5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

[Red_Ink_Squid]

We finally get a traditional Bazball innings from England:

- blast out of the gate
- momentum held for a while
- collapse and barely scrape past the opposition's score

It truly is a thing of beauty.

By "traditional" Bazball innings I see you mean "the sort of innings people have been saying for years is a natural product of Bazball but in reality rarely happens".

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

By "traditional" Bazball innings I see you mean "the sort of innings people have been saying for years is a natural product of Bazball but in reality rarely happens".

Tbf, 247 isn’t a bad score given the conditions, if Tongue and Overton didn’t do their best Mitchell Johnson 2010/11 impressions, we’d have had a decent lead

 

[GIMH]

By "traditional" Bazball innings I see you mean "the sort of innings people have been saying for years is a natural product of Bazball but in reality rarely happens".

I see after 5+ years here you’ve worked Son of Coco out

 

[Victor Ian]

At 3 for near 150 in no time, this is not what I expected to wake to.

 

[kevinw]

Tbf, 247 isn’t a bad score given the conditions, if Tongue and Overton didn’t do their best Mitchell Johnson 2010/11 impressions, we’d have had a decent lead

Tongue has bowled pretty well, Joverton bowled like an absolute drain.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Tongue has bowled pretty well, Joverton bowled like an absolute drain.

Tongue started off like 10/11 Mitchell Johnson and ended up like 13/14 Mitchell Johnson lol

 

[Burgey]

Gee, Joe Root and Jamie Smith have really reverted to mean after that recent purple patch, haven’t they?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Gee, Joe Root and Jamie Smith have really reverted to mean after that recent purple patch, haven’t they?

Smith is doing really well behind the stumps tbf!

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Seen a stat from Ben Jones on Twxtter that suggests that England’s expected score by the end of their innings was 138-6, stands to reason, Duckett, Crawley and Smith got out cheaply, all the other out and out batters got out to good balls

 

[Uppercut]

Seen a stat from Ben Jones on Twxtter that suggests that England’s expected score by the end of their innings was 138-6, stands to reason, Duckett, Crawley and Smith got out cheaply, all the other out and out batters got out to good balls

Duckett and Crawley were two of your top scorers though. It looks kinda like a pitch where a ball has your name on it and you better get as many runs as you can before it arrives.

 

[Molehill]

Duckett and Crawley were two of your top scorers though. It looks kinda like a pitch where a ball has your name on it and you better get as many runs as you can before it arrives.

Jaiswal has had his name on 3 but he’s still there!!

 

[BigBeefy]

Is it me or have we also seen an array of dismissals on a return from a session break in this series?

Maybe it’s just caught my attention more than usual.

India’s day today and if they can get a lead up to 200 and upwards they hold all the cards.

Losing Woakes to injury might prove the difference in this test if India can get through the morning tomorrow and tire England out.

 

[Burgey]

Omg Nair’s dismissal. Ball literally did nothing and he just casually played the wrong line by about half a metre. Embarrassing

 

[Burgey]

Interesting highlights package with Ben Duckett of all people throwing his head in the air in frustration as a left handed opener slashes one past him in the air at gully. Obviously no mirrors at his joint

 

[SteveNZ]

Interesting highlights package with Ben Duckett of all people throwing his head in the air in frustration as a left handed opener slashes one past him in the air at gully. Obviously no mirrors at his joint

That might be a good thing

 

[SteveNZ]

Seems Duckett was also caught on camera telling Akashdeep he cant get him out. I kinda understand the send off now but still think it could have been done better coz it just looked bad.

Probably shouldn't have touched him (in fact he shouldn't have) but definitely not worth outrage (not yours, clearly).

 

[Burgey]

Only saw the post-dismissal arm around him and nothing of the aftermath. I thought they must have been County or IPL team mates or something. The part I saw looked like a couple of mates having a chat.

 

[SteveNZ]

I don't think Duckett particularly enjoyed it. Definitely deserved a send-off if he said the bowler wouldn't get him out, and also deserves one for reverse lapping into the cordon. But you don't touch a batsman. Nor I reckon do you justify giving him an elbow to the chops like Trescothick suggested would be fair.

Love the niggle though, Test cricket as always delivering

 

[Shady Slim]

wonder how the pitch is going to behave as the match progresses

 

[Ju7]

I know commentators have waxed lyrical about Rahul and his technique but this was a pretty lame way to get out. No wonder he's a 35 average player. Looked like he was in the form of his life but somehow you felt he came up a bit short when it mattered most.

wonder how the pitch is going to behave as the match progresses

apparently the weather will be ok tomorrow but I still think there will be enough in the pitch if a bowler pitches it up and remains patient