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

CartyDurham

CartyDurham

International Captain
Fair result if it is to be 2-2 really imo

been a decent watch all the way through and I feel it would be fitting for Broad to finish it here

and bring me a 4/1 winner

Haway
 
Owzat

Owzat

U19 Captain
subshakerz said:
Woakes was literally the difference between the two sides in a likely drawn series.
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If England pull the rabbit out of the hat and draw from 0-2 down then case for Woakes, 3x 3w, 1x 4w and 1x 5 with scope to make it another 5wi now, BUT Khawaja has piled on the runs even if at times he hasn't hammered it home - 3x fifties, out before they got to 80 and two scores just shy of fifty ie SIX out of 10 knocks he got in and only once did he make it really count

wickets per match Woakes has hit the ground running, not surprising in English conditions, Starc has also done well, 8 wickets this match, 7 at Headingley, 6 at Lords, only had one bad game

very subjective of course, wouldn't have one myself, maybe one from each side for batting and one for bowling and a "wildcard" (any type), the selection by many of Bairstow in a combined XI was criticised widely but yet :

Ashes 22/23
Bairstow : 322 runs @40.25 & 22/1 CT/ST
Carey : 172 runs @ 21.50 & 21/5 CT/ST

Not that much in it in terms of catches, although no doubt the "but he dropped/missed......" brigade will pitch in, but scored near double the CareyCad runs and helped England to strong positions in THREE of the five Tests - 78 1st Test 1st Innings when England were 176/5, 99no when England maybe could have declared earlier but helped set a big lead of 281 and this Test his 78 pushed England from a wobbly 222/4 to a secure 360/5 (then 6 as he got out)

Foakes may or may not have fared well with bat, probably better with gloves, but unless you have runs on the board which includes runs scored at both ends when a batsman/keeper is batting with the tail, all the catching in the world won't add runs to your total (might keep opponents' totals down, but England could easily have won pretty much any of the Tests, probably should the 1st having aussies 209/7)
 
Cricket CoachDB

Cricket CoachDB

U19 Debutant
Silver Silva said:
It's Zak Crawley for MOTS guys ..
Fits all the criteria

●Played all 5 matches
●Highest run scorer for England ,
Averaged higher than Khawaja who was the highest run scorer in the series .
●Highest score of the Series
●Biggest success story of the Bazball philosophy
●Probably the best slip catcher in the series
●The first ball 4 off Starc one of the most iconic moments of the Ashes , general play was entertaining.
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That's a pretty fine case.
 
MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Not to belabour the point, but if this had been 2-2 it would have defs been the GOAT Ashes, maybe series full stop. Just a great what if.
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
Owzat said:
If England pull the rabbit out of the hat and draw from 0-2 down then case for Woakes, 3x 3w, 1x 4w and 1x 5 with scope to make it another 5wi now, BUT Khawaja has piled on the runs even if at times he hasn't hammered it home - 3x fifties, out before they got to 80 and two scores just shy of fifty ie SIX out of 10 knocks he got in and only once did he make it really count

wickets per match Woakes has hit the ground running, not surprising in English conditions, Starc has also done well, 8 wickets this match, 7 at Headingley, 6 at Lords, only had one bad game

very subjective of course, wouldn't have one myself, maybe one from each side for batting and one for bowling and a "wildcard" (any type), the selection by many of Bairstow in a combined XI was criticised widely but yet :

Ashes 22/23
Bairstow : 322 runs @40.25 & 22/1 CT/ST
Carey : 172 runs @ 21.50 & 21/5 CT/ST

Not that much in it in terms of catches, although no doubt the "but he dropped/missed......" brigade will pitch in, but scored near double the CareyCad runs and helped England to strong positions in THREE of the five Tests - 78 1st Test 1st Innings when England were 176/5, 99no when England maybe could have declared earlier but helped set a big lead of 281 and this Test his 78 pushed England from a wobbly 222/4 to a secure 360/5 (then 6 as he got out)

Foakes may or may not have fared well with bat, probably better with gloves, but unless you have runs on the board which includes runs scored at both ends when a batsman/keeper is batting with the tail, all the catching in the world won't add runs to your total (might keep opponents' totals down, but England could easily have won pretty much any of the Tests, probably should the 1st having aussies 209/7)
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Carey has kept terribly last 2 Tests as well and YJB took some screamers
 
Owzat

Owzat

U19 Captain
CartyDurham said:
Fair result if it is to be 2-2 really imo

been a decent watch all the way through and I feel it would be fitting for Broad to finish it here

and bring me a 4/1 winner

Haway
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Cummins aussie late order, your time is up! Just bowl straight to Murphy, he misses, you hit. should not need to resort to any short stuff, well do what the windies did, and aussies when they took over, pepper with short stuff when you can't get him out after he's added 30 not short stuff assisted route to 30+
 
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