*Official* Fifth Test (The Oval, London) 27-31 July

[Spark]

Never mind the decision at the toss, if you can't do the basics of bowling line/length and catching then you're going to get hosed regardless

 

[91Jmay]

Has Duckett left anything today? I like him a lot and think he's miles better than Burns Hameed and so on but he just plays at everything.

There was a stat that he had like 8 leaves in his 6 Bazball Tests (can't remember the exact number but it was stupid low) before this series. He only left 2 in his 98 as well.

 

[wpdavid]

Has Duckett left anything today? I like him a lot and think he's miles better than Burns Hameed and so on but he just plays at everything.

I doubt it. I don't know if you caught it, but there was some ridiculous stat going around before the Ashes about how few deliveries he had left since his recall to the side. Deinitely in single figures.

 

[Jfry]

The last two overs have been so incredibly streaky

 

[social]

Murphy on early imo

lol

He’ll have 8 men on the fence

 

[wpdavid]

Didn’t I see a stat where he had left like 2% of all balls a few weeks back?

I think it was literally 2 deliveries in all tests since his recall up to and including the Ireland test.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Another awful shot, another drop. Enjoying this.

 

[Starfighter]

Oh just go stuff yourselves.

 

[morgieb]

The last two overs have been so incredibly streaky

So was the first 3-4 overs. I have no idea why Australia haven’t settled on this outside off line. They’ll get a wicket eventually if so

 

[kevinw]

Didn’t I see a stat where he had left like 2% of all balls a few weeks back?

Sounds about right. This sounds like a streakier innings than Brook's fifty a couple of tests ago.

 

[Jfry]

Dropped a lot of catches here in 2019 too

 

[Spark]

This is crazy amounts of luck again

 

[Uppercut]

That one would've needed to be special.

 

[morgieb]

This side is mentally cooked. England could legit win this in 3 days.

 

[Uppercut]

But the decision at the toss does look a lot more defensible when Cummins and Marsh are bowling.

 

[slowfinger]

great movement off the deck from Marsh

 

[social]

Send someone in & have 2 slips

Only themselves to blame

Look at this fkn field to Cummins!!!!!!

I am going back to watching terrible women’s soccer

 

[wpdavid]

This side is mentally cooked.

Which is very odd. You'd more expect that from a side losing 3-0 going into the final match.

 

[Gnske]

A third slip would just emit too much methane from boredom.

Captain Solar Panel has done it again

 

[RightArmMystery]

Crawley just has no idea when the ball is just outside off on a good length. You just bang away there all day, Australia bowled far too straight at him in the last game.