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

[Ju7]

I posted on here yesterday that England were underpriced and that they have a stellar middle order.
I think WinViz gave England a 25% chance at lunch and some pundits were still saying India are strong favourites.It baffles me.

 

[OverratedSanity]

England by five wickets

Looking likely

 

[GIMH]

Amidst all the Indian doom and gloom it would be worth everyone remembering you are watching two absolute masters of their craft batting here

 

[MW1304]

Siraj is bowling well tbf, looks likely.

 

[halba]

168 req but any wicket fall its game over.

 

[Chin Music]

Brilliant take that.

 

[Ju7]

168 req but any wicket fall its game over.

No way.There is a specialist batsman to come aswell as Smith and a decent tail.Atkinson has a ton.

 

[Silver Silva]

Amidst all the Indian doom and gloom it would be worth everyone remembering you are watching two absolute masters of their craft batting here

Yes credit where it's due , world class performance from two greats..

These are the guys she tells you not too worry about!

 

[Ju7]

Yes credit where it's due , world class performance from two greats..

These are the guys she tells you not too worry about!

I wouldn't say Brook is a great yet.His figures are superb but he needs a larger body of work to justify that term I think.

Root is a different matter.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah Root is an ATG. Brook is really not there yet. He may well get there though.

 

[Ju7]

Spots of rain on the TV camera lens.

 

[honestbharani]

Gotten really dark as well. If we can get someone out now, it may well be worth two with these conditions.

 

[Silver Silva]

I wouldn't say Brook is a great yet.His figures are superb but he needs a larger body of work to justify that term I think.

Root is a different matter.

Yes that's true Labuschagne averaged 59 after 32 tests we can't get carried away , but Brook still has his best years ahead and he is already at an elite level

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Is it me or just that fast bowlers dont look as threatening with keepers up

 

[Spark]

Geez this has been disappointing from India since lunch. Just no ability to land the ball consistently in one spot

 

[GIMH]

Not a bad shot for a ‘hack slogger’

 

[honestbharani]

Well it shows how bad our captaincy has been to keep bowling the seamers into the ground. Washy was fine in those 2 overs and yet he was removed. Bowl a spinner and see if you can rotate the pacers at the other end. Stick to a tactic, you want Akash to bowl with the keeper up, do it, dont just send the keeper back for a random ball in the middle of the over.

 

[Agonizingly Awkward]

Desperately needs a wicket or this match is over

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

shot

brook's technique is interesting with high backlift

 

[OverratedSanity]

England have chasing down to a science