5th Ashes Test England v Australia July 27-31 1930hrs @ The Oval

[10Dulkar]

If Marnus gets the Crawley cut going...

 

[11kgm]

Usman first batsman since 2018 to lose 4 reviews

 

[Zacs_Magic_Tooth]

How much footage must they have to be showing the rough side as a comparison to the new ball’s shiny side?

 

[Topkent]

Even the English blokes acknowledge it's a brand spanker now aswell

 

[DapperDon]

Bairstow loves a pork chop doesn’t he

yes

 

[k31th]

His No rUUUN

Gets me horny

I didn't realise this was a fetish thread...

 

[King Elvis]

* off Mark Butcher, it's not a theory. It happened

He said that, then 2 minutes later said it was a massive under statement to say there was a bit of a difference between the balls - even the Pommy commentators know this is ridiculous.

 

[Doggy Dan]

We need to score quickly it’s only 15 overs to the next new ball.

 

[ptrg]

So much rain coming, just need to make it there with wickets in hand for the inevitable “let’s get back out there for one last hour” bullshit under lights and heavy cloud and poor light..

we all know it’s coming

 

[A Pom]

I thought it was only changed a few overs last night??? England had that much time to shine it to be so shiny?

The ball was given to them shiny on 1 side, just like the one it replaced yesterday.

 

[Foucault1989]

42.1875%

 

[Shadow89]

I did, hence why I pointed out the footage showing that the original ball was also shiny on 1 side like the new one.

Changing balls once an innings, substituting fielders every 5 minutes, swapping bails around to break concentration, trying to get rules changed and day extended when it's a draw due to rain - same old England; always cheating and always whinging

 

[bird_man]

The balls are comparable. People on here just need something to cry about so are comparing the shiny side of the new ball to the beaten up side of the previous ball.

Yes, just a coincidence one didn't move for hours and this one is going sideways

 

[Zevon]

F**king hate when they slip in wicket replays mid over.

Scared the shit out of me just now. Thought the Warner replay was Marnus or Smith getting out

 

[badgrill]

Bairstow loves carrying on like a pork chop doesn’t he

also loves carrying a pork chop. But not too far, just far enough to find a table and plate

 

[Tassieboy]

So much rain coming, just need to make it there with wickets in hand for the inevitable “let’s get back out there for one last hour” bullshit under lights and heavy cloud and poor light..

we all know it’s coming

I don’t think it’s raining…

 

[Zacs_Magic_Tooth]

Butcher calling it as he sees it.

Like the cut of his jib.

He’s been an excellent and unbiased commentator the whole way through

 

[brmi]

Bairstow loves carrying on like a pork chop doesn’t he

campaigner looks like he enjoys eating them too

 

[11kgm]

Why is that bad?

Because after this the will forget about it, Ive never heard them cover the W league ever

The fake faux interest is annoying as hell

 

[Belnakor]

Wood is well well down on pace

 

[fairbump_playon]

Very real danger of being all out half way through the second session if the sun doesn't come out

 

[eddiesmith]

Thoughts on Broad review?

LBWs are always speculative by the bowling side but are made by a team decision.

Batsmen who instantly review when hit on the back pad in front of middle or smashed the cover off it and been caught behind are selfish.

But it’s not like it’s a one off, Watto has been a running gag for years on doing the same thing, yet saying anything against Khawaja burning reviews gets condemnation? He’s reviewed his last 4 dismissals and all have been lost reviews. Only ones he hasn’t reviewed were when he holed out or had his stumps uprooted…

 

[Tassieboy]

Maybe the movement since the boundaries has just reduced a bit.

 

[Struggle]

How's the weather forecast looking?

 

[Santana]

The number of Ashes Nasser and Atherton both won:

lol