Re: England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 27-31 July, 2023

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:08 pm

Starc gets Brook, 80 runs better off than he might have been if we’d had a decent keeper.

by Fred Nerk Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:08 pm

Haze flattens JB's castle.....this is now quite a good comeback from a mob that half an hour ago couldn't rein in Ali....and now gets Brook FFS!!

by Fred Nerk Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:10 pm

Friday Johnny B Goode..today Johnny B Crap!

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:19 pm

Could yet be < 250 all out? It’s this partnership now.

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:20 pm

Warner won’t enjoy his two minutes opening later this evening …

by Fred Nerk Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:22 pm

lardbucket wrote:Warner won’t enjoy his two minutes opening later this evening …

Neither will the Charlie Muggins who has to go in after him

by Fred Nerk Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:44 pm

Similar session to the first - a good middle third with complete hogwash fore and aft. The double W's look good for another hundred.

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:05 pm

Green might have caught that.

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:29 pm

283 - 5 or 6 dropped catches, some sloppy keeping and outfielding, but that’s probably just Australia’s honours … so far.

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:46 pm

Flog to flog now

by lardbucket Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:50 pm

Bairstow drops Warner off Broad.

Not easy but catchable …

by lardbucket Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:58 am

Crawley makes no mistake. Warner fails yet again. Or is 20 the new century for Warner.

by horace Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:58 am

lardbucket wrote:Bairstow drops Warner off Broad.

Not easy but catchable …

Fatty Dropstow lucky as GCS fails again

by lardbucket Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:38 am

We trail by Ritchie heading into day 2.

by beamer Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:23 am

Definitely Australia’s day, despite what the Keighley KP said afterwards. If we’d got another wicket or two it might have been evens, but the start tomorrow is crucial to prevent the game running away from us.

Could have been a lot worse given the drops, as well…

by Lost Wombat Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:42 am

Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.

When Pope got injured, becos he had batted, he had to field or else they said he wouldnt be able to bat in the 2nd. So as ali has batted, does he also have to field tomorrow or he wont be able to bat in the 2nd? Seems daft.

by beamer Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:27 am

Lost Wombat wrote:Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.

Because, in Adam Gilchrist’s words, people used to ask for runners for being overweight, unfit, fat qunts…

Does make it farcical when a batsman is clearly genuinely injured, and just has to stand there and slog. If you’re not going to allow a runner, allow a substitute to bat.

by Nath Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:00 am

5 wickets bowled. good to see we know what the pegs are.

by skully Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:21 am

lardbucket wrote:Could yet be < 250 all out? It’s this partnership now.

I went to bed as Wood and Woakes slogging got them to 7-250.

Dropped catches cost us at least 100 runs conceded.

by Nath Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:45 am

hopefully someone scores big in the Shield before the Pakistan Tests so we have no excuse to not pension Warner off before Sydney

by embee Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:07 am

beamer wrote:
Lost Wombat wrote:Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.
Because, in Adam Gilchrist’s words, people used to ask for runners for being overweight, unfit, fat qunts…

Does make it farcical when a batsman is clearly genuinely injured, and just has to stand there and slog. If you’re not going to allow a runner, allow a substitute to bat.

Ian Healy said it

by beamer Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:12 pm

embee wrote:
beamer wrote:
Lost Wombat wrote:Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.
Because, in Adam Gilchrist’s words, people used to ask for runners for being overweight, unfit, fat qunts…

Does make it farcical when a batsman is clearly genuinely injured, and just has to stand there and slog. If you’re not going to allow a runner, allow a substitute to bat.

Ian Healy said it

Well, I wasn’t far off Laughing

by skully Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:47 pm

lardbucket wrote:Green might have caught that.

Hands like buckets. He would have snaffled it.

3 regulation catches went down, Smudge dropped a real toughie, while Carey's was the most costly. Went at it one handed when he should've went with 2.

by skully Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:48 pm

beamer wrote:
embee wrote:
beamer wrote:
Lost Wombat wrote:Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.
Because, in Adam Gilchrist’s words, people used to ask for runners for being overweight, unfit, fat qunts…

Does make it farcical when a batsman is clearly genuinely injured, and just has to stand there and slog. If you’re not going to allow a runner, allow a substitute to bat.

Ian Healy said it
Well, I wasn’t far off

He was keeping to Arjuna Ranatunga when he said it.

by beamer Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:51 pm

skully wrote:
beamer wrote:
embee wrote:
beamer wrote:
Lost Wombat wrote:Why did they ban runners? it used to be quite entertaining.
Because, in Adam Gilchrist’s words, people used to ask for runners for being overweight, unfit, fat qunts…

Does make it farcical when a batsman is clearly genuinely injured, and just has to stand there and slog. If you’re not going to allow a runner, allow a substitute to bat.

Ian Healy said it
Well, I wasn’t far off

He was keeping to Arjuna Ranatunga when he said it.

Yeah, I remember his involvement, just got my Aussie wicketkeeping eras slightly out!

Anyway, Borezball is winning the day so far today…

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