*Official* Fifth Test at the Oval

[Flem274*]

that's a good way to deal with the nervous 90s puppy. nick off to the no ball to use up your law of averages getting out shot and cruise to the ton.

#nerdbait

 

[OverratedSanity]

i feel like smith loves a 92. made one in mohali iirc, didn't he make one on the last ashes in england (3rd test maybe)?

Could be the new KP 158

 

[Zinzan]

Agree, it is unfair on the bowler. For all we know he might have gotten away with a number a no-balls prior, but only gets informed when it's a wicket.

Jeeze, Smith's looked terrible in this last 10 mins I've been watching.

 

[mr_mister]

I agree OS. It just kind of looks uglier than a defensive push edged behind.

 

[GIMH]

Ok so this bugs me... why do people say nicking off to a short wide delivery like that is a bad shot? The ball deserved to be hit for 4, so why shouldn't the batsman go for it? You can criticize the execution, maybe but it's there to be smashed.

If it's badly executed then it's a bad shot, no? Not bad shot selection maybe, but still a bad shot.

 

[Cabinet96]

Third umpires have to be in charge of no balls for the next tests that are played IMO.

 

[ajdude]

h00p time with ben stokes

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ok so this bugs me... why do people say nicking off to a short wide delivery like that is a bad shot? The ball deserved to be hit for 4, so why shouldn't the batsman go for it? You can criticize the execution, maybe but it's there to be smashed.

Classic cricket commentary

The exact same shot can be "Brilliant stroke" or "irresponsible brain-fade" depending entirely on the end result

 

[Son Of Coco]

No wonder Smith edged that, he was trying to get his bat out of the way so Finn didn't ****ing step on it.

 

[Spikey]

voges warner and smith were all on 69 at one stage

 

[TheJediBrah]

Agree, it is unfair on the bowler. For all we know he might have gotten away with a number a no-balls prior, but only gets informed when it's a wicket.

Jeeze, Smith's looked terrible in this last 10 mins I've been watching.

yeah . . . I'd say it's significantly more unfair on the batsman and batting team

 

[Zinzan]

No wonder Smith edged that, he was trying to get his bat out of the way so Finn didn't ****ing step on it.

Yup, that was Mohammad Amir proportions that one.

 

[ajdude]

the last ashes in england

also known as Tony Hill's Ashes

 

[Zinzan]

yeah . . . I'd say it's significantly more unfair on the batsman and batting team

Nah, I know it's the bowlers responsibility to keep the foot behind the line, but they're entitled to be called when overstepping, otherwise they assume they're there or thereabouts. Finn was the loser then, not the batting team.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

There's been some stuff on TMS recently that the ICC are looking into it. But that one of the sticking points is, and i kid you not, the fact that they would have to employ another person to call them from the umpires office.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If it's badly executed then it's a bad shot, no? Not bad shot selection maybe, but still a bad shot.

Yeah but you see people say after a dismissal like that that he shouldn't have played that shot at all. It's kinda dumb.

 

[ajdude]

>"in his last 22 tests smith's made 11 hundreds"
>mfw smith has 10 hundreds
>goddamnit mark nicholas

 

[Flem274*]

harmison got fat

 

[ajdude]

no mark nicholas. steven smith does not have the best hands in the game

 

[Spikey]

>"in his last 22 tests smith's made 11 hundreds"
>mfw smith has 10 hundreds
>goddamnit mark nicholas

a double hundred is two hundreds, numb nuts