Ever they play their own game public posture Scotland will little Australia will all the Netherlands it s 2224 and all that over Thank you Santa will pick up that that chant began in just a few moments time 5 live here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground it looks like well the draw was the likely outcome at the start of the day but with every ball with every over that now looks like the likely outcome of this match you need wickets very very fast now otherwise it s all meandering towards stalemate I m afraid here but anyway it 4 o clock in the morning your time let s get the latest b.b.c. News is David out. On Live from the league football anyone else this is b.b.c. 5 Live bring us star and Barry give her a moment in a 1000 people to be honored in the queen s new year s honors they ve been knighted along with Nick Clegg the author Julie Cooper has been awarded a c.p.a. And there s an o.b.e. For t.v. Presenter a man Holmes Lord Adonis has stepped down from his role as a government advisor
We re about to join 5 lives commentary all day for the 4th Test at the m.c.g. In Australia. As the traditional displays Ingle do this but the failed. To stop in the falls into trouble for dogs to force Tara and some big cement side of the house down and it was a little close to the area which had worn applying any missed the same delivery they go about with in the 1st sentence just a nothing shot from Warner it s quite wide to play a defensive stroke. On the massive amount through the air just a little bit of same away from water from around the wicket off the pitch. Above a coach as well Jimmy and so with those 2 catches a back to cover catch it and short of a point and balls to want to touch the ball away it is time for a single to midwicket there was more in of the line of these stumps and his body and the newest neatly to the on side and moves along to 26 and his trailer at 153 now on strike. Looked. A little. A little bit less than the player we saw but so well against South Afri
6 and a stroll one for $53.00 now you re on strike. Looked. A little a little bit less than the player we saw but so well against South Africa or in Adelaide last year looked like a good Test batsman but so far in this series he s looked mediocre Yaz I think. You can you put yourself in the mind of of 2 those were Khwaja doesn t play overseas gets dropped because market Australian conditions he must feel and managed forward to a ball on the stumps and keep So that to cover him as the end of the other can t feel so badly a huge leverage they say and money s his have it that they re going to win with it it s down to Selfridge because he keeps getting out as big bowlers but. They ve got a game on it that we have to see the best of it in this series yet strata trailing 564150 3 and will pick up the action again in a few moments time 5 live 2 minutes past 1 in the morning if you re just joining us through the B.B.C. s local radio network around the country we welcome you to Melbourne to th
On this station is a failure this is either due to contract or temporary technical please try again later if you look at there s another band of rain coming in so it might be that time that you know. That that s a start but for that which I don t know we ll wait and see on that with a delay we delay in the close of play but I think we might be fighting the elements a bit later as the looks on the radios of more rays coming in Australia are 103 for 2 Warner is 40 not Smithies 25 not out rain has stopped play here at the m.c.g. As Thank you Simon that Simon man in the company of Ebony Ranger Bryant and Michael Vaughan right now here on 5 Live the Test Match Special coverage that we re taking through the night for the duration of this 4th Test match a Test match that was shaping up so well but unfortunately the rain is frustrated just in this afternoon session 2 stoppages and the Simon says this latest one does look as if it could cause an early close to the 4th day which would be hugely
Yet some stress fractures but didn t seem to worry him and he is bowling changed the course of that match and particularly in that innings when England made only 95 result in unbelievable atmosphere on the 2nd day and remember this game was played in March so I was pretty light in and that s probably why the pitch was a was a bit under done to start with and then it flattened out and so on and the other memory of the game was of course the the rival of David hoax you know he life ordinary returning Greg 5 fours in the yeah I bowl I was a postman in those days and they re all parts of the ground and that really brought the crowd to live but the occasion of the match there over 200 former Test cricket is here there was a Medicaid from the board to bring the English players in. And wined and dined and meeting them after the day s play if you could get me the middle some or other in the ground was a wonderful opportunity to be involved in some history and in those occasions are special be