5th Investec Test: England vs Australia at The Oval

Still trailing by 209 and 7 wickets remaining.Looks like Australia will ramp it up tom and go for the kill.
But honestly I still believe that enforcing the follow on may have reduced Australia's advantage. But I suppose the weather was uppermost in Clarke's mind. Crazy series with such one-sided results.

141 - 5

Cook 61*

trail by 191 runs with 5 wickets remaining  :-[


51.6
Lyon to Stokes, OUT, wider, a tempter, turns out of the rough... and taken at slip! Two in the over for Lyon,

Stokes c Clarke b Lyon DUCK

51.2
Lyon to Bairstow, OUT, nicely bowled, bit of spin and it takes the inside edge, snapped up at short leg! Voges clings on to it

Bairstow c Voges b Lyon 26

Current partnership : 23 runs, 10.4 overs, RR: 2.15 (Cook 10, Buttler 13) 

Cook 70*

Current partnership  52 runs, 23.5 overs, RR: 2.18 (Cook 23, Buttler 24)

Cook 83*

England trail by 129 runs with 4 wickets remaining   

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76.6
Smith to Cook, k has to wait for his first home Ashes hundred. Loopy legbreak, spins in. Cook prods forward and only

manages an inside edge to short leg.

Australia's captain-in-waiting dismisses the England captain in his first over

AN Cook c Voges b Smith 85

6:34pm: Cook's resolute fifty has helped England force the Test into the fourth day 

[quote author=timmyj51 link=topic=99731.msg651976#msg651976 date=1440115907]
Ashes should be replaced by best of 7 or 9 T20 series.  Give the fans what they want!
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Rain !
2.30pm: We have a restart time of 3pm

England trail by 74 runs with 2 wickets remaining

Moeen 17 * Broad 10*

2.55pm:  According to the radar, it looks like England have had the last of their assistance from the rain for today.

If they want a draw (and, to be honest, they're probably not that fussed)

they'll have to try and take this match into uncharted waters: day five. 

97.2
Siddle to Broad, OUT, bowled him, off stump out of the ground! Broad had given up trying to block, left a big gap and

all the Australians in attendance - their team are one wicket away  :-[

SCJ Broad  b Siddle 11

Moeen enjoying batting out there even though in a lost cause