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

[morgieb]

Now is when scoring so slowly looks reaaaaal bad

Yeah if we were 2/140 at lunch for example a brace would've been insulated a bit more. Now it's gonna need these two and Carey to bat really, really well.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Absolute crap show by our batters all series

They've been alright on occasions. Especially early on in the series.

 

[91Jmay]

Anyway here's the man for a crisis when it's moving around, Mitch Marsh

(I don't even know if I'm joking here)

If we bowl one ball even back of a length to him that bowler should never be picked again.

 

[shortpitched713]

Urgh. Looks like the much vaunted collapse is coming.

This probably shows the benefits of Bazball unfortunately. 250 off 60 is generally more valuable than 200 off 85.

Yes, more runs better than less runs in Test cricket.

 

[Kirkut]

Now that 82 ball 9 looks really bad.

 

[loterry1994]

They've been alright on occasions. Especially early on in the series.

Most of them had like 1 big score in like 8-9 innings. Don’t even know what the top 4 averages are they’ve not been up to mark

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Khawaja literally moaned that an octogenarian hurt his feelings, but anyway he has missed a straight one so I'm sure someone will look at him funny on the way off and they'll have to be ******ed out.

tbh it was about 800 angry toffy octogenarians all miffed about all this bazball and losing, and taking it out on the nearest non-white-male. I wouldn't credit Uzi with that one

 

[andruid]

Meme spell loading?

 

[TheJediBrah]

We've given Head some bonus runs this series, he's looked ordinary whenever we've pitched it up but just gave him starts for no reason trying to bounce him (and rarely using Wood to do it) .

He is ordinary

 

[RIcho]

Marsh's inclusion in the Australian side has had a positive effect on Marsh's performance in this series according to Dinesh.

 

[TheJediBrah]

tbh it was about 800 angry toffy octogenarians all miffed about all this bazball and losing, and taking it out on the nearest non-white-male. I wouldn't credit Uzi with that one

Not 91JMay's finest moment there

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Now that 82 ball 9 looks really bad.

Looked pretty bad at the time tbf.

There haven't been all that many good scores of 9 really.

 

[91Jmay]

He is ordinary

He is a decent counter-puncher but our obsession with him being ropey against short stuff has been enraging.

 

[RIcho]

tbh it was about 800 angry toffy octogenarians all miffed about all this bazball and losing, and taking it out on the nearest non-white-male. I wouldn't credit Uzi with that one

Bunch of red faced racist old ****s the lot of them.

 

[Coronis]

Looked pretty bad at the time tbf.

There haven't been all that many good scores of 9 really.

Didn’t we do some thread with the best innings of X runs in test history?

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Lol anyone defending the slow first session now? Was an absolute joke

Nothing to do with the first session. If they didn't play it safe it coulda been 180/8 not 130/4 now.

 

[G. S. Kohli]

Eng 54 overs 283
aus 54 ovs 130/4

 

[91Jmay]

tbh it was about 800 angry toffy octogenarians all miffed about all this bazball and losing, and taking it out on the nearest non-white-male. I wouldn't credit Uzi with that one

I mean Ponting got a spray and he wasn't even playing - so I am not sure that they were being racist, although it being almost exclusively bunch of racist Tories it is possible. Just not sure you should be overly intimidated by a bloke who might be seeing his last Test swearing at you.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Eng 54 overs 283
aus 54 ovs 130/4

Cheers DK.

 

[91Jmay]

Still think Marsh is no good, but good proactive technique and thought process to get outside crease I think rather than just be a sitting duck.