Ashes Diary - Fifth Test, Day Three
ByPA Sport
Published 22/08/2015 at 17:45 GMT
MAN OF THE DAY: Alastair Cook has had a better series as a captain than an opening batsman but he played the kind of gritty, watchful innings that has been in painfully short supply in this series. Falling to Steve Smith's part-time leg-spin was an unlikely end.
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MOMENT OF THE DAY: It was not a pleasant sight, but Adam Lyth's sad trudge from the field seemed to be invested with meaning. It would be a big surprise to see him on England duty this winter.
SHOT OF THE DAY: Cook's go-to shots are invariably cuts and pulls and there was plenty of both. His flirtations with the cover drive are less frequent but he felt in good enough to touch to time Mitch Marsh crisply to the cover boundary.
BALL OF THE DAY: Marsh has bowled like a man with a point to prove in this match. He served up a brutish delivery to end Ian Bell's scratchy innings, rising sharply and looping to slip having jammed into a glove.
GAFFE OF THE DAY: Jonny Bairstow had lived dangerously before being dismissed by Nathan Lyon for 26. But replays suggested he should have stood his ground after his shot hit Adam Voges' helmet at short-leg before being gathered.
STAT OF THE DAY: Cook looked dead set on reaching three figures but when he departed for 85 it ensured he would end the series without an Ashes hundred on home soil and without one against Australia in 29 innings as captain.
TWEET OF THE DAY: "The stoic resistance of Captain #Cooky comes to end. What a lesson #OldSchool" - The home skipper earns a nod from the official Barmy Army account.
DRS WATCH: Australia thought they had Bell caught at slip via short ball and attempted to oveturn Kumar Dharmasena's not out verdict. Replays showed that it was the batsman's arm, rather than his bat that made the deflection.
WEATHER FORECAST: Bright and breezy at first, but with cloud and heavy rain spreading from the south from late morning onwards. Becoming dry again by late afternoon, with winds easing. Maximum Temperature 24°C. (Met Office)
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