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

[Ephemeral Hope]

Green I can accept. He’s so raw and plays like it. Shaky and nervous. He just needs time to realise his potential.

Would’ve loved Nesser from match 3 onwards. Not sure why he doesn’t get a chance.

Boys club

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Pick your words carefully starc

 

[Shifty1]

If Broad was on the Australian team, we'd ****ing love him. But he's not, so he's a total w***er.

 

[ams4crows]

All the national team praying went to the Matilda's so there was none left for the test team

 

[Kappa]

Feels like this was the weakest Ashes England side we'll see for a while.

 

[freo_leo29]

**** I wanna watch the wrap up but its too late, thanks for a good series everyone, top shit

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Good bloke starc “pretty flat”

“We would have loved to win the series”

“We set out to win the ashes”

 

[TigerImposter]

Move on every We still hold the urn and the Bazball Poms need to come on our soil to win it. They’ve got no hope

 

[Peter Bixley]

Agreed. I don't like it but it's unbecoming to get salty about the series result.

Every test match win is worth celebrating. Winning today and battling us to a series stalemate from the position that we were in at zero down and three down is a remarkable performance, especially given the occasion of one of their greatest ever players' retiring.

Don't get me wrong, I couldn't stomach watching those flogs celebrating and switched off immediately. But saying that their celebrations are over the top is just being a bad loser in my opinion.

Is saying that they deserved to win the match being a bad loser?

 

[kickazz]

I mean CA straight up need to question the ICC about that decision, because it's clearly changed the match.

Kumar umpires the two tests we lost. Couldn't believe when his hand went straight for the shiniest ball in the box!

 

[The Passenger]

Dat ball change, eh? Did we find out what year it was manufactured in? Big factor. Couldn't believe the difference.

Everyone know we easily score an extra 50 runs without that bullshit ball change.

Anyway, Ashes stay with us. It's a shame we've gotta wait four more years till the next decent contest between these two teams.

 

[darrenmorgan]

If Broad was on the Australian team, we'd ******* love him. But he's not, so he's a total w***er.

Played a season at Hoppers Crossing as a young man, think he learnt alot about Australian cricket that year. great cricketer, sad to see him go

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

The question they should ask the Aussie players is “how do you feel that you still haven’t won an English series yet and you’re retiring soon”

 

[Mr Meow]

Do you see their smiles? Could they even pretend to smile in a LOSS?

I can’t stand it.

Look at Ussie. He’s not even angry about the loss. Have some shame already in “oh well we retained so we don’t care about the loss” mode

That doesn't bother me at all. You could say the same about England roaring for their consolation prize. Drawn series will always be weird but no matter what, having the urn at the end is THE prize.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

That doesn't bother me at all. You could say the same about England roaring for their consolation prize. Drawn series will always be weird but no matter what, having the urn at the end is THE prize.

I don’t want to be happy I want to deny them the chance to be

 

[kickazz]

Move on every We still hold the urn and the Bazball Poms need to come on our soil to win it. They’ve got no hope

Yeah in a way that pisses me off more, the feeble efforts they put in over here just get glanced over. We at least put up a fight when we tour there. Show some respect for the game.

 

[Cmarsh]

Brilliant career.

Always put in effort even on flat Australian tracks.

If he were an Aussie he would be seen as an all-time great and loved by all.

Sad to see him go tbh.

He is an all time great no doubt.

 

[Mr Meow]

Agreed. I don't like it but it's unbecoming to get salty about the series result.

Every test match win is worth celebrating. Winning today and battling us to a series stalemate from the position that we were in at zero down and three down is a remarkable performance, especially given the occasion of one of their greatest ever players' retiring.

Don't get me wrong, I couldn't stomach watching those flogs celebrating and switched off immediately. But saying that their celebrations are over the top is just being a bad loser in my opinion.

Yeah, you can't really begrudge either team taking some slice of satisfaction out of this series while also mulling over a few what ifs. There wasn't a decisive boss this series. So be it.

 

[Bareth Garry]

Next Ashes series in England won't have many survivors from this across the board

 

[FreoRicci]

Feels like this was the weakest Ashes England side we'll see for a while.

Not really.
Stokes is 33 and doesn’t bowl, knees stuffed
Broad is gone.
Anderson is most likely gone.
Root is 32.
Wood and Woakes probably won’t come to Australia.

The side that tours Australia will be the weakest IMO.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

How many players here won’t be back next time to finish the job? How many have missed their last chance to win

 

[Mr Meow]

I don’t want to be happy I want to deny them the chance to be

Okay that's fine, I respect how you want to feel.

 

[Peter Bixley]

I don’t want to be happy I want to deny them the chance to be

Watch their faces in a few minutes when the podium is erected.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Okay that's fine, I respect how you want to feel.

I’ll have to agree likewise. Both points have been made. Time to sleep

 

[darrenmorgan]

Is this the insurance industry version of bairstow?