- Updates from the fourth day of play at Headingley
- Joe Root awakens his inner Boycott
- Any thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft
“It can’t happen but I can’t stop thinking it might” emails Ben Heywood. “203 runs. 7 wickets left (4 useful). Two days still to play. I know I shouldn’t daydream about a record-breaking, unprecedented comeback, and that we’ll probably be all out by lunchtime….but…but…but…isn’t the mere possibility of the impossible why we watch sport in the first place?”
Yes, Ben, yes it is. And reading these emails and watching these dreams shatter into a thousand tiny pieces is why Australians watch the Ashes.
Bruce Henderson is steaming in from the Kirkstall Lane end, convinced England are going to do it (with a little help from Steve Marriott), declaring: “For England, this is the summer of all. Not nothing.”
Written by Jonathan Howcroft (now), Geoff Lemon and Rob Smyth (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/aug/25/ashes-2019-england-v-australia-third-test-day-four-live under the title “Ashes 2019: England v Australia, third Test day four – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
