England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 12-16 September, 2019

Changes?

Bowler rotation and that's it.  What they will do not what they should do.

Marsh in for Head. Maybe Patto as well.

Koaja
NLWL2
Labba
GOD
GCS
Head
Timmeh
Patto
Cot
Purple
GOAT

JGK wrote:Marsh in for Head. Maybe Patto as well.

Yeah now you mention it, I've got this sick feeling they'll go " our bowler's need someone else to take the load and Head is a problem, so Marsh gets his umpteenth shot", in a dead rubber against demoralised opposition and hey bingo another ton and another two years.

Hopefully the poms will produce a killer deck which will cruel him.

My side would be:

Ooze
Ed
Shrapnel
Smudge
Blow
Weed
Ima
Koo
2nd
Elmer
Purple

...but I wouldn't argue with either Patto or Cot for Koo. I fear they will rest the world's no. 1 bowler - at our peril.

Will Roy survive for England? Jonny B has been a bit shit with the bat, and On the Buses hasn't set the world on fire.

expecting Khawaja to replace Harris, and maybe Pattinson to replace Starc?

Pope ought to replace Roy.

Woakes ought to replace Overton.

But you wouldn't put it past Ed Smith to stick with the same side.

I think they'll stick with the same batting line-up.  I wouldn't as they may as well try something different

Basil wrote:Pope ought to replace Roy.

Woakes ought to replace Overton.

But you wouldn't put it past Ed Smith to stick with the same side.

.......only if Charles Blimpburger is unavailable

embee wrote:.......only if Charles Blimpburger is unavailable

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skully wrote:

embee wrote:.......only if Charles Blimpburger is unavailable

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Mark Cosgrove's stunt double?

I was thinking of Ganja Cornwall.

Unchanged squad named.

Of course they're unchanged. There's been no IPL for Ed Smith to watch.

Basil wrote:

skully wrote:

embee wrote:.......only if Charles Blimpburger is unavailable

???

Mark Cosgrove's stunt double?

Rob Key and Ian Blackwell are offended

Might have been mentioned already. But England have won every test this summer where they've been bowled out under 100. They've failed to win any of the other matches.

They've also won every test that Steve Smith hasn't played in

England social media going off about Steve Smith allegedly "mocking" Jack Leach by running around in glasses and dancing/batting left handed during celebrations.

Reps for the Aus team say "crap" - he was emulating team favourite post-win celebrator & former player Chris Rogers.

I'd've prefer Aus to say "farken oath we were mocking the Slug".

He was clearly taking the piss out of Leach and his re-enactment of his run late into the evening at Headingley. The tweet by the photographer can be ignored because he wants to stay sweet with the team.

But as you say, so what?

The worse look was a pissed Harris going up to that Today show reporter during a live cross.

Australian cricketers being given access to the media whilst pissed.  Seems mgt hasn't gotten any better since Jimmy Maher.

Ah, the famous Valiant quote.