Wasted Reviews

Australia 442-8 declared
v England 227 all out
Australia 138 all out
England 176-4
close on Day 4

Second Ashes Test

Played at Adelaide

Tuesday 5 December 2017

430 Australian Beer Ticks

Pirate Life Brewing, India Pale Ale from a tin at 6.8%. Great, old fashioned, straight up IPA. Huzzah. With knobs on. Looks very pale in the glass. Quite sweet in the smell. Even leans molasses. Certainly hop forward. Very tangy bitterness. It just tastes right. Can't say fairer.

Pirate Life Brewing, Pale Ale from a tin at 5.4%.

There's a Little Creatures Bar on The Village Green. A bit confusing. Close inspection reveals they've got Pale Ale & Original Pils on keg. Further adding to the impressive six James Squire in the Phil Ridings Bar.

Smith was sort of on a hiding to nothing. He'd got a belting first innings lead. Could have enforced the follow on. And had the hard Pink 'Un at England in the Twilight Sesh. But didn't. And they've still ended up with a lead of 353. And, England had the more comfortable middle sesh to survive. The ball being much older & softer by twilight. Smith's mob still need just six wickets on Day Five. 177 runs to the good. So, it's a superb position. But, there'll be some criticism I'm sure.

The tit has compounded it all by wasting two reviews.

It was great watching a quiet assassin masterclass from Anderson. I'm hearing that's his first five for in A U S.

571/1204