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

[Burgey]

What if he felt Smith gloved it and stood there gormlessly watching it land right in front of him anyway?

It seems the sort of thing a bloke like him would do

 

[RIcho]

@Burgey

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1685990961111781376

"That's toruble with a capital T that rhymes with P that stands for Pooooooooooolllllllll"

 

[Spark]

have tests gone on for that long before in the oval? regular tests not day/night ones

don't think that will happen. unfair to batsmen

Famously pulled out for bad light in 2013 with about 20 runs to win

 

[GIMH]

Sunset at 20.51 so light comes into play if it does go long. Thought a definite upside to the early Ashes as if this was late August/September, forget about it once you're past 7

COuld be a good evening! Suppose I'll do some work

 

[loterry1994]

Come on just want a result either way no draws. Nothing left behind this series.

 

[loterry1994]

Sunset at 20.51 so light comes into play if it does go long.

COuld be a good evening! Suppose I'll do some work

has the sun even come out today lol barely
Looks like it

 

[Owzat]

Let's all compare rain radars

raindars surely......?

 

[Molehill]

Famously pulled out for bad light in 2013 with about 20 runs to win

I was on an 'impromptu' trip to California when that happened!!

 

[TheJediBrah]

By my reckoning, they were due to play till 6.30pm anyway to make up for yesterday. You can then add an extra hour for toay's rain, plus the obligatory half hour we always have. It could probably go on after 8pm to get the 15 overs in last hour in too.

Not if it's too dark to see

 

[Molehill]

Not if it's too dark to see

It actually looks like the best weather of the day at 8pm.

 

[Andy19]

Anyway the light is really bad so umpires should stop play at 6.00 unless they want to favor England even more.

Where's no way play should go past 6.30 it's way to unfair to batting side unless the sun comes out.

 

[Burgey]

Going to depend massively upon how quickly the clean-up operation takes.

If we'd just got Smith out reckon we were a chance to wrap up in a session.

Head is the key wicket - if he gets going for an hour to 90 minutes it’ll be down to 60 odd to win

 

[Burgey]

Did he not say he was leaving here? I can't keep up

He said that every time someone posted a different opinion to him tbf

 

[Owzat]

Because it's Total unfair to batting team who worked hard to wear the ball out.

can't give teams new balls in 37 over that the hell happned where its wrong.

I've long since felt a fair way to play, and give a bit more balance bat vs ball, is give the fielding side 2 or maybe 3 new balls, would need experimentation to come up with absolute 'rule', at the very start and how they use them is up to them - one ball for first 20-30 overs then use the other/another, or use new one from each end

would add a tactical dimension, as you don't know how long an innings might last then when, if indeed IF, they get another new ball might be contentious, but certainly in conditions where the new ball is the main bowling weapon on a batsman's paradise gives the captain something to work with

of course England would ask to change them all early doors! (not serious, someone has a serious stick up his you know where about it though, as if cricketers don't do such things. found it funny on beeb HYS yesterday someone bitching about the time Broad didn't walk, as if the act synonymous with AUSSIE batsmen, Waugh a name springs to mind, has never been committed by anyone else, and the aussies had used up all their reviews so needed to look in the mirror re both aspects, and I don't mean the cruddy comic come newspaper)

 

[RIcho]

Anyway the light is really bad so umpires should stop play at 6.00 unless they want to favor England even more.

Where's no way play should go past 6.30 it's way to unfair to batting side unless the sun comes out.

This is great stuff

 

[TheJediBrah]

Andy19 is too good for us here

 

[Owzat]

Head is the key wicket - if he gets going for an hour to 90 minutes it’ll be down to 60 odd to win

England need a burst of wickets, think Stokes got it wrong overusing Anderson and Root, a bit of turn is good but stick with your main wicket threats which seem to be Wood/Woakes then Broad and if some spin probably Ali, turning it is one thing but you need to take wickets not just spin it past bat and stumps

 

[Socerer 01]

He said that every time someone posted a different opinion to him tbf

so basically all the time

 

[Gob]

As per Metoffice radar, Rain only settles in after 6pm

 

[TheJediBrah]

England need a burst of wickets, think Stokes got it wrong overusing Anderson and Root, a bit of turn is good but stick with your main wicket threats which seem to be Wood/Woakes then Broad and if some spin probably Ali, turning it is one thing but you need to take wickets not just spin it past bat and stumps

Yeah this is true because bowlers are machines that can't possibly get tired or hurt from overuse