4th. Ashes Test. Manchester.

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The broadcast predictor says:

England 0%
Oz 67%
Draw 33%.

Odds:

Oz ~73%
Draw ~37%.

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Marnus has switched to the other end.

These two part-timers aren't bowling badly.

Head misfields.

England 5/138 (53). Drinks.

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Starc gets Bairstow LBW from around the wicket! He reviews.

No edge.

Ball tracking... Umpire's call!! (Just clipping the top of the bails.) It's out!!

England 6/138 (53.1). Overton in.

TBH, I reckon the racial abuser looks like an oaf. He edges along the ground through slip to get off the mark.

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Gower says Bairstow played across the line a bit and was a fraction late. He says the ball did not do much. They are discussing the bounce.

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Lyon returns.

Gower approves.

Athers: "And a different end for him. ... You never know. ..."

Men in close on leg side and off side now, as well as a slip.

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Odds:

Oz ~85%
Draw ~15%.

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Buttler pulls away late, as Starc was running in.

He was distracted by the moving shadow of Spidercam.

Athers: "I think Starc's been more testing when he's hit a length..."

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The ball cannot fit through the ring. Ball change!

Boxes come out. Lyon is ready to bowl. Ponting tells us it'll be the 9th bowling change in the last 14 overs.

Cameras zoom in on Lyon's hand. Ponting says he has a split in the index finger of his bowling hand. He's having trouble with it.

Appeal for LBW. Not out. They look at each other. No review.

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Cummins bowls a ball that moves a long, long way off the seam.

The change of ball has changed everything.
Conventional swing and seam.

Buttler is beaten repeatedly. Great over from Cummins.

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4 byes off Lyon. It almost hit the helmet.

Ponting: "Beautiful delivery. That's the ball we've been asking for."

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Cummins gets another edge from Buttler. It goes on the bounce to slip.

Ponting says his pace is beginning to drop off, but "it's not affecting his line and length at all".

Big appeal for LBW. Not out. No review. Going down leg?

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Hazlewood comes back. Ponting approves, because the changed ball is doing stuff.

Ponting: "Nice and fresh. Starting his 11th over."

Ponting says part of the struggles of batsmen nowadays is due to the fitness and strength of the bowlers. They keep coming, he says.

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Cummins gets Overton LBW! He reviews.

Inside edge? It's very hard to see... The bat hits the pad...
The crowd is booing... No conclusive evidence to overrule...

Impact outside off. Not out.
The racial abuser survives.

Paine looks grim.

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Starc now. 41 overs left.

Nasser: "Gutsy innings this from Jos Buttler."
He's soaked up over 80 balls for his 25*.

Buttler gets 4, opening the face.

No swing for Starc yet.

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They show replays of the ball change, with Smith holding the new ball to his teammates with a grin on his face, like a toddler opening birthday presents.

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Lyon is back.

Lyon appeals. No one else does.

Marnus is doing a lot of diving around at bat pad.

Maiden.

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3 maidens in a row, but that won't worry England. Tea is imminent.

Labuschagne again!

Paine: "Here we go, Marny boy."

First ball is short, and Buttler pulls for a single.

Holding thinks the deep point is pointless.

Big appeal for LBW. Not out. They discuss. They don't review.

Height?? Ball tracking says it's way over. Good decisions all round.

It was a good delivery, Nasser says.

Tea. England 6/166 (69).