Australia v the english - 5th test @ The Oval

When Jimmy and Broad are gone, very dark clouds may develop...........

Sep 15, 2019 -- 10:35AM, wondersobright wrote:

I reckon he's going to be really high maintenance once his feet are fully under the table (already mostly under it now imo)

He won the world cup and top wicket taker in the ashes. Will be knighted later. Can only go down from here. Set for life as a T20 freelancer. Wouldn't be surprised if this is his best year.

Pogbalike

that was a proper ball instead of the p ussy intimidation sh1te

Archer needs to be man managed better than this though, Root is using him as an enforcer but overbowling him ffs

Needs someone to motivate him better and use him to his strengths

AP Who else

Needs to bowl that 92mph knuckle ball right at wades feet

wade well done good innings , but

Wade's no mug and gritty and feisty with it..has played really well

yes played superbly to be honest

despite Archer's lacklustreness Eng still well in this boys..nil desperandum and all that

Archer has took wickets to be fair to him

He's better suited as first change up in this team though, a fast paced wicket taker with the intimidation factor is his best role

root wants him to be Jimmy Anderson and Mitch Johnson rolled into one ffs

backed this boy james wade to get a ton at crazy odds for a laugh, tense times

I did like the staredown though

I think Wade won that though

is aftertiming a national pastime in Sweatyland G ffs?

sorry johnny, been out all afternoon!

broad will probs chin me now

now here's a genuine bowler who can take wkts unlike one trick petulant ponies!

imagine these 2 put on another 50, market will panic!

thought a man of ur calibre might have gone to watch some of the Solheim G..course looks awesome,shame about the weather

what a glorious country u got if u only had a bit of currant bun warming it

Made a right pigs ear of this really

80/4 with Lasagne and Smiffy gone and we are getting edgy almost

nobody getting edgy  !

A wicket will finish it off though

mcgrath just asked if a team asks for the extra  30 mins to eg get last 2 wickets, and they dont get them , do they take 30 mins off the next day. simon didnt know? anyone with the answer?

rope-a-doping SS..fidem tene

ps assuming that last 2 wkts go on and make big stand

Wade has been unbelievable. A very special innings.

Sep 15, 2019 -- 11:15AM, johnnythebull wrote:

thought a man of ur calibre might have gone to watch some of the Solheim G..course looks awesome,shame about the weatherwhat a glorious country u got if u only had a bit of currant bun warming it

have never played gleneagles but ive been there before to watch golf, its a glorius part of scotland for sure

that would have to be one hell of a fking stand!

true, but didnt that lad get a century or very close  few years back, the aus no 11  .dont recall his name , where is he these days?

Sep 15, 2019 -- 11:22AM, elisjohn wrote:

true, but didnt that lad get a century or very close

Sep 15, 2019 -- 11:16AM, tomtimtum wrote:

nobody getting edgy

Lol

double spaces, wtd

wouldn't this be intriguing were this the laST DAY AND oZ TRYING TO SAVE IT WHICH WE LAMENTABLY failed to do at OT?

G, you'll be giving me all that money next week...............

Theres a long line of people waiting for money from Grant, Pecker

Europe could burgle the Solheim Cup if they're not careful here

well,they absolutely bottled some crucial putts from the little i saw y'day

Sep 15, 2019 -- 11:26AM, Angoose wrote:

Europe could burgle the Solheim Cup if they're not careful here

They've only gone and done it

id rather have reviewed that than the one they did

id rather have reviewed that than the one they did

Joe Root found his metier

WP dude..commendable inns

ashton agar was the bloke , christ thats 6 years back

Aus single digits

Time to lay off

big let off x2

G well done, stick it all on Ireland

well done grant, you win

he cant post his face is full of pizza

What did Grant bet?

wade ton

Broad deserves a 5for here

Sep 15, 2019 -- 11:18AM, elisjohn wrote:

mcgrath just asked if a team asks for the extra

12.8 Extra Time
12.8.1 At the End of the Day
The umpires may decide to play 30 minutes (a minimum of 8 overs) extra time at the end of any day (other than the last day) if requested by either captain if, in the umpires opinion, it would bring about a definite result on that day. This is in addition to the additional time provided for in clause 12.7.3 above. If the umpires do not believe a result can be achieved no extra time shall be allowed.

If it is decided to play such extra time on one or more of these days, the whole period shall be played out even though the possibility of finishing the match may have disappeared before the full period has expired.

If at the conclusion of this extra time, a small number of runs are required to win the match and both captains wish to continue playing in order to achieve a definite result on that day, play will continue until either the match concludes or the players have cause to leave the field for any other reason.

Only the actual amount of playing time by which play is extended on any day shall be deducted from the total number of hours of play remaining, and the match shall end earlier on the final day by the amount of time by which play was previously extended under this clause.


So yes, time available on the next day would be adjusted, although it is highly unlikely to be a factor given the circumstances.

oh thx angoose, yeh the tms lot werent sure

Will there be a super over to break the 2-2 deadlock

Joe 'Shane@ Root ffs

Root bowling like Murali in his pomp

Root could be the spinning all rounder

he'll have to improve his batting exponentially

He could indeed. With Leach you have 2 spinners who bowl opposite. It's the way forward.

johnny

Another one

Bring on Stokes to grab the final wicket

ALL OVER

RED ROVER

My under 275 bet won. Happy to take the bonus

ended pretty quickly come the finish as it goes

"we showed character , were a good team, theres nothing wrong with our batting , we,ll learn from this experience " roots comments i suppose

Well played and well done England for fighting and preserving our undefeated record, 20+ years and counting , last Aussie team to beat us here had McGrath and Warne in their pomps

2-2 and world cup a successful summer?

Mmm I suppose from keeping our record in tact point of view in my opinion, but the urn goes back with those little thugs

bowlers of both sides...8.5/10

batters..nul points(bar a cpl of exceptions)

Last drawn series was 47 years ago

My main positive are Sam Curran and Archer, two great bowlers to have moving forward and Curran provides us with something different

no big farewell speech from Botham, "I'm off" !!

People think Curran wont do much abroad, but the swing he gets and the fact he's a lefty I think he'll do well esp in New Zealand and South Africa in my opinion

Sub continent fair enough

Its been an entertaining summer

Can't wait for the winter series now

Rugby World Cup in the meantime

Leaves a bitter taste but T least some cash

Should have been 3-1 instead of 2-2

Batsmen to get 200 or more runs

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	7	0	774	211	110.57	1196	64.71	3	3	0	92	5
M Labuschagne (AUS)	4	7	0	353	80	50.42	692	51.01	0	4	0	49	0
MS Wade (AUS)	5	10	0	337	117	33.7	578	58.3	2	0	1	47	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	5	10	2	441	135*	55.12	773	57.05	2	2	0	45	13
RJ Burns (ENG)	5	10	0	390	133	39	896	43.52	1	2	1	49	0
JE Root (ENG)	5	10	0	325	77	32.5	740	43.91	0	4	3	34	0
JL Denly (ENG)	5	10	0	312	94	31.2	753	41.43	0	3	0	44	1
JC Buttler (ENG)	5	10	0	247	70	24.7	528	46.78	0	1	0	30	3
JM Bairstow (ENG)	5	10	1	214	52	23.77	435	49.19	0	1	0	24	2

If he hadn't missed out on three knocks, not ridiculous to imagine that Smith could have gotten close to 1,000 runs.

vaughan been really hammering roots captaincy all series, and after todays win, roots as captain the way forward.

Sep 15, 2019 -- 12:25PM, detraveller wrote:

Should have been 3-1 instead of 2-2

Weird series

We could have easily won 3-1 also, the drawn 2nd test a bit more time and we'd have won it, and almost rescuing a draw in the 4th test as well

Had them 120/8 in the first and was a bowler light for the majority of the test aswell

Smith was the reason they took the urn back

Warned talking sheit3 again

Paine won toss but Aussie all out 225 day 2 so how would they have won batting first? Smith had fl7 the rest wer3 crepe!

England or Root should be distraught!

Warned talking sheit3 again

Paine won toss but Aussie all out 225 day 2 so how would they have won batting first? Smith had fl7 the rest wer3 crepe!

England or Root should be distraught!

roots now, yes character, and been brilliant, **** sake you scored under 300 on a 500 pitch, and 170/3 to 294 all out in 1st inngs

Root should still be replaced

But he wont

What did you think abou5 the pitch DT?

vaughan ive liked you all series until now," england are a good test team but they just need a prod".Broad should be eng man of series not archer.

Incredible symmetry between runs scored by each side in the first and second innings

Runs	1st E	2nd E	Tot E	1st A	2nd A	Tot A
First	374	146	520	284	487	771
Second	258	258	516	150	154	304
Third	67	362	429	179	246	425
Fourth	301	197	498	497	186	683
Fifth	294	329	623	225	263	488
Total	1,294	1,292	2,586	1,335	1,336	2,671

Root thinks Bayliss is wonderful.

And...there's your problem.

Being skittled for less than 3, 2 and one hundred is perfectly ok. The new coach has the easiest job in the world.

England are weak and naive.

Sep 15, 2019 -- 12:28PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

What did you think abou5 the pitch DT?

Nothing. Both teams too good with the ball and too bad with the bat for the pitch to matter.

I was trading more on the feeling that a couple quick wickets could change the game. Laying England when they were cruising 3 down, then backing them after they were 8 down, laying draw at 5, backing aus at 10+ yesterday were my best bets of the game.

Have away 100 bucks by backing aus right before Cummins went. Couldn't recover that.

Fortunately test cricket still alive & well in England and Oz ... that also means in England at least some live Test match cricket is on terrestial TV

Lets hope other countries can maintain their test series as the primary format of the game

Live on Terrestrial TV when?

No! - I was suggesting that live test match cricket (at least some of it) should be on TV to help its profile
As it happens the BBC are taking over the highlights package from Channel 5 next year ...

ive no sky and been listening to tms on radio as a young kid, tms from bombay, madras, lahore,delhi,colombo, auckland sydney , perth, antigua, guyana etc at all hours of the night and loved every moment for last near 50 years  but after this test im never listening to tms ever again when sir geoff goes.. bloody women useless, tufnell like a kid wanting attention trying to be funny, mann getting like ed smith drivel, aggers is great, vaughan good, , but enough is enough .

i can remember CMJ , henry blofeld , brian johnson , trevor bailey , don mosey , bill frindall etc , they were a it old fashioned but were very funny and knew the game

the great commentators like John Arlott; Jim Laker & those mentioned by anxous could knock spots off the current mob

anxious/ geordie, they were class act, and the only two from todays lot that wouldnt be out of place with those greats would be boycs and aggers.