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

[Pup Clarke]

Wardy needs a good start to the next Shield season to put some acid on the selectors to pick him over Warner

Left-field call in going for the muddl

Mark Ramprakash

Someone around the world there's a bloke called Richard sporting a massive boner.

Better stick than Matthew Hayden tbf

 

[wpdavid]

4 byes - really Jonny?

 

[Spark]

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Spirit of the game.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Bye bye Jonny

 

[91Jmay]

People not seriously blaming Bairstow for that

 

[Darwin Award]

Badly need Dravid in the dressing room so Marnus can raise his bat to him in tribute once he brings up his 10..... off 100 balls.

 

[RIcho]

Reverse Bazball

Seems like both sides are just playing regular old school test cricket. I would like to see Jonny Bairstow bowling to a reverse umbrella field, that would move the game forward.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Was sure he'd nicked that then

 

[Adders]

Sub fielder on. Some **** has gone for a shower again.

Gone for a sleep I reckon......your lot will be boring us all off the field shortly.

 

[91Jmay]

Was sure he'd nicked that then

Thought I heard a tiny feather on the first replay

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Australia obviously doing an Ali rope-a-dope to tire out the pace bowlers given Moeen and Stokes can't bowl...nothing else makes sense

Must be.. why else would they want to not throw their wickets away.. and not superficially entertain the T20 fans and score moral points

 

[Darwin Award]

Mansur Ali Khan (ind) vs england
105 minutes 5 runs

( who lost his Eye in car Accident in Cambridge, England but he keep playing as test captain of india with 1 eye)

Labuschagne 73 ball 7 not out🫀

I bet you he hit the accelerator once he 'got his eye in'

I'll see myself out.

 

[Viscount Tom]

If only Wood had been able to play more across his career.

 

[wpdavid]

People not seriously blaming Bairstow for that

In my defence, I'm only going by the ball-by-ball scorecard.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Godfrey Evans 10 off 96 ball eng vs Aus

Rajesh Chauhan 96 ball for under 10
Non striker M. Azheruddin scored 152 more after Rajesh Starts his innings

Labu 9 off 79

 

[Spark]

Some grab that

 

[RightArmMystery]

What a grab that is. 10000% Bairstow's catch, but that was almost behind him. Wood gets the breakthrough.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Joe Root has really saved Bairstow's ass there. Regulation keepers catch and Root has pulled a screamer

 

[91Jmay]

What a screamer, Bairstow gagged that though.

Is Marnus moaning about the light? We batted in this virtually all day.

 

[Socerer 01]

so predictable