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

[agro]

I really hope in a few hours we can all say Stokes just dropped the Ashes …

He lost the Ashes last test.

 

[Struggle]

Would tell him he's dropped the ashes, but he couldn't get a hand on them. They're already retained

 

[Geelong_Bisons_#36]

L.R has put the cans away today. Must be cold there

 

[Southerntakeover]

Difficulty here is they'll get their third new ball in 20 overs or so.

We'll need to have significantly closed the difference by then if we want this.

 

[The Tilt]

Being down to one review is very good.

 

[Soggy2112]

In fairness to Stokes he knew he'd ****ed up straight away

Unlike the knobends in the crowd hahahahahahahaha

Then why did he review it? Spirit of cricket and all…

 

[LukeParkerno1]

And this is where every Australian on here will say “that should be out”? Just like Starc. Right?

Are they two correct decisions, or two incorrect ones?

It should be out it’s a stupid rule but least they are consistently bad

 

[hoopla]

I'm not sure they're quite the same, but I was fine with the not out call on the Starc catch.

Me too…and I was fine with the bairstow stumping too.

 

[largebus]

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

I've played cricket as the lowest of levels but what is the idea behind throwing the ball up after a catch? Just hold onto it ffs.

 

[The King!]

teach the toss to carry on

 

[MarcusP2]

Stokes is no Matt Short.

 

[kozi]

The pot plant made it 10x worse by reviewing it

 

[AvantGardener]

They pressured him into it. He wasn't convinced

Soft captaincy. Who is really the captain??

 

[SC_Power]

Lol he dropped it. It’s nothing alike lol

It’s the same rule. Caught it but didnt keep it off the ground.

 

[Alfonz]

Absolutely deserves to lose a review. The umpire made his decision and correctly said not out. Just like for any catch.

Goddamn hilarious that Mr Spirit of Cricket shows his true colours.

 

[Joffaboy]

And this is where every Australian on here will say “that should be out”? Just like Starc. Right?

Are they two correct decisions, or two incorrect ones?

Two correct decisions. Play by the Laws of Cricket not some ethereal preamble about the Spirit of Cricket, or do you think Smith should have walked?

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[rdhopkins2]

It’s all about the spirit of the game.
Howzat!?

 

[Santana]

 

[JP Sauce]

Accepting the umpires decision is literally the spirit of cricket.

Same old England!

 

[Gak Attack]

Ben dribbled on himself

My wife as I'm laughing 'why did he spit on himself?' It was all glorious

 

[compact72]

That's fantastic.

I'm going to pour a scotch and cheers to that review

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Then why did he review it? Spirit of cricket and all…

To give Piers more tissues

 

[Magma]

remember their abuse joel when you go to make an lbw call mate. we'd never treat you so poorly

 

[Soggy2112]

Difficulty here is they'll get their third new ball in 20 overs or so.

We'll need to have significantly closed the difference by then if we want this.

Not necessarily. If we have two set batters the harder ball potentially means we can knock of 20-30 runs really quickly.