[Cricket] Fifth and Final Ashes Test - England v Australia - The Oval

[Titanic]

... till we have built Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land.

#Ashes

 

[Titanic]

Tuffers muttering on TMS after the first over from Broad... I would have had a bat

 

[pasty]

No wicket in first over? BROAD OUT

 

[fleet]

2 over no wickets - Very odd

 

[Bold Seagull]

#shouldhavebatted

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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[Titanic]

Australia 9-0 (8 overs)

Rogers 1* (21 balls), Warner 8* (27 balls)

#oldfashionedtestmatchcricket

 

[knocky1]

£1 deposit on plastic beer cups to prevent snakes or at least make them expensive.
#ripbeersnake

Must be a joke.

 

[pasty]

£1 deposit on plastic beer cups to prevent snakes or at least make them expensive.
#ripbeersnake

Must be a joke.

#KillJoys

 

[Gwylan]

Surprised to see no Rashid in the team - he's either not in the plans to play in the UAE or they're going to throw him at the deep end

 

[Titanic]

Drinks, day 1, morning session.

Australia 19-0 (14 overs, RR1.35)

Rogers 4* (42 balls) Warner 14* (42 balls)

No boundaries... unusually attritional cricket from Australia.

 

[pasty]

No boundaries... unusually attritional cricket from Australia.

After the recent drubbings, it looks like they've adopted a "back to basics" attitude to batting.

 

[severnside gull]

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Drinks, day 1, morning session.

Australia 19-0 (14 overs, RR1.35)

Rogers 4* (42 balls) Warner 14* (42 balls)

No boundaries... unusually attritional cricket from Australia.

Seems they are finally learning how to play test cricket in English conditions......... Thankfully one game too late to make any difference. Sir Geoffrey will approve

 

[fleet]

Really thought the ball would move about more this morning

 

[Titanic]

Australia 52-0 (18.5 overs)

 

[Titanic]

David Warner 50* (76 balls, 6 fours)

76-0 (24.1 overs)

 

[Titanic]

Lunch, Day 1.

Australia, inserted by Captain Cook, are 82-0 (27 overs, RR3.03)

Rogers 27* (75 balls, 4 fours) Warner 53* (88 balls, 6 fours)

A few play and misses, a couple of edges dropping short... not what England would have been hoping for.

 

[loco61]

i am sorry to say they are batting well

 

[Eeyore]

Will the conditions negate any attempt at a Chief Execs pitch? On form this is gonna last less than four days.

Not convinced that will be the case here. Bit surprised by the decision to bowl first, mind.

 

[The Wizard]

The way they've batted this morning makes it all the more comical how the rest of the series went