Sam Perry

England are 8 for 213, they're 158 runs behind, Stokes is at the crease, so is Joffre Archer.

It could have been a lot worse, but you know what, this is Australia's day.

This is a day that Australia have played really, really well, and we have given England a whole heap of shit, and I've got to say for the right reasons, because the chat's been garbage, but you know what, it's not about them today, because I don't think they've played that badly.

This was a day where you got to see that this Australian cricket team is a serious cricket team, and if you're an Australian fan, you have to enjoy this, because in two years' time, 18 months' time...

England are likely going to win the Ashes at home.

And it just goes to show that these guys, that these Australian cricketers in these conditions are good.

They're really good.

And Australia fundamentally were fantastic today, Pezza.

It's a day of work.

We'll see again.

I keep thinking about the future because this series is over.

But we'll see in England, they will be very hard to beat when they have a very specific set of conditions that they can make.

And then they have excellently, highly skilled bowlers with that ball in those conditions.

That's how winning at home works, right?

But what you saw today, and I understand the criticism from overseas fans, particularly English fans, who'd say, like, watching Australia is boring.

Well...

cricket in australia is supposed to be just on televisions on desktops on your phone in the car with you whilst you go about your day farming the land living off the land you're walking in and out of rooms and it's just percentages it's strangulation it is it is uh asphyxiation it's asphyxiation it's discipline it's mastery of one's craft

And today I just saw a cartel hitting lengths and lines as the members were as well over and over and over again until an exceptional piece of cricket was delivered either with the ball, sharp bit of glove work as well with Carey tactically and literally trying to fucking catch a missile at 136 Ks an hour.

And Batsman didn't really make many mistakes.

Say Ollie Pope did probably, you'd say that.