2019 5th Ashes Test 12-17 September - The Oval

[The Convert]

Why can't we play this XI
1) Opener
2) Opener
3) Labuschagne
4) Smith
5) Wade/Head
6) Paine
7) Pattinson
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Lyon
11) Hazlewood
Cricket Australia has no balls.

No Marsh in that team so cannot be

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[Lebbo73]

Marsh 5fa incoming.

If this happens in this Test I’ll never post on BigFooty again.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Why can't we play this XI
1) Opener
2) Opener
3) Labuschagne
4) Smith
5) Wade/Head
6) Paine
7) Pattinson
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Lyon
11) Hazlewood
Cricket Australia has no balls.

That's OK, umpires never call no-balls.

 

[SSwans2011]

And this session is exactly why people calling for us to be conservative in the last Test were so incredibly wrong.

 

[DangerHere]

If this happens in this Test I’ll never post on BigFooty again.

I think he means in our lifetime

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Has anyone mentioned yet that Paine won the toss and bowled?

 

[smasha]

Nearly.

 

[yakka man]

Garbage bowling.

 

[beta_condition]

And this session is exactly why people calling for us to be conservative in the last Test were so incredibly wrong.

This is flat deck and no way the same as last test, insane we decided to bowl first.

 

[Bring back Drum]

Even Roy would have got into double figures today & looked like he meant too.

 

[Lebbo73]

Pitch it up *******

 

[DangerHere]

Has anyone mentioned yet that Paine won the toss and bowled?

Ok this is a setup for Smith to be Captain again this summer

 

[danielnajdek]

At least if England make 400 that will be the end of Paine as captain.

 

[Millky95]

Why can't we play this XI
1) Opener
2) Opener
3) Labuschagne
4) Smith
5) Wade/Head
6) Paine
7) Pattinson
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Lyon
11) Hazlewood
Cricket Australia has no balls.

Open with Head and take your pick of someone else

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Hopefully Siddle is just rusty and will start hitting line and length at some point. Hopefully. He usually at least bowls in decent areas, even when not threatening.

 

[Outshined]

Just testing that half track, foot outside off, corridor of certainty.

 

[SSwans2011]

This is flat deck and no way the same as last test, insane we decided to bowl first.

That's the point, though. As I said in the last Test, all it took was a horror toss to potentially cost us the series if we didn't try to win last match as compared to simply not trying to lose like some suggested.

Ironically, it seems we won the horror toss.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Pitch it up you dumb turnip

 

[Work Hardery]

Why is Siddle bowling instead of Pattinson? Why is MMarsh in the team when his batting and bowling averages are worse than Pattinson's? Why did we bowl first? What a strange 24 hours.

 

[brmi]

Cummins a massive threat to England batsman, Hazlewood a danger and the other two ‘pace’ bowlers are a disgrace. Have Siddle and Marsh got compromising photos of the selectors?

 

[Ducky Tie]

I love this notion that because Smith has made a few million runs and Cummins/Haze have dominated, we’re not allowed to criticise Paine’s captaincy.

 

[Kappa]

Let's be real here, this is the last test Siddle will ever play.

Without a doubt.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Paine's decision looking more dumb by the over. 2-1 up, surely you take as much advantage as possible and bat first. Not our captain.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Why can't we play this XI
1) Opener
2) Opener
3) Labuschagne
4) Smith
5) Wade/Head
6) Paine
7) Pattinson
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Lyon
11) Hazlewood
Cricket Australia has no balls.

Paine isn’t a test 6 mate. Get another option at 6.

 

[SSwans2011]

I love this notion that because Smith has made a few million runs and Cummins/Haze have dominated, we’re not allowed to criticise Paine’s captaincy.

Captained well last Test, but overall has had some pretty poor moments this series.