Fifth Ashes Test. The Oval.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:18 am

Wade hooks Archer and top edges for 6!
It went comfortably into the crowd. I'm not sure how edgy that was... I need another replay.

Here it is. Well... I don't know.

Athers: "Before this OCS stand was built, it was a much bigger playing area..."
He says it would not have been 6 then.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:23 am

Leach around the wicket to Paine.

There is a fly or bug on the spidercam!
Athers: "A long way down for that beetle."

For Paine, they have a slip and a short leg.

Paine cuts and misses.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:25 am

Wade flashes and misses at Archer.

Athers: "That was a lazy shot. Wade was upset with himself for playing it."

They need Wade to go big and Paine to hang around.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:29 am

There were 16 dot balls in a row, but now Paine milks the single off Leach.

Oz are creeping towards 200, almost halfway to the target, with half their wickets left.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:34 am

Wade pulls Archer comfortably for 4, to bring up the Oz 200 and the 50 partnership. The target is now 199.

Archer has words for Wade.
There's a man out on the hook. Archer gives the stare.

Archer keeps bowling short. Wade and Archer have a staring contest. The crowd cheers.

Oz 5/200 (55).

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:39 am

Big appeal for LBW. Dharmasena takes forever and give it out. Paine reviews.

No bat. It looks grim.

3 reds. Out.

Oz 6/200 (56). Cummins in.

Wade is beginning to run out of partners now. If only Smith could have hung around.

Taylor: "That was a strange shot."

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:43 am

Nasser: "Ben Stokes is like a backstop to Jonny Bairstow."

3 men back on the hook. Gully.

Wade flirts and misses.
Nasser calls for the knuckle ball.

Cummins is hit but survives.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:48 am

1972 was the last time an Ashes series was drawn.

Around tea time, Wade had used his feet down the track 55% to Leach.

Nasser says this morning he was doing a lot of sweeping practice.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:55 am

Appeal for LBW against Cummins. Not out.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:00 am

Wade drives Archer for 4.

But then Archer hits him on the shoulder. Archer approaches and makes faces at Wade. It's a no ball.

Next ball, Wade glances for 4, after a stuff-up on the boundary. 95.6 mph.

Nasser: "Brilliant contest."

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:02 am

Oz 6/211 (61).
Wade 88*, Cummins 0*.

Cries of "catch!" It falls safe on the pitch.

Leach beats Cummins.

Warne: "The pace is slower. ... It's down to 52. ... It has the chance to grip in the surface."

Cummins inside edges for 2.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:05 am

Wade gets a thick edge over gully for 4.

Archer goes for the cut and edges to ground and then slip.
Archer claps. He's carrying on like a pork chop.

Lloyd: "I think Wade has sucked England in."

Now Wade on drives for 4.
He moves to 96*.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:09 am

Big appeal for LBW, Leach against Cummins. Not out.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:14 am

Broad is back.

Wade needs 4, but Oz need much more from him than that.

Wade gets a single.

Lloyd: "It's all you're getting from Pat Cummins. Just a forward block."
Gower: "Well, it's all that's needed."

There are oohs as Cummins leaves a ball.

Oz 6/222 (65). Drinks.

K · Post by K » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:25 am

Wade takes a very tight single. 99*.

Cummins also dived at the non-danger end, Lloyd says.
Lloyd: "He tripped in."
Gower: "More of a collapse."

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Fifth Ashes Test. The Oval.