*Official* World Test Championship Final at The Oval – June 7–11, 2023

[Prince EWS]

If they followed your attitude he'll be playing till he's 45 at the rate we're producing decent openers.

Quite happy for that to be the case if the alternative is Harris playing.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The light at 10:30 to 11 is exactly the same. Nothing to stop them making up time at the start of the day and end of the day too.

Normally tests in England in Ashes go into August when the light has started to go other way. As the longest day is the 21st June.

So by 630-7pm which games have been known to go and even after 7 the light isn't as good then.

Yeah Pomgolia is a long way north from the equator/close to the n pole for a cricketing country. London is 51 N (southern equivalent is Patagonia which is below NZ), so theoretically the Oval should have long summer nights.

 

[Burgey]

For as long as Harris is the heir to the throne I'm happy for Warner to keep playing as long as he wants tbh.

Yeah there's not much doubt he's a shot duck and he could well go next ball, but he hasn't really done much wrong this dig thus far. He's played late (though been on the crease a lot) and apart from the one top edge to the short wide one which he was right to have a crack at, he's been compact and played reasonably straight. Still a moderate upgrade on Harris.

Tim Ward the inevitable replacement when Warner retires, assuming Wardy makes runs the first half of the summer.

 

[straw man]

This match has crept up on me, but this has been a great watch for the neutral so far.

Speaking of barbers, Shami could really do with visiting one.

 

[Starfighter]

Great, just what we need before the Ashes.

 

[Gnske]

Great wicket delivered by the English hosts, did Rishi Sunak spit in its mouth or something to make it so agitated?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Is Renshaw still rated below Harris? Madness.

 

[duffer]

Oh god, not ****ing Langer

 

[Spikey]

unsafe pitch. ban the host nation. failed country.

 

[duffer]

Langer and Gavaskar in tandem, end me ffs

 

[Burgey]

Siraj with one leaping off a full length once again demonstrating it's clearly only ever swing and never anything off the pitch in England which causes problems.

 

[Gnske]

We decided as a group that Gavaskar is a racist in like 2020 hey?

 

[Starfighter]

Siraj with one leaping off a full length once again demonstrating it's clearly only ever swing and never anything off the pitch in England which causes problems.

About as awkward as anything at Brisbane vs SA, if not moreso.

 

[Prince EWS]

Is Renshaw still rated below Harris? Madness.

Both are in the squad but Harris got a central contract and Renshaw didn't which suggests the former is ahead.

I'd be quite open to dropping Warner for Renshaw (or Whiteman, but I think I'm the only one who rates him). If it's Harris though - nah, Warner can stay.

 

[Uppercut]

This is great cricket so far. HCSI.

 

[Starfighter]

Gavaskar and Langer. What a wonderful combination

 

[Gnske]

Oh look Harsha is in the commentary box as well.

Wake me up when something insightful gets uttered by any three of the lightweights in the comm box

 

[Starfighter]

Put Umesh on. I wanna see fireworks.

 

[Chubb]

I see they’re letting Langer out of the basement where he keeps all the pictures of Pat Cummins with his eyes cut out.

 

[Prince EWS]

Put Umesh on. I wanna see fireworks.

I wanna see Thakur #punished.