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

[chris.hinton]

Australia will go ahead of our total but not by much

 

[GIMH]

Australia will go ahead of our total but not by much

We will then hit 500 in 75 overs to set them 470 to win, Joe Root will then take 8fer as we bowl them out for 88

 

[Victor Ian]

How is Robinson an in form replacement for Broad? Broad has been THE man. Sure, you could say he needs a rest, but the game England won had Broad contributing and Robinson pulling out like a battered wuss and the game they were going to win had Broad contributing. The best thing England did was get Robinson out of the team and replace him with woakes/wood. He has not been better than Broad. The game he got his 5 were cheap wickets. Broad was, is, and always will be the man against Australia, and always plays except when he says no.

 

[GIMH]

How is Robinson an in form replacement for Broad? Broad has been THE man. Sure, you could say he needs a rest, but the game England won had Broad contributing and Robinson pulling out like a battered wuss and the game they were going to win had Broad contributing. The best thing England did was get Robinson out of the team and replace him with woakes/wood. He has not been better than Broad. The game he got his 5 were cheap wickets. Broad was, is, and always will be the man against Australia, and always plays except when he says no.

Robinson wasn’t actually pulled out for Woakes/Wood but I agree generally. Broad has been our best bowler this series and that’s the main reason he is playing.

 

[wpdavid]

Thinking about it, the scorecard's not dissimilar to when Broad delivered his first ever match winning spell at this ground back in 2009.

ENG vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at London, August 20 - 23, 2009

Get cricket scorecard of 5th Test, ENG vs AUS, Australia tour of England and Scotland 2009 at Kennington Oval, London dated August 20 - 23, 2009.

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Here's hoping.

 

[Victor Ian]

Robinson wasn’t actually pulled out for Woakes/Wood but I agree generally. Broad has been our best bowler this series and that’s the main reason he is playing.

I think he may have faked it, to save his average. He is a weak **** - makes big trolling press releases and then can't handle it when others don't set him up to look good with cheap wickets. Anderson is a better pick than Robinson. When Anderson gets it right he is much more dangerous and when he doesn't he Robinson with better economy and speed.

 

[loterry1994]

Again this is another good opportunity to get a good lead after bowling England out under par. Think there’s only been like an 100 plus lead once after both teams have batted their first innings this series

 

[kevinw]

I think he may have faked it, to save his average. He is a weak **** - makes big trolling press releases and then can't handle it when others don't set him up to look good with cheap wickets. Anderson is a better pick than Robinson. When Anderson gets it right he is much more dangerous and when he doesn't he Robinson with better economy and speed.

Before yesterday Robinson had a better series average than the three Aussie quicks.

 

[Victor Ian]

if an aussie quick has gone past him after the 4th test debacle, that just shows he is tosh.

 

[Qlder]

Anderson's bowled 27 overs since his last wicket in 1st innings of last test. Broad's bowled 23 overs since his last wicket.

Who'd have thought Broad and Anderson would bowl 50 overs together without a wicket under cloudy skys

 

[Son Of Coco]

I hope we bat all day and end up with a decent lead midway through tomorrow.

 

[GIMH]

I hope we bat all day and end up with a decent lead midway through tomorrow.

I hope you don’t

 

[Starfighter]

I hope we bat all day and end up with a decent lead midway through tomorrow.

That's the dream, but no chance it will be the reality.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I hope you don’t

Well, I'm much better at hoping than you are, so strap yourself in.

 

[Molehill]

How is Robinson an in form replacement for Broad? Broad has been THE man. Sure, you could say he needs a rest, but the game England won had Broad contributing and Robinson pulling out like a battered wuss and the game they were going to win had Broad contributing. The best thing England did was get Robinson out of the team and replace him with woakes/wood. He has not been better than Broad. The game he got his 5 were cheap wickets. Broad was, is, and always will be the man against Australia, and always plays except when he says no.

Broad looked knackered at OT, Robinson has had 3 weeks off and has a great record at The Oval. It's not rocket science. But I could've gone with Broad and just swapped Robinson for Anderson.

 

[Molehill]

That's the dream, but no chance it will be the reality.

From an England perspective, that's what I expect to happen. But this series has generally seen teams quickly throw away any kind ascendency they seem to have, so who knows?

 

[Gob]

Robinson is ****

 

[Burgey]

Got to be honest, think I agree with this. Yesterday was pretty poor cricket all round. Aussies dropped loads but England kept on giving them opportunities. But it all looks set up now for the Aussies to get 450. Probably a reverse of last week with no weather coming to the aid of England (not that a draw helps anyway).

Still no idea why England didn't pick Tongue and Robinson ahead of Broad and Anderson. They were just sentimental selections, not one based on form.

Today could be the day that Burgey gets to stick his fork in it (whatever 'it' is).

PS I'm playing golf.....

Hit ‘em straight mate

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Robinson was way off the boil earlier in the series. There was a mild hint from Ali Martin in the Guardian that he's not kept up all the fitness work that clearly helped him so much last summer and in the winter.

 

[RIcho]

That’s really good. Is there a website with all these memes?