Buttler slogs Hazlewood down the ground for 6.
Next ball, he slogs another 6.
Next ball, he tries a funky ramp shot, and it doesn't come off.
Fifth Ashes Test. The Oval.
They've taken the new ball.
Cummins runs in to Buttler...
Nasser thinks there are many stiff, tired bodies out there.
Ponting says that's another reason to choose to bat when you win the toss.
A swing and a miss from Buttler, who has continued in ODI mode.
He said to himself, "Watch the ball," claims the lip-reading Nasser.
Cummins runs in to Buttler...
Nasser thinks there are many stiff, tired bodies out there.
Ponting says that's another reason to choose to bat when you win the toss.
A swing and a miss from Buttler, who has continued in ODI mode.
He said to himself, "Watch the ball," claims the lip-reading Nasser.
Hazlewood to Leach for the final over of the day.
Ponting thinks he'll be "very much in night watchman mode".
He's hit. They appeal for a catch. Not out. They don't review.
It look like it was right off the armguard.
Ponting thinks the workload the bowlers have had in the series is beginning to take its toll.
England 8/271 (82). Stumps.
Buttler 64* (84).
A day of sloppiness when the sides have traded errors.
Ponting thinks he'll be "very much in night watchman mode".
He's hit. They appeal for a catch. Not out. They don't review.
It look like it was right off the armguard.
Ponting thinks the workload the bowlers have had in the series is beginning to take its toll.
England 8/271 (82). Stumps.
Buttler 64* (84).
A day of sloppiness when the sides have traded errors.
Mitchell Marsh reveals personal struggle after death of close friend
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 52qv0.html
"Marsh has trained hard to improve his fitness so he can bowl more overs and bat for longer periods...
After what appeared a breakthrough summer with the bat in the last Ashes series, Marsh's form fell away last year and he found himself down on form and confidence, the latter requiring counselling from WACA's sports psychologist Matt Burgin to repair.
Meanwhile, he was dealing with turmoil off the field after the death of a close friend to suicide, which also affected his game.
...
"Most of Australia hate me," he joked."
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 52qv0.html
"Marsh has trained hard to improve his fitness so he can bowl more overs and bat for longer periods...
After what appeared a breakthrough summer with the bat in the last Ashes series, Marsh's form fell away last year and he found himself down on form and confidence, the latter requiring counselling from WACA's sports psychologist Matt Burgin to repair.
Meanwhile, he was dealing with turmoil off the field after the death of a close friend to suicide, which also affected his game.
...
"Most of Australia hate me," he joked."
' "We'll keep looking at different ways to get him out and trying different things," Root said in his pre-match press conference.
"He's played extremely well, not given many chances and we feel like in his first 20 balls we've beaten the bat a lot and it could have been very different." '
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/we ... 52qh4.html
[They don't need to try different things. They need to do the obvious thing well.]
"He's played extremely well, not given many chances and we feel like in his first 20 balls we've beaten the bat a lot and it could have been very different." '
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/we ... 52qh4.html
[They don't need to try different things. They need to do the obvious thing well.]
' "I never try to make too much of it until the game is over because really that's where it will be the right decision or the wrong decision," Ponting told cricket.com.au.
"It's always dependent on the result of the game.
"I'm sure (Paine) is probably breathing a little bit easier than he was just after lunch when England were going well." '
"It's always dependent on the result of the game.
"I'm sure (Paine) is probably breathing a little bit easier than he was just after lunch when England were going well." '
Brettig, cricinfo:
"Damien Fleming never played a Test in England. Had he done so, it might have looked a little bit like this.
...
The decision to bowl first, by Australia's captain Tim Paine after the team's leaders were not exactly clear on what exactly to do should they win the toss, was quickly the source of plenty of criticism. But in truth the green grass on the pitch, a lush square and mild September weather kept the ball in good condition all day, promoting enough nip off the seam and curve through the air to create chances throughout.
...
Facing a fairly slim future unless he reshaped his body and his game, Marsh returned to some familiar voices in Perth: the batting coach Scott Meuleman and the WACA assistant coach Kade Harvey. Among the various things they worked on was to straighten up Marsh's bowling action, making it easier for him to get his wrist behind the ball and duly generate movement through the air..."
"Damien Fleming never played a Test in England. Had he done so, it might have looked a little bit like this.
...
The decision to bowl first, by Australia's captain Tim Paine after the team's leaders were not exactly clear on what exactly to do should they win the toss, was quickly the source of plenty of criticism. But in truth the green grass on the pitch, a lush square and mild September weather kept the ball in good condition all day, promoting enough nip off the seam and curve through the air to create chances throughout.
...
Facing a fairly slim future unless he reshaped his body and his game, Marsh returned to some familiar voices in Perth: the batting coach Scott Meuleman and the WACA assistant coach Kade Harvey. Among the various things they worked on was to straighten up Marsh's bowling action, making it easier for him to get his wrist behind the ball and duly generate movement through the air..."