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

[RIcho]

Those powerful thighs have proved his undoing on this occasion

 

[Jamy]

*Live Geoff Boycott reaction*:

"No, no, no. You can't be celebrating like that and losing control of the ball. Terrible, drop him"

 

[mackembhoy]

Wait did they have to DRS that? Surely that should be an umpire review?

Yeah I really don't see why we lose the review? Legitimacy of catches are never DRS reviews?

Because it's Joel Wilson and he thought that Smith didn't glove it.

Mental from Ben to go for the review. Think the adrenaline of him dropping the game got to him

 

[Gob]

I hate cricket

 

[Victor Ian]

Why on Earth do you review a catch that you dropped? Is this also part of Bazball?

 

[Spark]

Cry me a river. Big cry baby.

Yeah this one's getting an infraction.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Stokes knew straight away himself, stopped celebrating.

That's probably decided the match - which kind of sums up the series.

But then he still asked for the review

 

[Gnske]

Because it's Joel Wilson and he thought that Smith didn't glove it.

Mental from Ben to go for the review. Think the adrenaline of him dropping the game got to him

Needs alcohol to balance it out clearly.

 

[GIMH]

What’s with Brook just casually watching it land?

 

[jcas0167]

Gibbs moment. Dropped the Ashes etc.

Waugh never actually said "you've dropped the World Cup" but it's become ensconced in popular memory.

 

[loterry1994]

They shouldn’t lose the review I think because they got it right in there being an edge. The catch should be third umpire only after

 

[shortpitched713]

Yeah I don't see it yet - these two would want to be getting the required down to double digits before Aus are clear favourites.

Or just bookies are on crack this series, which is what I've been suspecting...

 

[silentstriker]

Waugh never actually said "you've dropped the World Cup" but it's become ensconced in popular memory.

Who cares what he said? It only matters what the myth says he said.

 

[danzydab]

huge moment, australia favorites to chase this, think root and moeen should've been bowling from both ends instead of tiring out wood.
eng will depend on woakes and the new ball again

 

[Son Of Coco]

Why on Earth do you review a catch that you dropped? Is this also part of Bazball?

The review wasn't about the dropped catch.


It was about the journey Stokes went on to drop the catch and what that means for things outside cricket that you and I wouldn't understand.

 

[loterry1994]

Waugh never actually said "you've dropped the World Cup" but it's become ensconced in popular memory.

I still don’t get it wasn’t it in some group game he dropped it

 

[Gnske]

Yeah this one's getting an infraction.

Should he edit his post to be openly Nazi or post Sargon of Akkad videos to avoid this punitive action?

 

[GIMH]

They shouldn’t lose the review I think because they got it right in there being an edge. The catch should be third umpire only after

Yeah I mean I kind of agree with those questioning why he reviewed it. But if Wilson has shaken his head because he thinks Smith hasn’t hit it, then it’s worth getting them to at least look at the catch.

 

[Victor Ian]

Yeah I really don't see why we lose the review? Legitimacy of catches are never DRS reviews?

It's pretty simple really. You get a new ball at 30 overs, but it will cost you a review down the line.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Waugh never actually said "you've dropped the World Cup" but it's become ensconced in popular memory.

True a boring asshole like Waugh would never come up with something cool on the fly