Magnificent ton by Khawaja, I can see a declaration coming soon maybe a 400 to chase

Never thought Khawaja had what it takes to be a top Test batter, but maybe he does, possibly as an opener going forward. Great effort :p .

Looking forward to our resident racist moron to post their congratulations.

He batted brilliantly and proved a very good point so to speak and I hope he gets his chance now to bat consistently in that team and I do hope he does well just to spite Bungsy :)

Crawley need 78 more for a ton.......did survive the mission impossible today

lol

I will be doing my rain dance at 11 tonight......

Is rain forecast?

Hope so as it still gives my 3-1 a chance. Albeit a small one.

If not you can predict the scenario. We get to 120 odd for 1 before the inevitable collapse to 160-7, manage to hold them to 200-7 before they finish us off for 218

I predicted 5-0 and regretting it, rain is being forecasted and apparently there may be no play tomorrow

Yeah, England were never gonna win 5-0 mate

:D

I have 3-0 & 3-1. More chance of the former than the latter.

lol, England to loose 5-0 was my prediction haha

Edit: I just checked my post, I said 3-1 loss is better than a 5-0 loss

Usman Khawaja has scored more runs in this Test than Marcus Harris has in seven innings.

Marcus Harris has scored more runs in seven innings than Englands openers have in 14.

Wow, that is some stat

Goodness

Apparently there is 1% chance of England winning, 41% chance of Australia winning and 58% chance of a draw

I like the 58%

30 for the opening stand already. Crawley on course for his century. Get ready to eat your stats.

Or it may fall apart in the first hour. Difficult to guess.

So, the dilemma. Plan A: Play for the draw and hope for rain or Plan B: Go for it, one-day style, and go down in a blaze of glory?

We can't bat properly, so if we are going to have to last at least 60 overs, it is Plan B for me. Only drawback is a 'test' field has 3 slips and a gully, all of who can catch....

It's been embarrassing sadly
Australia aren't really very good

Absolute nonsense.

The draw is on !

And so it begins.