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

[Ju7]

It's like the last test of a long tour where we've been mentally ground down, only we supposedly have fresh bowlers and it's at ****ing home.

I can't think of a bigger own goal than the Overton selection in recent times, and it's coupled with dropping our only front-line spinner after he couldn't win us a game on the flattest pitch I've seen here in years.

Then there's the drops. Doesn't bode well for Australia.
[/QUOTEAssuming everyone is fit an attack out of Stokes/Wood/Archer/AtkinsonCarse? sill improve things in Aus

 

[Spark]

This has been quite a funny 90 minutes of cricket

 

[Burgey]

Akash Laxman doing a great job. Standing tall at the crease and #punishing any width.

 

[Burgey]

This has been quite a funny 90 minutes of cricket

Been fantastic. Haven’t enjoyed a session as much as this since the conclusion of the first test of the last Ashes series

 

[Spikey]

So Trescothick is the only non-Kiwi member of the England coaching and leadership group. Crazy

you gotta leave somebody on staff that you can then scrapgoat a bit later

 

[Spark]

It's like the last test of a long tour where we've been mentally ground down, only we supposedly have fresh bowlers and it's at ****ing home.

I can't think of a bigger own goal than the Overton selection in recent times, and it's coupled with dropping our only front-line spinner after he couldn't win us a game on the flattest pitch I've seen here in years.

Then there's the drops. Doesn't bode well for Australia.

This attack won't be particularly similar to what rocks up in Perth tbf (or at least one desperately hopes so) but if you take the talk about intimidation and psychological edge seriously then it's hard to imagine Aus being particularly concerned about what they've seen here, on the deck that's probably the most similar to what they'll face in November.

 

[SkyBlue]

100 run partnership

Wow

 

[Spark]

This is hilarious, I hope he gets to a hundred purely through edges through a third man which, increasingly infuriatingly, remains vacant

 

[Shri]

100 partnership

suck it clowns

 

[ashley bach]

This is going to be remembered for some time.

 

[MW1304]

It's a big if though. How often are Wood, Archer and Stokes available to bowl?

And it's more the mental fragility on display ever since looking like we should dominate the rest of the series that's the concern though.

 

[SkyBlue]

Akash taking England to the cleaners

One of the best knocks in the entire series!!!

 

[Spark]

Booooooooo

 

[SkyBlue]

Oh ffs

 

[Agonizingly Awkward]

Great innings. Punished England hard.

 

[Ju7]

India do tend to lose a wicket close to lunch1Well played Deep

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

****ing finally!

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

OVERTON SELECTION JUSTIFIED

 

[Spark]

OVERTON SELECTION JUSTIFIED

should def keep his spot now

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Good luck getting either of these two out with an old ball, a pitch not doing anything anymore and tired bowlers…