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

[OverratedSanity]

Ok, they got that one right at least.

 

[Spark]

Lol Headingley was as tight as the first two

Yeah there are only two games in this series that had one side consistently ahead of the game: Lord's and OT. All the others could easily have gone either way.

 

[slippy888]

22 years now since Australia last won a test series in England

 

[GIMH]

I don't think "outplayed" is a remotely fair description of this game when two hours ago it was absolutely 50-50.

Yeah Lords and this both the same really, either they were both one-sided or they weren’t

 

[CartyDurham]

Player of the series for the press is Woakes

 

[subshakerz]

Of course Woakes is MOS. His entry in the side turned their fortunes.

 

[Shri]

cummins deserves a ton of empathy for what he has dealt with this year. also maybe some time off so that he can come back fresher. like him as aus captain but maybe aus could have done better her under smith's tactics/captaincy

 

[Cricket CoachDB]

Woakes is MOM and England Player of the Series.

 

[Kirkut]

Got smashed by Wood. I thought he was supposed to run through the tail.

Aussie bowling in a nutshell.

Not sure if it's the dukes or whatever.

 

[trundler]

If Stokes wasn't captain, this team wouldn't even be competing against Cummins' side in the first place and would have lost this series well before the final test.

Or they win the first test because they dominated it for the most part and run away with the series. This is all conjecture. Stokes didn't take the reins after losing the first 2. He was part of why they lost to begin with and they just took the scenic route to drawing. A draw is a draw. He remedied his mistake in the second half the series but he did do it himself first.

 

[Spark]

Yeah Lords and this both the same really, either they were both one-sided or they weren’t

Nah I think this was much more balanced than Lord's. England didn't even have a first innings lead here!

 

[mackembhoy]

22 years now since Australia last won a test series in England

26 and counting

A record for a gap without an away Ashes series win

 

[loterry1994]

How many award are there?

 

[Ashes81]

****ing hate the circus that is Wrexham.

****ing hate Wrexham full stop.
The SWA will show them this season.

 

[GIMH]

Nah I think this was much more balanced than Lord's. England didn't even have a first innings lead here!

I just meant on final result tbf. 49 and 41.

 

[Spark]

I just meant on final result tbf. 49 and 41.

Oh yeah but Lord's was never quite as close as the final result suggested IMO. And in general "outplayed" to me is more about who was ahead of the game throughout, not whether you could miraculously pull it out at the end.

 

[Spofforth]

Remember when Aussies said Green is better than Stokes

I remember being told he was *as good as* Stokes.

As all rounders go, he was a ways behind Tod Murphy.

 

[loterry1994]

Broad really did pick a good time to end doesn’t get much a better retirement than today. Anderson should hang it with some dignity left

 

[loterry1994]

I remember being told he was *as good as* Stokes.

As all rounders go, he was a ways behind Tod Murphy.

green would of done jack all this test probably. I think this might be the last we see off Marsh in tests as well

 

[GIMH]

Oh yeah but Lord's was never quite as close as the final result suggested IMO. And in general "outplayed" to me is more about who was ahead of the game throughout, not whether you could miraculously pull it out at the end.

Maybe, but another half hour of Stokes and we might have got over the line, much as if either Smith or Head had hung around here they would have.