Alexandria   can be very hot.

Looks like another full house at Headingley. Poms love their  test  cricket. 

average swing been close to 2% and the seem has been brutal

lucky to not be all out for 70. We really have done brilliantly

300 is probably a match winning score but very very difficult to get there

Watch WI v Ind during the break. Gabriel's first ball was 144k....

Windies get an early wicket 5/1.... :)

If Windies beat India and NZ draw the SL series... NZ are the #1 test team in World Cricket - lol :)

Wi get a second wicket - Pujara gone. Wow.

WI on top 

14/2.,..

rain doesn't hurt us since we are 1-0 up in the series

still I'd prefer to win through piling on some runs

300 should be enough but a very steep ask

India 25/3 - Kohli out :0

dangerous period with a fresh woakes and the middle order exposed

need to see him off and get some overs into his legs

50 up for only 2 down in these conditions

brilliant

door ever so slightly ajar here

labu survives some great deliveries then whips one off the pads for 4

occasional loose ball here and oz cashing in

what an enthralling contest!

what an innings from warner!
We have a chance now to make 300

must dig in! 

4 down head out for a duck

ball still moving a heck of a lot!

Need to really dig in and find a way to 300

Archinator on fire... give him a knighthood now...

Aussies aint used to real pace... even Bumrah was too fast for them at 140...

Yeah Im trolling, but India, Pak, SA and now Eng have a faster attack... the WI aint slow either... it's kinda funny tbh,,, Aus is no longer that fast...

Great review by Root there tbf. Outstandig captaincy..

australia unfortunately collapse
7-173 labu still in so a chance to make 300

200 is par but puts us behind in the game. Huge toss to lose

Archer too good for Australia. Will take a lot for Straya to save this match unless it rains for 3 days...

so many ducks today

watch it be a batsmans paradise tomorrow!

Shame, warner and labu were heroic but it wasn't enough in very difficult conditions

Great knock by Warner though and why you give someone of his calibre some time. Was absolutely unable to play Broad early but toughed it out and rode his luck and gradually grew in confidence. Labuschagne may not have had a superb start to test cricket but hes shown immense grit and character and could be a good middle order player for some time. The rest well- tough conditions to bat but 8/43 is never acceptable. To be 2/130 and go in all out is disappointing.

Very disappointing.

I'm assuming the total was something like 170? 

iI is going to be tough to stop losing this Test from here.

I'm not sure pace is really significant  unless it is over 150 kph?

Australia still has 3 bowlers not selected who bowl over 150 kph regularly, or at least  high 140s - Starc, Riley Meredith and Billy Stanlake. The latter only has the stamina for white ball cricket though.

Meredith was consistently quicker than Archer with Hobart Hurricanes last season in BBL.

Having said this, Archer's spells in the second Test were some of the most hostile I've ever seen. He seems to get extraordinary bounce off a length.

Fair bit of luck for our batters too!

179 was a heroic effort but wont be enough
brutally unfair but proud of our boys

I just hope the pitch doesn't settle down into a batter friendly strip now England are in.

thats my fear
i don't think it will be easy but we needed at least 250 to be even in the game

This reminded me of the pune pitch it was that tough. We really did well but its not enough because its a brutal toss to lose sadly

I was only trolling. But Bumrah was bowling entire spells in the high 140's in Aus last summer and an average speed quicker than Starc...

Well - I can't wait to see another pathetic English batting display. Denley still in the team. Roy - still in the team. 

Ollie Pope must be close to selection for the next test.

Roy out chasing a wide one he didnt have to play at. c: Warner b: Hazlewood

Now Root gone for a duck. Same dismissal as before. Super stuff Warner. Amazing what a bit of runs with the bat does to your fielding

Got to keep going with this now. Great start to the day. 

rotation going well

hazelwood a much better bowler when fresh