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

[Ephemeral Hope]

Steve smith needs to value his second life. Get your first hundred in the fourth

 

[FreoRicci]

For the first time in my life i am actually searching for Piers Morgans twitter... I feel dirty

Any updates? Enlighten us

 

[dumb]

Last session could be 45 overs or so with extended play from yesterday.

It will be Root and Ali in the second half of the last session.

Move to bring the pace on if they want to draw

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Again, feel free to point out any hypocritical statements I've made. I'll wait.

Oh but Starc…

 

[Visions]

Covers coming on.

 

[ptrg]

Hang on, it's raining prior to commencement of the session

 

[The King!]

glad we sat off for lunch while it wasn't raining

 

[Magma]

rain coming to save the dribbler and his band of misfits

 

[Yoda_]

England cheating and England whinging

name a more iconic duo, I'll wait

correction,

England and Rain is the most iconic duo

 

[Sphynx]

Move to bring the pace on if they want to draw

Well, either way they lose the series.

Would be a humiliation if Stokes did that after all the bravado about the spectacle.

 

[CakeEater]

 

[BlueBayou]

Never heard the expression.

How flat is a shirtcarter's hat?
More to the point, wtf is a 'shirtcarter'??

gotta get around the swear word rules mate.

A Sh!t carter was a thing when I was a kid, (and for decades before of course) and not all houses had sewerage. We had a thunderbox out the back and the 'Septic engineer' would arrive once a week to replace the full sh!t can with an empty one. They used to carry them by balancing them on their head, while wearing a hat.

Thus 'flat as a sh!tcarter's hat'

 

[frankrizzo]

If it rains significantly, only a draw or English win is possible

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head and smith dont seem like two you would back to bat out a draw either they play lot better when looking to score.

 

[Plugger35]

The rain arrives just when they players get back out there, classic test cricket.

 

[kozi]

Stuff England

 

[tigland]

Was such a Ralph moment. If you pause it here you can see his heart breaking

 

[A Pom]

Oh but Starc…

What exactly about Starc...? I didn't think his catch was legal (unlike most on here), I don't think that Stokes catch was legal. I'll continue to wait.

 

[ptrg]

aaaand here comes the rainnnnn

 

[The King!]

Is rain delay a reason to miss work tomorrow

 

[troybe]

Cheating England weather again

 

[010203]

I go for a shower so I don't miss the start of the 2nd session and it doesn't start on time due to the shit English weather.

 

[FreoGirl]

Where's everyone getting this guarantee of rain?

I can see it..

 

[Headless]

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[Yoda_]

England being rained away to deny (moral) victory would be the most iconic thing since, well, anything

 

[FreoRicci]

Rain.
Heh. Not sure how to feel about this. The win is in sight. Possible.