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

[Toffee Lion]

Marnus was honestly crap this series.

 

[ams4crows]

122 needed 7 wickets in hand still lost by 50 that's ****ing trash

 

[freo_leo29]

Gotta hand it to them

we had em 2-0 down and they said they could 3-0 us

They basically did it

 

[greyhound punter]

Some people seem to be happy with just retaining.

Bloody oath i am mate.

Would have been great to win - but once Lyon went down, we were stuffed.

 

[kickazz]

Disappointing to not win the series, but happy with the fight we always show when we play away Ashes series. Just need a bit of mongrel to take that next step.

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

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Bowled exceptionally well, with plenty of heart to finish it.

 

[FreoRicci]

* you australia genuine s**t the bed job there.

Fourth innings smith you lived up to expectations

Marnus wtf campaigner

Ussie you’re fine

Warner above expectations

Marsh bad bad bad so meek

Head threw it away

Tail no rating because my bar for them is so low the submarine went past them.

Marnus was the culprit. Needed a 50, a steady hand. Believe this match was something 22 runs off 110 balls.

 

[Smeg Head]

Really deflating end with the collapse and the flat out cheating ball change.

 

[Warsaw]

Can get still taking a victory lap because the Ashes is retained, but shit it’s kinda hard to get there right now.

 

[freo_leo29]

Another Lesson to learn

don't put down 5 catches in the first innings when you send a team in

Completely changed the momentum of the match from the outset

 

[tigland]

Cummins needs to come out and say we wouldn't have accepted a new ball after 40 overs as we wouldn't want to win like that

 

[Shifty1]

Lost 7-70. Not good. But we lost this on the first day. Dropped a lot of catches and could have rolled them for under 200.

 

[hoopla]

That ball change is going to stick in my head for years to come, like the stokes plumb lbw in 2019 and billy bowden’s howler in 2005. Series defining mistakes ultimately.

“Let it go, let it go”. Time for bed

 

[Peter Bixley]

Well done to Broad, it might've been the tail but he was still bowling beautifully.

We had our chance and were even marginal favourites at a couple of points. But you can't chase a big total with the type of collapse we had today.

2-2 just about fair enough. Could've been better, could've been worse.

We started the series as second favourites with the book. There were a lot of issues in this series that need addressing, but we had endless bad luck until Manchester. Then endless bad luck post-Manchester. 334 was a good score, but 384 was too big an ask.

However, when all is said and done, it's four-in-a-row for us.

 

[Tugga27]

Marnus was honestly crap this series.

He wasn't the Lone Ranger TBF.

 

[FreoRicci]

Marnus was honestly crap this series.

Would change Smith to 3 and Labs 4?

 

[dumb]

take those toasties out of the fridge marnus and shove them up your arse

 

[Righteo]

Disgraceful choke by the Aussies, could well be another decade or two before they get such a golden opportunity to win in England again.

 

[Topkent]

122 needed 7 wickets in hand still lost by 50 that's ******* trash

Haha **** happened so quickly I forgot how bad that was

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

Marnus was the culprit. Needed a 50, a steady hand. Believe this match was something 22 runs off 110 balls.

In his defence, he was facing a brand new ball in post rain murkiness. It was seaming everywhere

 

[melanChronic]

Collapse like that is always on in the last innings. Reckon they could carbon date the ball to circa 2019 though.

 

[FreoRicci]

Cummins needs to come out and say we wouldn't have accepted a new ball after 40 overs as we wouldn't want to win like that

Nah they won’t care. Not as strong these days

 

[Whiskers]

Carey did nothing in the end.
Play a ******* shot mate

What’s happened to him? He can’t play a big shot at all anymore.

 

[rippersnipper]

Cummins needs to come out and say we wouldn't have accepted a new ball after 40 overs as we would want to win like that

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

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Bloody oath i am mate.

Would have been great to win - but once Lyon went down, we were stuffed.

Defeatist to blame it on Lyon. We had this match in our hands.