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

[ripper868]

to the far right of that graphic, Robinson.

 

[wpdavid]

Lol Marnus jumps out of his seat to get ready every time Warner is facing

I have no idea why he would be worried. Warner's barely been troubled.

 

[danzydab]

might as well give the new ball to woakes

 

[wpdavid]

might as well give the new ball to woakes

I think the batter actually had to play all six in that over.

 

[Silver Silva]

Perhaps the most annoying thing about Bazball (ignoring Burgey's moaning) is the requirement to keep picking certain people no matter what they do. Quite why Oval specialist Robinson wasn't brought back for this Test ahead of Anderson is already looking daft.

Not playing Chris Woakes at Lords was criminal aswell

 

[GIMH]

Good to see the ‘Bazball sux’ brigade remembered their passwords again having lost them somewhere around lunch on day 2 at Headingley

 

[Burgey]

Shame to see One of the all time greats struggling

Yeah smith has been average this series tstl

 

[Spark]

No longer watching on TV, is Wood down a little on pace? His speeds don't seem to be what they were earlier in the series

 

[Shri]

No longer watching on TV, is Wood down a little on pace? His speeds don't seem to be what they were earlier in the series

maybe he needs an over or two to warmup

 

[Silver Silva]

Good to see the ‘Bazball sux’ brigade remembered their passwords again having lost them somewhere around lunch on day 2 at Headingley

Hasn't been great quality from both teams to be honest no matter the style , a lot of dropped catches, lucky/flukey innings , poor keeping , disrespect for specialist spinners , players picked on sentiment etc .Entertaining nonetheless!

 

[Spark]

maybe he needs an over or two to warmup

He didn't at Headingley but that's why I'm curious

 

[91Jmay]

Ball started to go at this point in our innings, so will be interesting to see if we can generate anything

 

[wpdavid]

Good to see the ‘Bazball sux’ brigade remembered their passwords again having lost them somewhere around lunch on day 2 at Headingley

Tangentially, I'm not even sure that many of the dismissals in our innings owed much to bazball. Some of the shots weren't well executed, but it's a long way removed from what we saw on Day 2 at Lord's.

 

[Spark]

Tangentially, I'm not even sure that many of the dismissals in our innings owed much to bazball. Some of the shots weren't well executed, but it's a long way removed from Day 2 at Lord's.

Moeen and Brook? You can forgive the latter of course and Moeen was injured

 

[Burgey]

to the far right of Nigel Farage, Robinson.

 

[Silver Silva]

Yeah smith has been average this series tstl

He needs 8 more runs to be the highest runscorer at the Oval by an overseas batsman. Sir Don Bradman currently holds that record with 553 runs.

 

[loterry1994]

Tangentially, I'm not even sure that many of the dismissals in our innings owed much to bazball. Some of the shots weren't well executed, but it's a long way removed from what we saw on Day 2 at Lord's.

That’s all you need to do with bazball but slow the rate down a bit and the pressure is back on England. Once Mooen was injured and out then stokes came in he bogged down Brook a bit the collapse started happening. Has happened a few innings now

 

[wpdavid]

Moeen and Brook? You can forgive the latter of course and Moeen was injured

Yeah, Brook was a case of poor execution rather than ridiculous choice of shot. Moeen's looked worse but he was struggling to move. It's a long way removed from several blokes being stumped half way down the pitch to the off-spinner or guys taking turns to hole out to short-pitched deliveries.

 

[honestbharani]

What a waste. Of the dismissals I saw, Duckett was unlucky as I feel all leg side strangles are. Crawley got a good one. Stokes got a great one. Stopped watching after that.

 

[MW1304]

Sad to say but think Jimmy's done. Haven't seen him have so little impact with the new ball so consistently over a home series since about 2009. Wish he'd made the decision himself tbh.