Time for me to depart, thanks for your company and comments. Stay tuned for all the wrap up from day four.
Join us tomorrow for the final day of the 2025/6 Ashes series. Goodbye and toodle-oo.
“Morning Jim, to this very England of mornings. I woke up truly happy for Bethell getting his ton, as he’s shown many others more experienced than him how to do it.” Guy Hornsby writes.
“But you have to say from 219-3 this has been a bit of a calamity. A win was remote, but a draw felt possible if we’d kept our heads. But instead we decide to hand wickets to Australia’s 5th, 6th and 7th bowlers without much thought or skill. It’s a pretty great summing up of this tour. With so many failures - Jacks, Smith, Pope, Potts, plus erratic from our openers - you have to wonder where the team goes from here. So much win depend on management, but I could easily see Key, McCullum and Stokes in charge and mostly the same XI this summer. We have actively discouraged any succession plans with this team, and that is sadly coming to roost now.”
