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

[Spark]

This could be an extremely one sided game if India don't shape up in an almighty hurry

 

[centurymaker]

Seems like your lot are more bothered about celebrating not losing the series then actually trying to draw the series.

Asia Cup more important or something. The IPL was more important last time than beating us in a series.

There's no reason why India couldn't have fielded a 4 man pace attack and with Bumrah in it. This way his workload would have been much less in this test, so it'd have been safer for him to play.

Bumrah
Akashdeep
Siraj
Arshdeep/Krishna

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

With hindsight he'd have sat out Old Trafford and played this one every time. Just burned himself out on the wrong pitch.

He made no difference to the end result, but they’d have been mental not to pick him for OT, if they had lost, then he’d have been available for a dead rubber, India weren’t to know that this pitch would be much better for bowling than OT

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Seems like your lot are more bothered about celebrating not losing the series then actually trying to draw the series.

Asia Cup more important or something. The IPL was more important last time than beating us in a series.

We’re ones to speak tbf as our franchise competition has completely wrecked our 50 over team, and arguably contributed to our talismanic all-rounder not being available for this game

 

[RightArmMystery]

Bumrah should have grown some ****ing balls and played both.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

There's no reason why India couldn't have fielded a 4 man pace attack and with Bumrah in it. This way his workload would have been much less in this test, so it'd have been safer for him to play.

Bumrah
Akashdeep
Siraj
Arshdeep/Krishna

Imagine Gambhir picking Bumrah to bat at number 8 lol

 

[RightArmMystery]

This looks like an awful review. Looked too high live

 

[SkyBlue]

There's no reason why India couldn't have fielded a 4 man pace attack and with Bumrah in it. This way his workload would have been much less in this test, so it'd have been safe for him to play.

Bumrah
Akashdeep
Siraj
Arshdeep/Krishna

We have a coach with a mindset more aligned to white ball cricket. Very few specialists, stacking the team with so called 'all-rounders' who aren't exactly showing that all-round ability.

Even the captain has a similar mindset. Watch Gill spread out the field if these two smack a few more boundaries.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bumrah should have grown some ****ing balls and played both.

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No balls in the India side at all.

One less review too

 

[RightArmMystery]

Even a midget like Duckett that was always going over the top. Dreadful review. Gill bullied into it by Deep.

 

[mackembhoy]

We’re ones to speak tbf as our franchise competition has completely wrecked our 50 over team, and arguably contributed to our talismanic all-rounder not being available for this game

That's not remotely the same like

As someone that whole heartedly agrees with the point you've made

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Oof, could they have dived for that?

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

I frickin love Bazball

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Jaiswal (but naturally) and Sundar caught dozing at gully.

 

[RightArmMystery]

What a ridiculous shot. Some approach to that over from Duckett. #bazball

 

[SkyBlue]

Oof, could they have dived for that?

Should've. That was lazy. We are just not switched on. Looks like we want to take that early flight back to India.

 

[trundler]

Duckett is so fun

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

That's not remotely the same like

As someone that whole heartedly agrees with the point you've made.

Can understand why Bumrah wasn’t risked for this game tbf, for all India knew yesterday could have been a scorcher with nothing for the bowlers and he could have gone in risking an injury

 

[Uppercut]

Interesting to see how England's approach goes here. India were maybe a little passive with the bat.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Crawley's not tried reverse scooping once. What's he doing? Boring bastard.