance they'd have been bowled out on Day 1.

Hazlewood was great. Starc got better but opened terribly. Johnson was no good.

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Bloody Haddin dropped root too!!!

Hope that drop doesn't turn out costly, he's looking good!

Although I said the same thing about Cook just before he got out, so hopefully that means Root will go out in the first few overs after lunch.

Pitch is a road so 7 wickets on Day 1 is quite good, but how many times in his career have we said that a Haddin drop has defined the day? If he'd held that (easy) catch, there's a fair chance they'd have been bowled out on Day 1.

Hazlewood was great. Starc got better but opened terribly. Johnson was no good.

Somebody on this thread once said "its the ones they dont take that end up costing the most"

Always have said his misses{easy}are the killer for picking a keeper and not a batsmen/keeper

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Didn't see any of the last session, but to have them 7 down is alright, especially on that wicket.

Knock them over for 380 or less and then bat well to make 500 and we take control.

Important day coming up! Hope we bowl better in the morning then we did yesterday.

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Was it just me that thinks we were done over on that over turn?

I've watched the replay several times now, and every time it looks to me that Voges gets it in both hands before hitting the wicket.

Seems that Broad gets the benefit every time it's the 1st Test of an Ashes series in England....

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