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

[Spikey]

Siraj was basically last man standing among all the bowlers in this series despite putting in some serious shifts. Bowled every ball at 100% and it just felt so right that he was able to make up for that catch yesterday. Wafg.

it's hard to blame Siraj for the catch tbh. You can only take that catch using the Australian fingers-up technique. All boundary riders should be familiar in how to do that but clearly Siraj hasn't been taught, so it's hard to fault him. He took the catch the only way he knew how to

Akash Deep's catch was inexcusable though

 

[PaulLennon]

@Johan -

 

[Spark]

it's hard to blame Siraj for the catch tbh. You can only take that catch using the Australian fingers-up technique. All boundary riders should be familiar in how to do that but clearly Siraj hasn't been taught, so it's hard to fault him. He took the catch the only way he knew how to

Akash Deep's catch was inexcusable though

He also slightly misjudged the flight of the ball tbh. Even regardless of catching technique, you should never be moving sideways after catching it in that situation

 

[Burgey]

Tbf Bazball started with series wins in England vs NZ & SA

Yeah like I said

 

[Spark]

@Johan -

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Yeah no absolutely not

 

[Shady Slim]

pacing up and down the living room. chills. test cricket. happy birthday to shady slim. mohammad siraj. redemption. krishna. stumps flying. the greatest of them all...

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Indian fans love Gambhir now, right?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I think that’s what made the home loss to NZ so weird - they just rolled over,

Pant and Washington S fought really hard and played well, while Sarfaraz Khan gave them a chance in the 1st test.

Bumrah also bowled well defending a low total in test 1, but Will Young handled him well

 

[trundler]

Yeah no absolutely not

Yeah just ban both for forum atmosphere reasons

 

[Spikey]

it's gonna be annoying when Jamie Smith scores runs during the Ashes, knowing he played one of the stupidest innings of all time only months earlier

 

[Spark]

Yeah just ban both for forum atmosphere reasons

Johan's ban actually expires in the next few hours

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Who's hungry

 

[GIMH]

Or you're being equally obtuse and taking a different singular point of view.

As always these things are far more nuanced. You're coming at it from a positive starting point others a more negative one.

Criticise the first innings batting, and a lot of the bowling.

But that's a hell of an effort in the chase,

 

[Adders]

I would turn for Chris Woakes right now. @Red_Ink_Squid can we share him just this once

 

[duffer]

Indian fans love Gambhir now, right?

No

 

[Kirkut]

Yeah just ban both for forum atmosphere reasons

What atmosphere? It's always "blue" in CW irrespective of posting quality.

 

[Ju7]

Brook doesn’t know any other way to play, but he should really. Feel for Bethell, England have ****ed him over this summer

The only way to improve as a player is to play regardless of the sport.

 

[mackembhoy]

Criticise the first innings batting, and a lot of the bowling.

But that's a hell of an effort in the chase,

Of course but I don't really understand how you can't make the point that Brook is in part to blame. As much as he's the reason we got as close as we did.

I'm not saying Brook is to blame. Our catching is the biggest reason for the result.

Broad was criticising Brook yesterday for the same thing.

 

[OverratedSanity]

India were paying 20-1 yesterday at one point and I briefly thought about putting $100. I chickened out because I guess my gambling addiction isn’t strong enough and I didn’t have the #belief. I should be flogged.

Yes this is very important information

 

[Shri]

siraj is the heart of this bowling attack. just let him be bowling leader when bumrah comes back and let him do his own thing.

90MPH on day 5 of 5th test after playing all 5 matches