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

[centurymaker]

WOW!!

This is why you don't shake hands! Maiden Hundred has done wonders

 

[Calm_profit]

5 fer for Tongue

 

[Spark]

Geez that could have been catastrophic, shades of Gillespie/Waugh all those years back

 

[Daemon]

Ah feck

 

[SkyBlue]

Entertaining innings but big last hour for India here

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

I'm happy with that. Whoever wins this will have deserved it.

 

[honestbharani]

Tongue and Atkinson have been absolutely awesome. Add Archer and Stokes, that is a good pace attack for Australia.

 

[King Kane]

The party is over.

Take a bow Washington Sundar.

Oh yeah and Tongue has a 5'fer.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Ouch.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Seeing shots like this is why I fear England have an excellent chance to chase this down

I bet you feared England could chase it down at Edgbaston!

 

[SkyBlue]

England are going to play this like an ODI. I fear an Edgbaston from a couple of years ago. And they did that with Bumrah in our bowling attack.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

As per Ben Jones:

India have hit 470 boundaries in this series - the most by any side in any series ever.

 

[silentstriker]

Tongue and Atkinson have been absolutely awesome. Add Archer and Stokes, that is a good pace attack for Australia.

What’s the status on Wood?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Not the best bowling effort, but quite shoddy fielding, how many free runs have we offered India?

 

[SkyBlue]

I bet you feared England could chase it down at Edgbaston!

Bazball's existence on the line. This is what they live for. Chase improbable targets. This one although difficult, seems within their reach. England bat until 10. India would have to bowl out of their skins to win this imo. Conditions are good for batting now.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Received wisdom would say see out this last hour or so and hope the pitch flattens out a bit more (it’s not quite been the minefield it was on days 1 and 2), but we all know how Crawley and Duckett will approach this

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Bazball's existence on the line. This is what they live for. Chase improbable targets. This one although difficult, seems within their reach. England bat until 10. India would have to bowl out of their skins to win this imo. Conditions are good for batting now.

Well, 9 considering Woakes (who is a bit of a tailender these days anyway) is absent

 

[Shri]

What’s the status on Wood?

no medications needed yet

 

[silentstriker]

no medications needed yet

Those were the days…

 

[silentstriker]

India need two before close in the first hour. Say 70/2 - cause they’re definitely gonna score 70 in 12-14 overs.