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

[SkyBlue]

Ball and pitch doing nothing apart from that odd invariable bounce off the pitch

Both look set

 

[King Kane]

Still opening the batting and captaining for Surrey. His partner Sibbers is shining while he's not doing particularly well, although Surrey are top.

Hameed, Sibley and Lyth are 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Div 1 run charts. The former England openers club doing well.

I didn't rate Hameed or Sibley when they played test cricket, not as much as Rory Burns who I thought was stiff to be dropped, I liked the cut of his jib.

McCullum didn't seem to like it as much as me though.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Ball and pitch doing nothing apart from that odd invariable bounce off the pitch

Both look set

Time to shake hands?

 

[King Kane]

Another ball jumping off the pitch and Duckett didn't enjoy that too much.

 

[mackembhoy]

I didn't rate Hameed or Sibley when they played test cricket, not as much as Rory Burns who I thought was stiff to be dropped, I liked the cut of his jib.

McCullum didn't seem to like it as much as me though.

None of them played under McCullum. Alex Lees was the opener who lost his spot to Duckett.

 

[King Kane]

Siraj unlucky there, Crawley didn't get close enough to nick it, a better batsman might have nicked it.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Job done by these two.

 

[King Kane]

A fifty run opening partnership with Duckett doing the heavy lifting.

 

[Howe_zat]

England by five wickets

 

[SkyBlue]

YESSSS

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haha Siraj you legend

 

[Shri]

siraj you ****ing king

 

[SkyBlue]

Nice setup from India

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Beauty! Thought something was bubbling, being so sedate is not these guys' strong suit.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

I somehow knew that would happen.

 

[Calm_profit]

Technically England are 2 down

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Nooooo not Zak Crawley!

 

[King Kane]

Siraj strikes again with a great yorker to end the day.

This test series just continues to deliver.

 

[SkyBlue]

Restricted England to under 4 an over and got a wicket to close day's play. Good outcome but I still think we would be in a better position with an extra seamer. If there's no help for spin, things could get really ugly real quick.

Bethell, Brook, Smith can all keep Bazball alive and kicking tomorrow

 

[King Kane]

I somehow knew that would happen.

You should have told Crawley, he didn't seem to see that yorker coming.