As you may be aware, our lord and saviour Steve Smith has been ruled out of the Third Test at Headingley.
He failed the concussion test.
He also failed to train on Tuesday.
Without Smith, the Australian’s stats look rather grim.
Marnus Labuschagne, no pressure mate but you better step up to the plate.
Same with you Travis Head.
Australia is now out to $3 in the head to head betting for the Third Test with England the outright $1.62 favourite.
BREAKING: Justin Langer confirms Steve Smith will miss the third #Ashes Test: https://t.co/lTsuSOPA2T pic.twitter.com/t3r9VUSepT
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) August 20, 2019
The AFL world was rocked yesterday as Freo gave Ross Lyon the old heave-ho with one game left in the 2019 season.
After eight seasons in the top job at the Dockers Lyon has been shown the door with Freo’s failure to make finals in the past four years.
Along with that Freo’s CEO, Steve Rosich got the Freo-Heave-Ho as well.
Now interest turns to as to who will be the man in the top job at the Dockers from 2020.
Our market has current Collingwood assistant/Freo great Justin Longmuir favourite at $1.75 with Brad Scott at $5 and this weeks fill-in coach David Hale at $5.50
Carlton had the Teague Train will the Dockers fans want to ride on Hale Rail. We shall wait and see.
Talk is also speculating that Ross Lyon could go full-circle and return to St.Kilda – our next Saints coach market has Lyon at $3 but most suspect that current caretaker coach Brett Ratten has all but sealed the deal.
The West Australian Newspaper did not miss when it came to Ross Lyon in this morning’s front page.
The front page of tomorrow's The West Australian with latest on Ross Lyon and the Fremantle Dockers pic.twitter.com/y72J0OUI22
— Anthony De Ceglie (@AnthDeCeglie) August 20, 2019
Brisbane Bronco Tevita Pangai Jr was given a five-week holiday from the NRL judiciary last night being found guilty for a dangerous contact charge.
The Broncos enforcer travelled down to Sydney last night to plead his case and argue for a downgrade but the judiciary wasn’t having it.
The panel maintained it was a serious grade-two charge and handed him five weeks.
Pangai Junior has given the charge of a tackle on James Maloney during the Broncos match against the Panthers last Friday night.
Barring some sort of amazing miracle where the Broncos go deep in the finals, he won’t play again in season 2019.
Broncos enforcer Tevita Pangai Jr could be out for the rest of the NRL season after copping a five-week ban @cjhonnery https://t.co/f4x2W1Q0YL
— The Courier-Mail (@couriermail) August 20, 2019