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England vs India | 5th Test | Oval | July 31-Aug 04 | Match Discussion

Who will win the 5th Test at the Oval?

  • India

    Votes: 7 63.6%
  • England

    Votes: 5 45.5%

  • Total voters
    11
Indians will cry. Indians are losers. Indians should quit. England will chase this easy.

Jaiswal is trash. I back gill. Gill will come good.

- by saqib.rai.saigol
 
So tomorrow would be the final day,
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Hours of play - Day 4.
Morning session: 1100 - 1300
Lunch: 1300 - 1340
Afternoon session: 1340 - 1555
Tea: 1555 - 1615
Evening session: 1615 - 1830
Plus 30 mins extra to complete the 98 overs
 
India are slight favourites.

However, with two full days remaining, this Test could still go either way. Might not go into a 5th day for the first time in this series.
 

Crawley falls late as India take upper hand​


Zak Crawley was dismissed from the penultimate ball of day three after England had started to make steady progress in pursuit of an imposing 374 to win the fifth Test against India at The Oval.

The opener was bowled by Mohammed Siraj for 14 as the hosts reached 50-1 at the close, needing a further 324 runs to win, with Ben Duckett unbeaten on 34 to conclude another gripping day.

Despite Crawley's departure, England will be boosted by the much-improved batting conditions after they spent most of the day in the field as India racked up 396 under brighter skies.

The pitch flattened and offered far less seam movement, with Yashasvi Jaiswal's sublime 118 the highlight for the tourists.

There was also a surprising maiden Test fifty for Akash Deep, who added 107 for the third wicket with Jaiswal as England started poorly, unable to take the wicket of the nightwatchman until the final 10 minutes before lunch.

Deep was put down on 21, one of six dropped catches in the innings for England as their makeshift bowling line-up - without the injured Chris Woakes - toiled admirably but were again let down in the field.

Gus Atkinson pinned captain Shubman Gill lbw for 12 with the first ball after lunch as England improved, but Ravindra Jadeja continued his fine form with 53 and Washington Sundar, with India nine down, blitzed four sixes in a 39-ball fifty to give India the upper hand.

Josh Tongue claimed the final three wickets, having also dismissed Jaiswal earlier, to finish with 5-125 for his wholehearted efforts.

It is fitting that England have another sizeable chase having began the series by chasing 371 at Headingley to ignite a fiery series. Should they win it would be the highest Test chase at The Oval, beating England's 263-9 against Australia in 1902, though there is rain forecast for Sunday.

Source: BBC
 
Quality of your posts has gone down rapidly in recent times. I mean what does pak or WI have to do with what I stated.?
Because when you make salty posts like "England doesn't take this seriously" after seeing their captain literally bowling 140 overs and breaking down i would treat that post as a troll post.
 
Because when you make salty posts like "England doesn't take this seriously" after seeing their captain literally bowling 140 overs and breaking down i would treat that post as a troll post.
Why do you think Atkinson did not play before? Was he injured?
 
Why do you think Atkinson did not play before? Was he injured?
Because he was unfit. He had just one game? DOn't go by what Aktinson did here. He would have been thrashed in the other matches. Just check his LOI stat against India. Both in ODI and T20 he was destroyed. Pitch helped him a lot . Carse is unlucky not to play on this pitch.
 
What haven't Kuldeep or Arshdeep played for India. Are they injured?
Gambhir knows Indian spinners are useless in England. Even Ashwin never performed in England. so he went for bowlers who could bat.
Arshdeep is a nobody atm speculations mean nothing
 
@TheSultan bhai left? Maybe gone to prepare for Ashes

:rabada2
Great preparation for the Ashes. England have tried to set themselves a challenging target.

They may lose 6-7 wickets, hopefully by the time they land down under they could improve to win by 6-6 wickets.

Practice makes perfect
 
No. His rehab took longer and he hadn't built up his workload so he also missed the 4th Test to pay a 2nd XI game for Surrey to get some overs under his belt
Being fast bowler in bazball era is the most thankless job. BEcause they bat fast giving very little rest to their fast bowlers. They get overworked match after match. Eventually they break down.
 
England only have themselves to blame. They dropped 6-7 catches I believe.

It will be the deciding factor. The bowlers being 1 seamer down did very well. England would be chasing 250 without the dropped catches, and they’d be red hot favourites to achieve that total & win the series 3-1. Chasing 370 is many times harder than 250. India will win.
 
It will be the deciding factor. The bowlers being 1 seamer down did very well. England would be chasing 250 without the dropped catches, and they’d be red hot favourites to achieve that total & win the series 3-1. Chasing 370 is many times harder than 250. India will win.
One of the reason India's Gabba win was signiciant not just because collective experience of 5 Indian bowlers was just 3 matches against hazlewood/Starc/cummins/Lyon. but also India was one bowler down within 7 overs of his spell. Atleast woakes bowled 18 overs. India miraculously won it. Sometimes when a player is down others step up. Same happened at the SCG last year. India lost Bumrah very early. India somehow took a lead with 3 bowlers after scoring only 195.
 
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