5th Test at The Oval, London

[stephen]

Commentators desperately trying to woof these batsmen.

 

[social]

Can we please stop comparing Smith to Kohli and others

Guy averages 65 ffs

 

[TheJediBrah]

His face, like everything else about him, was designed as part of a top-secret ECB scheme to create the most annoying possible cricketer to play against.

He looks a handy little bowler, if there was a bit more swing around. At the moment he's looking a bit innocuous.

and that's got to be an ECB-mandated haircut too if what you say is true

 

[social]

Curran is bowling well

 

[zaremba]

Barbados have Australia 2-7. Great start for the small Island.

Good one!

Do please keep them coming

 

[TheJediBrah]

Good one!

Do please keep them coming

Reverse psychology doesn't work on me

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smith indicating too high before the umpire made his decision? Is that allowed? Seems a bit dickish.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol missing off by a fair way

 

[mr_mister]

**** knows where he's off stump is

 

[stephen]

I was literally loling at that last appeal. Wouldn't have hit a second set of stumps.

 

[mr_mister]

Smith indicating too high before the umpire made his decision? Is that allowed? Seems a bit dickish.

I feel it's a mind game like any other. Umpire doesn't have to believe it

 

[TheJediBrah]

Labuschagne's works through midwicket remind me a lot of Ponting

I feel it's a mind game like any other. Umpire doesn't have to believe it

yeah tbh if Broad is allowed those celebration appeals then anything's fair

 

[TheJediBrah]

He really looks like an Aussie too doesn't he? Talking about Labuschagne. I know he's a Saffer but he's got the outback jack look IMO

 

[halba]

He really looks like an Aussie too doesn't he? Talking about Labuschagne. I know he's a Saffer but he's got the outback jack look IMO

hes really a smith clone. turning into pure quality now. hope he kicks on.

 

[Arachnodouche]

hes really a smith clone. turning into pure quality now. hope he kicks on.

Far more reminiscent of a young Michael Clarke to me. Same swagger, same crisp strokeplay too.

 

[burr]

How has Harris played this number of matches? So undeserving and he just seems like a bit of a **** too.

 

[mr_mister]

How has Harris played this number of matches? So undeserving and he just seems like a bit of a **** too.

Yeah Bancroft wasn't this bad

 

[Spikey]

dropping bancroft was stupid imo

 

[stephen]

dropping bancroft was stupid imo

It was fine. What wasn't fine was that the replacement was so dire.

 

[Gob]

Far more reminiscent of a young Michael Clarke to me. Same swagger, same crisp strokeplay too.

Labuschagne to Smith now is what Smith was to Clarke back in 2013