5th Test at The Oval, London

[duffer]

Oh boy, this is piss weak.

 

[AnthonyC]

Have the commentators questioned the decision at all? I haven't been listening

Seemed to move on without discussing but they are all poms and a windies fast bowler.

 

[Spark]

Lol @ our openers

 

[Pothas]

Here we go then, all going as expected so far.

 

[mackembhoy]

Now the innings actually starts for Australia

 

[Groundking]

Harris has to be done surely? Looks clueless.

Now to be bowling to the same 2 guys all day....

 

[Pothas]

Lol @ our openers

The regularity is actually pretty ridiculous.

 

[Uppercut]

He's spoken openly as well as how the Aaron incident and being bounced ****ed up his confidence. You can't bat properly at this level if you are legitimately scared of the ball, as he was for a while

Broad is a bit of an anti-Stokes. Not that I don't rate him or anything, but he very transparently doesn't give it his all most of the time.

 

[AnthonyC]

Even the Aussie talking heads in the wicket break didn't query it, esp Tubby being an opener.

 

[NUFAN]

I cannot stand this batting lineup. Hate it so much.

 

[wpdavid]

Here we go then, all going as expected so far.

Yeah, I think we've been here before.

214 for 2 at close of play?

 

[AnthonyC]

Smith has to fail one time, if he gets a score again here, will take it to another level

 

[Gremlin]

Have the commentators questioned the decision at all? I haven't been listening

Jim Maxwell said he thinks Warner knew he hit it.

 

[zaremba]

Is Wade really Australia’s no.5? Bizarre. Probably irrelevant mind you, unless Smith nicks one in the next few minutes

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wait I didn't even realise Head was the one who was dropped. Bit strange, he didn't look that awful.

 

[Uppercut]

There appeared to be a gap between bat and ball when the spike appeared, but it was the type of tall thin spike that indicates bat on ball, and the ball was absolutely nowhere near anything but the bat. Weird.

Couldn't this just be a framerate thing?

 

[Arachnodouche]

Ponting psycho evaluating Warner's reaction not on. Looked more like a man resigned to his fate.

 

[AnthonyC]

Wait I didn't even realise Head was the one who was dropped. Bit strange, he didn't look that awful.

Now they are talking about it.

I think the issue was how long they took to get the sound up.
Showed about 4 to 5 reviews without sound, waited for the sound for a long time. Then felt like they had spent so long reveiw it, that when they had the sound they couldn't keep reviewing it with the sound like they should have as it taken so long.

 

[zaremba]

Oh dear. No swing for Sam Curran. Long day ahead

 

[Uppercut]

Ponting suggesting a way to bowl to Smith but he's really describing the best way to bowl to himself.