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

[BG32]

Ponting could smell the bullshit from a long way away

 

[Bedi]

250 to win.

much more attainable than 390!

 

[The King!]

Ponting could smell the bullshit from a long way away

not sucking up like Tubs

 

[nick1408]

How do they have ‘similar’ balls I’ve always wondered? Is it they knock them in by have a bowling machine ? What’s the rationale behind it

I've always assumed they have been nets balls at some stage.

 

[Balls In]

Looks like s**t, smells like s**t, tastes like s**t

 

[Present Not Past]

This ball looks 15 overs old lol

Ben Stokes given up winning without cheating all of a sudden.

 

[AJ_2000]

60 runs in that hour after lunch. Great stuff

 

[darcytiger]

In classic Warner style. Finally makes some runs and will now keep his spot for the summer like a leach clinging to your leg! If he wins us the match I guess I can put up with him for a few more unwarranted tests.

If he wins us this test he can captain until he is 40 for all I care

 

[Anzacpaul]

How do they have ‘similar’ balls I’ve always wondered? Is it they knock them in by have a bowling machine ? What’s the rationale behind it

Games that's have finished at around the same amount of overs, they keep the balls.

So that box was probably balls between 30-40 overs old.

 

[BarneyBent]

How do they have ‘similar’ balls I’ve always wondered? Is it they knock them in by have a bowling machine ? What’s the rationale behind it

I assume they keep balls from innings that end after a certain number of overs?

 

[ptrg]

In classic Warner style. Finally makes some runs and will now keep his spot for the summer like a leach clinging to your leg! If he wins us the match I guess I can put up with him for a few more unwarranted tests.

He wins us this game off his bat and he can make 10 ducks leading into scg and I'm still happy for him to play his last there

 

[greyhound punter]

Decent looking bird on the ground staff by the looks of it.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

How do they have ‘similar’ balls I’ve always wondered? Is it they knock them in by have a bowling machine ? What’s the rationale behind it

Mostly used balls I think (certainly used to be). Did a similar number of overs in a previous game, presumably before an innings ended.
So these would likely be previous Test or County match balls.

 

[compact72]

not sucking up like Tubs

Tubs down playing it to remove the "bias"

 

[Some Idiot]

Ussie's gone past Crawley as the leading run scorer of the series.

 

[Sphynx]

Ben Stokes given up winning without cheating all of a sudden.

Watch him start the Sheep Shaggers short ball bodyline tactics once we get inside 150 to win.

 

[Tassieboy]

Not a lot has happened for England yet.

 

[ibd77]

How do they have ‘similar’ balls I’ve always wondered? Is it they knock them in by have a bowling machine ? What’s the rationale behind it

From other matches that end early and the match ball stored as a spare?

 

[Ishmael_]

Hahaha drinks hey? Why not just open your mouths

 

[The King!]

He wins us this game off his bat and he can make 10 ducks leading into scg and I'm still happy for him to play his last there

If he is not out to victory he can tour england next time for all I care

 

[Santana]

Decent looking bird on the ground staff by the looks of it.

Forget that, what are the odds right now?

 

[HK_Hawk]

If it was us getting it changed they’d look like a terrible u12’s ball

Tennis balls

 

[FreoRicci]

Wood is totally going to have a big impact next Ashes here

Honestly thought Woakes and Wood were mid 20s.
33 and 34. Goddamn.

 

[ptrg]

Ponting could smell the bullshit from a long way away

Hopefully with this break he's checking texts from mates blowing up about it, and he comes back on a warpath demanding to see a close-up of the ball

 

[Tassieboy]

They are off. Goodnight all. Hope we are still fighting strong going into tomorrow.