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

[philreich]

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

Come on mate - Australia may have retained the Ashes, but Bazball is the real winner here. Am I doing it right?

 

[compact72]

What did Stokes say "We are the moral winners in this series. Please give us a review back"?????

 

[Aussie_boy]

That was an incredibly selfish review. Did he really think TV ump has going to overall that dropped catch?

I assume doesn't know the rules? Or maybe just confident on the LBW shout...

 

[grumbleguts]

Who the f**k asks for a review for a dropped catch?

If only that ball was a little more scuffed and had a tiny bit more grip.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The first hour belonged to England, but these two have steered it back in our favour. Needless to see it's in our hands now, just need these two to go on and make a big score.

 

[Santana]

This will be top 5 Australian wins of all time if we get up

 

[jackn]

Clearly different as starc held it, stokes didn't. Starcs is old news though.

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?

 

[Tassieboy]

We have hope again. Objectively 150 with 7 wickets left is a decent position but it looks so hard out there.

 

[compact72]

That was an incredibly selfish review. Did he really think TV ump has going to overall that dropped catch?

He didn't want to. Got pressured into it

He would've been hoping they would've of looked at the catch

 

[MinerBoy]

That's touch and go, and we would be spitting venom if that had gone against an Australian fielder.
He did control the ball and arguably himself, but not the release (which is not the Law). Its quite different to the Starc one, where it was grassed while trying to regain control of his own motion.

I guess smacking yourself in the leg when attempting to throw the ball in celebration is not full control of your own movement, so "not out" is probably correct. Either way one set of fans would be fuming at a grey area interpretation of the Laws.

I wouldn't say Starc's was grassed. It touched the grass, but unlike Stokes he always had the ball in his hand. Stokes just flat out lost his grip on the ball. Dropped catch plain and simple and not even comparable really. I'd say Gibbs was more of a catch than Stokes.

 

[Soggy2112]

Someone check on Piers please

 

[Maddo11]

Ugh I can't believe Bigfooty was down for the most meme moment of the series lol

 

[Magma]

i wonder if wilson would've given it on field if stokes hadnt dropped it. you could see him looking

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I'd love to see Smith hit the winning runs, and complete his century at the same time.

After incorrectly not being given out with Poms having no reviews left.

 

[Alfonz]

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.

But that ball will be a 2023 ball. I am convinced that replacement was from around 2019 when they used different leather and more pronounced seam and it was way better for bowling.

I've read Hazlewood say that in a 2015 game against NZ he plucked a replacement ball out that he reckoned looked like a 2008 ball, and was much harder and he got a wicket with extra bounce. Those boxes can have balls from a large span of years.

 

[Sphynx]

I want to stick a cordless drill in my ears when Healy starts rambling on with things like “his bat swing is excellent he’s mobile on his feet”

 

[kozi]

Even if he hung onto it didn't have full control of his body

 

[Santana]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I can't ******* breath!

That is the greatest moment in Ashes history.

It will if Smith goes on to win the match

 

[Foucault1989]

Stokes gave the umpire a bake! Spirit of Cricket had never looked so good

 

[Shupe]

That's touch and go, and we would be spitting venom if that had gone against an Australian fielder.
He did control the ball and arguably himself, but not the release (which is not the Law). Its quite different to the Starc one, where it was grassed while trying to regain control of his own motion.

I guess smacking yourself in the leg when attempting to throw the ball in celebration is not full control of your own movement, so "not out" is probably correct. Either way one set of fans would be fuming at a grey area interpretation of the Laws.

He didn’t even have two feet on the ground yet.


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[The Cryptkeeper]

Some ******* like Piers Morgan will come out and say that Smith should have walked.

Spirit of the game. F*** off.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

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

Very good point.

Clearly forgot the Starc catch overruled...

 

[tigs2010]

England cheating and England whinging

name a more iconic duo, I'll wait

England requesting another ball

 

[The Tilt]

Stokes knows he's f*cked up straight away, and then let himself be pressured into reviewing. Shocking captaincy.

Then he had spit dribbling off his bottom lip for a few seconds afterwards. Awful couple of minutes for Stokes.

 

[The King!]

Stokes was arguing they need a new ball because his knees were weak and palms were sweaty