*Official* Fifth Test (The Oval, London) 27-31 July

[KungFu_Kallis]

Clearly only one side trying to save cricket here.......the other trying to kill it.

Can we chalk that up as another victory in the series?

Don't poke the Burgey

 

[GIMH]

Broad:
*huge appeal*
5 seconds later:
*yeah nah going down leg*

Definitely the only time that's ever happened on an lbw appeal

 

[Burgey]

Last two summers have had pretty bad batches. They go soft very fast

Much like englands ashes chances

 

[Viscount Tom]

Marnus is doing a sterling Chris Tavare impression right now.

 

[RightArmMystery]

**** sake whenever Nas was in the analyst box they always cut to ads and now when DK is in they don't show a single ****ing ad

He actually managed to get through his analysis before the start of the next over though, so that was good. Normally he's still chatting nonsense at this point.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Aus playing anti-Bazball

Not catchy enough. Let's call it.. cricket?

 

[danzydab]

good batting by the aussies so far.
next hour could result in wickets

 

[91Jmay]

WTF are Australia doing? Why are they not mindlessly slogging everything and throwing their wickets away like we did? This just isn't in the spirit of the game.

I mean the flipside is going bang bang in Test matches is hardly rare and they've barely moved the game on in first hour.

It is risk/reward the same as our approach - less risk & reward obviously, it's smart in this situation because we are down a bowler but they've been OTT with it imo.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Australia has spent more time batting under lights this series than most Big Bash teams did last summer.

 

[chris.hinton]

WTF are Australia doing? Why are they not mindlessly slogging everything and throwing their wickets away like we did? This just isn't in the spirit of the game.

lol

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

I mean the flipside is going bang bang in Test matches is hardly rare and they've barely moved the game on in first hour.

It is risk/reward the same as our approach - less risk & reward obviously, it's smart in this situation because we are down a bowler but they've been OTT with it imo.

Aus can bat as slow as they like. Eng went so fast they saved time for Australia. And Aus bowlers get to stay fresher too. Double bonus

 

[Adders]

Much like englands ashes chances

And much like your ****

 

[chris.hinton]

Twitter are crying that the Aussies are boring

sorry guys but the beauty of test cricket is that you can go at your own pace

 

[Son Of Coco]

Twitter are crying that the Aussies are boring

sorry guys but the beauty of test cricket is that you can go at your own pace

Aussie Chris warming up here.


Welcome to the team mate!

 

[Son Of Coco]

This approach is ok by Marnus and Usman...as long as nobody gets out for quite a while.

 

[91Jmay]

Aus can bat as slow as they like. Eng went so fast they saved time for Australia. And Aus bowlers get to stay fresher too. Double bonus

Well yeah but that isn't without risk, no idea why people pretend it is.

 

[thierry henry]

This blocking is magnificent

 

[Qlder]

Aus 21 runs off 15 overs, don't remember ever seeing so slow at the 40th over of an innings?

 

[RIcho]

Question: what is the bazball counter to a side playing anti-bazball?

 

[RightArmMystery]

Good cricket this. England won't be overly concerned as the game's not getting away from them, but Australia will be content so long as these two keep going. Conditions favourable for the bowling, Australia doing well to grind it out. Labuschagne's left really well, quite worrying how well he seems to know where his off-stump is now.