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40 overs by the spin bowlers and they still weighed in 3 overs short! :mad:

Good effort by Mathews 107*
 
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Creag said:
40 overs by the spin bowlers and they still weighed in 3 overs short! :mad:
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That, by the way, may have scuppered Australia's chances of making the final of the World Test Championship: they were docked 4 points for a slow over rate in the Melbourne Test.

It's pretty interesting watching the next few series, to see how things develops. Due to series being cancelled/postponed due to COVID, the two teams with the highest percentage of points won out of points contested will contest the final, and the situation is currently:

  • New Zealand has no further Tests to play, and sits second on the table with 70%. They can only watch the forthcoming India vs England and South Africa vs Australia series to see what happens next. Effectively, the other three teams in contention (India, Australia and England) must now beat 70%, so New Zealand will be hoping for South Africa to take points off Australia as well as for India and England to take points off each other.
  • India, with their series victory over Australia, moved to the top of the table with 71.7%, and to keep above 70% must get at least 80 points out of 120 in the series against England, which they can do by winning at least two Tests if England do not win a single Test, or by winning 3-1. Given India's home record, I consider them likely to achieve this.
  • Australia dropped to 69.2% (and would have been equal with New Zealand had they not dropped those four points for over rate), and now need at least 89 out of 120 points from the three-Test series against South Africa to move above New Zealand. Firstly, they need the series to actually go ahead (it remains unconfirmed), and if it does, they must win at least two Tests and then win or draw the third. If South Africa manages even a single Test victory, or if two of the Tests end in draws, Australia are out.
  • England at 65.2% has an outside chance, but they must win the second Test against Sri Lanka (which looks likely to be drawn right now) and then beat India 3-0.
 
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Dan C

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Dilruwan Perera to Root, out Root Run Out!! Root run out

ENG 339/9

England trail by 42 runs

Stumps day 3
 
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