5th Test at The Oval, London

[Groundking]

The **** is the point of picking Marsh to lessen Cummins load when you've picked Siddle anyway who can do all the donkey work?

 

[the big bambino]

Oh boy. Head gets dropped but Warner and Harris retained. Wade has to move to 5. Siddle in and Starc out. Win the toss and choose to bowl. Get ****ed. Just get ****ed.

 

[King Pietersen]

No Roy, no Overton. Curran and Woakes in.

Stokes getting a nosebleed at 4, Bairstow getting a nosebleed at 5. Curran at 7, Woakes at 8. How did we not pick another batsman?

 

[Starfighter]

It's like we're trying to lose this test and draw the series. I don't trust us chasing at all.

 

[Spark]

Uh.

 

[Groundking]

No Roy, no Overton. Curran and Woakes in.

Stokes getting a nosebleed at 4, Bairstow getting a nosebleed at 5. Curran at 7, Woakes at 8. How did we not pick another batsman?

We should line up like this;

Burns
Denly
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Curran
Bairstow

Stokes at 4 is fine for me, he's done well at 5 and it means we've got our best 2 batsmen together, 5 is too high for Bairstow with the form he's in whilst also keeping and Curren will only make it as a regular in the team as a batsman so may aswell see how he does.

 

[Gob]

im out

 

[Burgey]

Judging by the last few posts it’s going to be a nil all draw.

Australia seriously going the strangle with this attack. Giving them nothing

Except banana pies

 

[Starfighter]

Of the five matches played since 2000 where teams elected to bowl at The Oval, only one victory was attained with three losses. This is a Nasser Hussain 'we'll have a bowl'-bad level of logic.

The correct thing to do would have been to bat first and bat for as long as possible.

 

[mr_mister]

How does Siddle keep getting picked. This time ahead of Pattinson and Starc?

Farewell tour. Wouldn't be surprised if England finally get on top of him and end his career

 

[aussie tragic]

This is crazy from Paine. Win the toss and bowl?

If we batted our bowlers could have had another day and a half rest, Lyon could have bowled on 5th day, etc, etc. We are even missing our 2 strike bowlers in Pattinson and Starc who might have done something special bowling today....sack Paine from DRS amd calling tosses....

 

[social]

Can understand omitting Patto for Siddle but Starc for Siddle is political

 

[stephen]

Oh boy. Head gets dropped but Warner and Harris retained. Wade has to move to 5. Siddle in and Starc out. Win the toss and choose to bowl. Get ****ed. Just get ****ed.

This. Terrible decision making. Won't stop us winning but it'll be closer than it should have been.

 

[Starfighter]

If we end up actually winning this series rather than drawing we can't claim we did it the easy way.

 

[stephen]

I don't understand why you'd drop Starc for Siddle and play Marsh as well. One or the other fair enough, both is just strange thinking.

Paine electing to bowl do he can bowl Marsh's shoulder off and get him injured out of the summer.

 

[Burgey]

I love this. Every muppet saying he’s mad to bowl first bagged him for batting first under cloud like this within the last month.

 

[Spikey]

Is tim Paine bad again

 

[GIMH]

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Are we trying to hand the poms a consolation win?

Get in the bin Hohns

Wouldn't be a consolation win, given it's not a dead rubber

 

[morgieb]

That is a crazy move bowling first. Especially when you're 2-1 up.

 

[Burgey]

“Ffs Paine, Look up, not down in England.”

Skipper looks up, sees cloud. Looks down, sees grass - “We’ll bowl.”

“YOU ****ING IDIOT! HOW DARE YOU?!”