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

[govinda indian fan]

for what its worth and he does have a super cricket brain, ponting said on sky he'd without question pick bashir in australia.

Oh good old punter mocking england

 

[Srinath P]

What an amazing test we had!!

Will surely go down as one of the greatest test wins for India. Brilliant from Siraj and Krishna

 

[Molehill]

Edit: Also England should have demanded a draw. This joke is never dieing, lol.

Why should they?

I'm not sure you understand cricket.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Switched off as soon as the final wicket fell, what actually happened to the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy? Is the title still vacant as it’s the first time they’re doing an Ashes-style series, or were India considered the ‘holders’ of it as they’d won the previous India-England series in India?

 

[honestbharani]

for what its worth and he does have a super cricket brain, ponting said on sky he'd without question pick bashir in australia.

He is also super patriotic and super hates England, in case you haven't noticed.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

I think his alliance to Australia matters not a jot in this instance. Dawson, Bashir, Rehan. Pick who you want, none of them will make a jot of difference with the ball.

I like Rehan the best out of that lot, received wisdom suggests Dawson, who has the best chance of keeping things tight as well as contributing with the bat, should be picked, but it’s obviously going to be Bashir

 

[Molehill]

He is also super patriotic and super hates England, in case you haven't noticed.

I'm not sure he does anymore. He pointed out that he'd have Starc's rough to bowl into amongst other things and that Aus currently have 5 left handers. It made sense.

The bigger issue for me is that spinners had little impact on the BGT and if wickets are the same, we're better off picking one who can bat and hold an end. That would be Dawson.

 

[Johan]

We clearly lost because my Gambhiring wasn't here.

 

[ImpatientLime]

nah come on now, Strauss (and later Cook)'s England were so much more than that. I have them as the 4th best test side I have seen, behind the 00s Aussies, Smith's RSA and Kohli's India. And they are bloody close to 3rd even in that list.

they came immediately out of becoming world #1, got dashed 3-0 by pakistan, drew 1-1 in sri lanka then lost at home to south africa. england get to the top very occasionally for a brief period of time then fall back to default settings.

 

[Uppercut]

So the best test matches are still better than anything else in sport huh.

 

[Chin Music]

We clearly lost because my Gambhiring wasn't here.

I like the joke, but the truth for me is that the dropped catches on Friday evening and Saturday morning helped decide the result more than anything else.

 

[Johan]

I like the joke, but the truth for me is that the dropped catches on Friday evening and Saturday morning helped decide the result more than anything else.

Meh, it is what it is, we deserved to lose the moment we picked Jamie ****ing Overton over Sam Cook

 

[PaulLennon]

nah come on now, Strauss (and later Cook)'s England were so much more than that. I have them as the 4th best test side I have seen, behind the 00s Aussies, Smith's RSA and Kohli's India. And they are bloody close to 3rd even in that list.

07-11 India were also great (between the two WCs)

Series wins in Eng/NZ. Draw in SA/SL. Won/drew everything at home. Two test maces.

 

[ma1978]

Oh, you're too kind friend.

btw, I was totally wrong on Root. He’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[SkyBlue]

Meh, it is what it is, we deserved to lose the moment we picked Jamie ****ing Overton over Sam Cook

Welcome back

 

[Johan]

btw, I was totally wrong on Root. He’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

Meh

 

[ImpatientLime]

Meh, it is what it is, we deserved to lose the moment we picked Jamie ****ing Overton over Sam Cook

didn't cook go really well with the lions in australia last winter? with their ashes obsession in mind, its weird they have a complete aversion to him.

 

[Agonizingly Awkward]

pacing up and down the living room. chills. test cricket. happy birthday to shady slim. mohammad siraj. redemption. krishna. stumps flying. the greatest of them all...

Happy birthday slim

 

[_00_deathscar]

Rob Key has been in charge for 3 years and we are yet to win a big series. He’s a clown who is far too obsessed over how fast a bowler can bowl instead of skill. Would love to know what was going through his head as he watched Tongue bowling all those 88mph wides in the first innings.

Trade you Tongue for Kamboj?

 

[Johan]

Tongue took 19 wickets in 3 games and averaged 29, first two games being on roads too, he is not to be blamed albeit he is an erratic inaccurate bowler who just happens to have talent.