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

[loterry1994]

Woakes has really been the difference for England since test 2. If Robinson didn’t have that injury we might not have seen him as much this series

 

[91Jmay]

Oh please get Smith with the worst ball ever. I beg

 

[loterry1994]

Would be hilarious if Aus are getting dominated and saved by rain again, and win the series 2-1

Not this time buddy not this time

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

I know the crowd is a bunch of English booers but I'm enjoying this atmosphere tbh. Test crowds are sparser than Warner centuries where I live.

 

[Daemon]

This is too quick for Bairstow to stand up to imo

 

[Anil]

They were knocking it around pretty nicely then, daft shot. Lead of 50 should be the aim here then be 150 ahead by COP would be absolutely ideal

Looks like it will be a much bigger lead than just 50....

 

[loterry1994]

I know the crowd is a bunch of English booers but I'm enjoying this atmosphere tbh. Test crowds are sparser than Warner centuries where I live.

I really don’t know why people are complaining about the crowds and booing they’ve been way more lively since that bairstow incident has added to this series a lot. We’ve had plenty of players get bood in the past in Australia as well

 

[91Jmay]

I really don’t know why people are complaining about the crowds and booing they’ve been way more lively since that bairstow incident has added to this series a lot. We’ve had plenty of players get bood in the past in Australia as well

I don't think people really care, booing Smith is stupid should appreciate getting to watch him bat. Hope they give him a standing O his last innings over here, especially at the Oval of all places

 

[TheJediBrah]

Never noticed before but Stokes looks a hell of a lot like a ginger kid from my school that got bullied relentlessly for being ugly af

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

I really don’t know why people are complaining about the crowds and booing they’ve been way more lively since that bairstow incident has added to this series a lot. We’ve had plenty of players get bood in the past in Australia as well

Yeah fair dinkum it's the 10% yobbos making the rest look bad as always. But the 10% have been more obnoxious than usual this series.

 

[GotSpin]

Never noticed before but Stokes looks a hell of a lot like a ginger kid from my school that got bullied relentlessly for being ugly af

Stokes should have invested in some sunscreen or something I think

 

[chris.hinton]

This is the worse Australian team of my lifetime and we can only draw 2-2

They again look a shambles

 

[loterry1994]

Yeah fair dinkum it's the 10% yobbos making the rest look bad as always. But the 10% have been more obnoxious than usual this series.

It’s probably the barmy army kicking it off lol. I don’t mind it one bit. It’s gets way worse in other sports

 

[Gob]

Well that session broke the camel's back

Did not watch most of the session. Was the batting that hard? I thought they survived fairly easily up until lunch

 

[Gob]

This is the worse Australian team of my lifetime and we can only draw 2-2

They again look a shambles

You are 10 years old?

Make sense aswell judging from your posts

 

[loterry1994]

Still don’t think this is as a bad pitch to bat on like Australia made it look. Can see England coming out later and get a 150 -200 lead today.

 

[Gob]

Yeah bigger the lead harder England would go

 

[RightArmMystery]

The more replays they show, the worse it looks Bairstow not going for that Labuschagne catch

 

[Ashes81]

I haven’t seen any of the play today but I get the impression from some of the posts earlier today Labushagne just lost all rhythm against some tight bowling rather than it being some sort of ploy by him to just bat time?

We did bowl well but he got completely bogged down.

There were plenty of deliveries that he left alone that he could have scored off.

We had a tight ring field and it wasn't easy to score but it wasn't as tough as he made it.

 

[social]

Well that session broke the camel's back

Did not watch most of the session. Was the batting that hard? I thought they survived fairly easily up until lunch

Succession of terrible shots

Carey will cop most of the criticism but others were bad as well