*Official* Fifth Test at The Oval

[NUFAN]

Great declaration, brilliant knock by Trott.

 

[Naumaan]

Yeah, its a lost cause from an Aussie POV, every chance that we might go down without any resistance in this match, lot of blokes in this side might be really tired and dejected, so it would now take some effort from Ponting as captain to motivate this lot.

for me, england should win by 300 runs atleast

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Some of the Aussies were right though, this pitch is impossible to bat on, real disgrace to Test cricket clearly....

Who said that? Every Australian comment I've read in this thread said England bowled magnificently yesterday...

 

[aussie tragic]

So Aussies need 546 to win off about 200 overs...time for Hussey to play the innings of his life to knock off at least 150 of them

 

[pup11]

England were underhand knowing the only way they could win back the Ashes was to prepare an absolute minefield and hope they won the toss.

Yeah, so what's wrong with that, I really don't understand why people read all this crap Roebuck keeps dishing out.

 

[The Sean]

Ricky Ponting to say farewell to cricket in England with the innings of his life.

 

[Naumaan]

Australia need 546 & england need 10 wicket taking balls
atleast 4 from the spinner & rest of them from pacers, that's my prediction

 

[grecian]

Who said that? Every Australian comment I've read in this thread said England bowled magnificently yesterday...

Social certainly seemed to suggest it, others said the game was won on the toss which was clearly untrue as we've made close to 400, no reason that Oz couldn't of gone past our score if they'd batted better and we'd bowled worse.

 

[pasag]

Well played Trott. Off to bed, need to be awake in 4 hours. Will be nice to wake up to no wickets falling by stumps but won't hold my breath.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeah did it in the West Indies.

I think he asked Swann to open in the 1st innings of the 1st test in England. And it was a waste of time. Anderson & Fred were unlucky to go wicketless at the start of Aus' first innings here - it would be madness not to open with them today.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Social certainly seemed to suggest it, others said the game was won on the toss which was clearly untrue as we've made close to 400.

Wouldn't take it as gospel but I'm fairly sure the person who was bleating about the toss wasn't Australian.

And as for social, he's a blatant troll and you're an idiot for buying into it. But hey, I guess I can't talk, I've just played into your trolling as well.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Social certainly seemed to suggest it, others said the game was won on the toss which was clearly untrue as we've made close to 400, no reason that Oz couldn't of gone past our score if they'd batted better and we'd bowled worse.

Don't be fooled by England's second innings total. The lower middle order had license to hit against defensive fields. Under pressure against attacking fields on this wicket Australia are up the creek without a rake.

 

[aussie]

Ricky Ponting to say farewell to cricket in England with the innings of his life.

Word..

 

[wpdavid]

Social certainly seemed to suggest it, others said the game was won on the toss which was clearly untrue as we've made close to 400, no reason that Oz couldn't of gone past our score if they'd batted better and we'd bowled worse.

Quite. The other thing is that Swann wasn't responsible for the 160ao

 

[pup11]

Great declaration, brilliant knock by Trott.

Nothing great about it mate, they already have more than enough runs to play with, and would have looked a bit negative had they batted on with no.10 and 11 at the crease.

 

[Nate]

Australia to knock these off pretty comfortably. Pitch looks flat, English bowlers aren't flash. Might not even bother to watch.

 

[The Sean]

Australia to knock these off pretty comfortably. Pitch looks flat, English bowlers aren't flash. Might not even bother to watch.

 

[Uppercut]

I think he asked Swann to open in the 1st innings of the 1st test in England. And it was a waste of time. Anderson & Fred were unlucky to go wicketless at the start of Aus' first innings here - it would be madness not to open with them today.

Mmm. They were unlucky not to get Watson because he was playing so badly but they didn't bowl particularly well either. Fred especially was a bit of a let-down. Never looked like doing anything at Katich's end.

 

[Naumaan]

Australia to knock these off pretty comfortably. Pitch looks flat, English bowlers aren't flash. Might not even bother to watch.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOwwwwwwwww

 

[pup11]

Word..

Nope, the wicket is turning and is slow, and those certainly aren't the kind of conditions where Ponting likes batting much in.