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*Official* Fifth Test at the Oval
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Howe_zat
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Nah, only the first Test was on a flat pitch and we batted first.
Some of the Windies Tests? brb checking cricinfo
LegionOfBrad
International Debutant
What ****ing nonsense. Two consecutive matches you get out for less that 150 on the first day including one innings where you fail get past 60 is the reason you lost.
The bowling has been inconsistent but the batting has been ****pile.
The bowling has been inconsistent but the batting has been ****pile.
This is a flat pitch and so was Lords. Lords was miles flatter than Cardiff, which is no surprise as it is the worst Test match ground in the country.
LegionOfBrad
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I'm not one for Beefys 10 slips and a keeper fields but we need 200 to make you bat again and there's just two slips and a gully?
wpdavid
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Consider yourself lucky. We're probably stuck with him for at least another 12 months unless he decides to call it a day.
Yet another series when he's averaged comfortably under 30 if my sums are right.
LegionOfBrad
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Cardiff wasnt that flat even day one. It had a bit of up and down which just got worse. It was slow as **** but not flat.
Mitchell Johnson is 33 so this could be his last Ashes in England, he will be happy I believe, he seriously does not enjoy bowling in England. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar who is 20 kph slower than most Aussie bowlers has outbowled all of them considering the series stats.
LegionOfBrad
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Yeah he's not getting dropped because of a lack of decent replacements currently.
Howe_zat
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Trent Bridge 2014 vs India is probably the best candidate
flibbertyjibber
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The relevance of that is?
**** me Indian fans never cease to amaze me. They can get Team India into any discussion no matter how tenuous.
OverratedSanity
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Seriously it's so dumb. Can't believe these blokes are paid to say this rubbish.
I find it strange as to how slower bowlers out perform quicker ones in England. I'm not too educated in the science of cricket pitches.
Yeah that is a good call, think Jimmy getting an 80 odd and Broad getting fifty though sort of shows our top order weren't great in that situation again. Root fails and our batting order almost never responds to a big first dig score. You can get away with that a bit in England when our bowlers knock teams over sub 200 a lot but not abroad.
wpdavid
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Quite. Plus the fact that so much of our top 7 is iffy, it would be a brave move to drop a guy averaging 40+ over 100 tests until one or two other positions are settled.
But he does piss me off no end.
LegionOfBrad
International Debutant
123-3 at tea.
We batted first and got 330 though, my point is specifically us bowling first and never being able to answer a first innings score.