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

[GIMH]

I'm a huge fan too.

I've concluded during this series that it's the Duke rather than English conditions that make him so much better at home. I think he's just mastered all the tricks with it - inswing, outswing, wobble seam - and the skill doesn't translate to a Kookaburra. It's been a decent summer for batting and he's still taking a pile of wickets at <20.

Gun one day and T20 bowler though

 

[Carlos]

Anderson looks like a geriatric in the field. Really hope the selectors put him to bed after this series .Old man playing a young mans game

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I know Australian’s find Marnus’ “NO RAAAAHN!” calls to be hilarious but I find it to be one of the most obnoxious things I’ve ever heard, right up there with the noises my old flat mate used to make whilst eating with their mouth open. Not looking forward to hearing it for hours on end when Australia tour here next summer.

Misread this and assumed your flatmate was constantly informing you that he doesn't have diarrhea.

 

[social]

I know Australian’s find Marnus’ “NO RAAAAHN!” calls to be hilarious but I find it to be one of the most obnoxious things I’ve ever heard, right up there with the noises my old flat mate used to make whilst eating with their mouth open. Not looking forward to hearing it for hours on end when Australia tour here next summer.

Marnus is hardly loved in Australia

 

[Shri]

He’s 107 years old, give him a break.

imagine if akhtar could do this. he would average 20 and would have played for longer

 

[Gnske]

Misread this and assumed your flatmate was constantly informing you that he doesn't have diarrhea.

It'd be a courteous move.

I've recently discovered the thrill of shitting once a day as opposed to once a week. It's actually pretty good

 

[GIMH]

Anyone got a phone number @Shri can call about his James Anderson psychosis?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

The rule should be you can change the ball but every time you do it gets increasingly larger in size.

 

[RIcho]

I mean when you compare the rough side to the shined side it's going to look worse. Glad we have the #whingingAussie narrative set for when they lose.

old ball seam is brown, new ball seam is white

 

[Prince EWS]

Misread this and assumed your flatmate was constantly informing you that he doesn't have diarrhea.

The day he stopped telling him that was the day Bahnz knew his flatmate was saving Test cricket.

 

[91Jmay]

Anyone got a phone number @Shri can call about his James Anderson psychosis?

He was booted out of his home so Jimmy could live there rent free, so his salt is understandable.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I've never seen a ball replaced and not have the replacement be very similar to the one they're changing. I'm not sure what happened.

I would assume the batsmen need to approve the ball, so Warner and Khawaja should maybe take some of the blame for allowing it. But that could be wrong, in which case just more of the blatant English cheating, and spineless incompetent umpiring, that we have gotten used to this series

 

[Shri]

Anyone got a phone number @Shri can call about his James Anderson psychosis?

i can't wait to recover from this mental illness soon when he retires.

 

[Gnske]

I mean when you compare the rough side to the shined side it's going to look worse. Glad we have the #whingingAussie narrative set for when they lose.

Actually agree with this haha. No pun intended, but it's a bit cherry picked and misleading those two images. Athers pointed it out a few overs ago but also conceded that it's pretty clear its of worse quality overall.

 

[Prince EWS]

I would assume the batsmen need to approve the ball, so Warner and Khawaja should maybe take some of the blame for allowing it. But that could be wrong, in which case just more of the blatant English cheating, and spineless incompetent umpiring, that we have gotten used to this series

Nah I think the umpires just pick a ball from the box without actually consulting either team once it the existing ball is deemed to be ****ed.

 

[Gnske]

I would assume the batsmen need to approve the ball, so Warner and Khawaja should maybe take some of the blame for allowing it. But that could be wrong, in which case just more of the blatant English cheating, and spineless incompetent umpiring, that we have gotten used to this series

Surely not, it's the between the bowlers and / or down to the umpires isn't it?

 

[Shri]

ftr bowlers who have actually stayed on the field for a whole day warm up less often than this one

 

[Son Of Coco]

I mean when you compare the rough side to the shined side it's going to look worse. Glad we have the #whingingAussie narrative set for when they lose.

If we lose, we still win.

We can't lose.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Actually agree with this haha. No pun intended, but it's a bit cherry picked and misleading those two images. Athers pointed it out a few overs ago but also conceded that it's pretty clear its of worse quality overall.

Yes and no. Image was an exaggeration, but it was still a clearly newer
ball

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

This ball is seaming more than any ball I've ever seen.