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Noises are Hazlewood in for Boland for the Aussies.

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Me watching this run chase.

Aussies adapting tactics to game situation - grind the English bowlers down in the heat, no rush for runs given ages left in the match.

Decent effort, let's hope it works. Utterly shat himself against Wood the other day.

We can see Wood going through the final 4-5 quite easily, so it's all on their top order. Don't get me wrong - if we follow the pattern of the series so far we'll continue to get ourselves back into the game then shoot ourselves in the foot with daft decision making, time and time again.

Well, it's both, isn't it? Good for batsmen and bowlers. A real result wicket.

Has to be up there. There is no one better in the world when the pressure is on. Epitome of a big game, big moment player.

I reckon the logic is that the pitch is doing so much that there's a decent chance of losing a wicket soon, even trying to play slow. This is a result wicket.

Stokes is going to have to go for it, yet again.

We are here for a good time, not a long time. Seems to be the attitude.

Australia haven't won this Ashes series themselves - they've just had to turn up and do the absolute basics. We have completely chosen to lose it. Actively.

The problem with Bairstow's poor performance behind the stumps is it then puts a huge amount of pressure on his batting. If he's not doing anything with the bat either, he becomes a HUGE liability to the side.

Get where you're coming from, but a couple things. Batting wise we've effectively replaced Pope with Woakes and Ali. I'd argue that'll probably be a net positive to our run totals. Root has shown he can hold up an end ok. Yes it's not great that it feels like an acknowledgment Stokes is...

Stuart Broad's the man to do something dickish, if anyone. I hope he edges it to THIRD slip at a key moment and somehow gets away with it. Go on.

Like having the raw pace of Wood, especially as I'm sure we'll be looking to channel the crowd's hostility at points. Feels a much more balanced bowling attack, and more depth to the batting too. Get into them early boys.

England XI confirmed; 1. Zak Crawley 2. Ben Duckett 3. Harry Brook 4. Joe Root 5. Jonny Bairstow (wk) 6. Ben Stokes (c) 7. Moeen Ali 8. Chris Woakes 9. Mark Wood 10. Ollie Robinson 11. Stuart Broad Slightly harsh on Tongue but can understand the logic.

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