Sometimes a draw is the fine line between victory and defeat

There are only regretful words floating in the atmosphere of Sydney, and that is only Woo! Oops! The mountain peaks have reached the highest excitement in the atmosphere of that word. Pat Cummins sets the umbrella field around the pitch.

Johnny Bairstow was on strike, trying to handle all the turmoil. Throughout the innings, one after the other, it was as if fireballs were fired at him. The stormy wind blew out from Stark, Boland, and Cummins' hands. Red cherries can also be lit.


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I was talking about the umbrella field position. Four slips, one slip, a leg slip, a galley field, a forward short leg, and a silly point. Meanwhile, the square leg was in the middle of the circle. Cummins' field placement for Bairstow.

Either the bouncer will go, or a rising delivery from the back of a length, or around the rib cage. Where will Batsman escape? Don't take the risk of hitting the boundary. If he defends, the close-in fielders are waiting. If he leaves, how much will he leave? The intent will tell him to hit. The mind does not say.

The way the Aussies blew England away in the whole series. Cummins gave an illustrated example of this by hand. Symbolic image.

Bairstow is back. He was caught in the fielding cord. Leach was on the other end. He has experienced being in such a situation before. 2019 Headingley Test, Stokes' heroic innings, Lyons' run out miss, Hazlewood-Pain's review blander. He scored only one run in that innings. The most expensive and effective run. That Leach was still there today, but of course not in the end.

With Bairstow out, there are still about ten overs left in the day. Broad and Leach blocked seven overs. Cummins has tried everyone, including Lion, Green; Oops! The wicket is not coming.

Meanwhile, the daylight is getting worse. The third umpire said, "It has to be finished on time." The ball has given in Smith's hand. He got his last Test wicket six years ago. Smith ended the team's wicket drought. Broad-Leach's deadlock had also broken at the end of the over. In a great delivery, Warner took a great catch on the slip.

Broad stopped Lyon alone in the next over. On the other end was Mr. Jimmy Anderson. He blocked the six balls, and all were dots.

The battle started between Jimmy and Smith. There is only one equation in front of the two; one-over-one wicket. One goal is to finish the one over, another team wants a wicket.

With tight fielding, Jimmy has played a hung toss-up delivery on the front foot, they pitching at a hard length and trying to fool him on the turn. If Jimmy make a mistake, but, It didn't work. Jimmy didn't make a mistake. Long hopped last delivery was also gently controlled.

How many wickets has Jimmy-Broad taken in partnership! This time he tied the knot and rescued the team from the very edge of the ditch. The result of the match was a draw, this is what England wanted. But not less than victory.

This draw was the fine line between victory and defeat. The two have carefully drawn this line. Jimmy, maybe a little more.

The last hour of the last session of the last day of Test cricket. Nothing could be further from this. Pitch cracks, cracks, rough leads. Increases the thrill, increases the fun of cricket. The fun of this Royal format keeps on flying.

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