5th Test at The Oval, London

[Spikey]

wait, did we not kill the time needed to make it to lunch? bloody hell mate

 

[TheJediBrah]

loving Wade's #intent

 

[TheJediBrah]

Leach > Lyon

SOK > both

 

[ajdude]

being weird has hardly stopped him from staying in before

nah he's being a different kind of weird, like he's being a parody of himself while not middling anything

 

[zaremba]

smith's being weird so he'll go out soon. damn

My take is that Smith's being weird so he'll get 250.

 

[ajdude]

My take is that Smith's being weird so he'll get 250.

250 throwdowns from davey warner after he goes out for 19?

 

[NUFAN]

Brave leave

@ noofers as if Shaun Marsh would have scored a run

He might have pulled a hammy and then wed bring in a like for like batsman = everyone wins.

 

[NUFAN]

nah he's being a different kind of weird, like he's being a parody of himself while not middling anything

More hot shots instead of top gun?

Hot Shots was on 7mate earlier.

 

[zaremba]

The pattern of Smith (or his replacement) top scoring in every innings is still on. Absolutely insane.

Anyway, good morning for England. Would be remarkable if Australia can get there from here, though I wouldn't entirely rule it out

 

[aussie tragic]

And with 769 runs, Steve Smith moves into equal 13th on the all-time leading series run scorers list, joining Steve Smith's 2014/15 effort vs India

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I don't see any point in the nonsense said on the field at the best of times. But in that last over someone (maybe Bairstow nearest the stump mic) used the words "chimney" and "chicken and chips".

 

[halba]

And with 769 runs, Steve Smith moves into equal 13th on the all-time leading series run scorers list, joining Steve Smith's 2014/15 effort vs India

aus will be lucky to get to 200. the batting is just awful.

 

[Spark]

And with 769 runs, Steve Smith moves into equal 13th on the all-time leading series run scorers list, joining Steve Smith's 2014/15 effort vs India

Also, apparently, joins SPD Smith on 769 runs for the 2019-11 World Test Championship.

Going to be some total he racks up in a three year long series, that SPD Smith.

 

[ajdude]

I don't see any point in the nonsense said on the field at the best of times. But in that last over someone (maybe Bairstow nearest the stump mic) used the words "chimney" and "chicken and chips".

is chimney referring to a bat-pad catch? like the ball going up the 'chimney' or something idk

also how's ch9 flogging merch already

 

[the big bambino]

The Bancroft dropping for Harris ended up being a pretty big disaster too.

Well a batting average of 11 is better than 9 I suppose.

 

[NUFAN]

Well a batting average of 11 is better than 9 I suppose.

Heh. You forgetting the dropped catch at Headingly and Denly early this Test vs. exceptional fielding at bat pad?

Also, Bancroft did show an ability to last longer.

 

[ajdude]

Also, Bancroft did show an ability to last longer.

important attribute

 

[Second Spitter]

Phil Tufnell on Australian TV......

HEALY: "How many runs do you think you would have scored in a full series against the [90's] West Indies?"

TUFNELL: "More than Warner did in this series"

 

[ajdude]

so stoked they just showed glenn mcgrath's amazing catch at adelaide 2010

 

[the big bambino]

Heh. You forgetting the dropped catch at Headingly and Denly early this Test vs. exceptional fielding at bat pad?

Also, Bancroft did show an ability to last longer.

I don’t mind Bancroft. He’s still capable of making a comeback. I’d have dropped Harris here and not over his fielding. I just don’t think those catches made that much of a difference. We made plenty of mistakes in both games not to pin the losses on them. Think Usman was the man who should have come back in.