[Cricket] England vs India Fifth Test - The Oval

[dazzer6666]

106-1, Cook 51*, well played...................

 

[Papa Lazarou]

106-1, Cook 51*, well played...................

It's been a struggle since lunch. Shami and previously Bumrah have been getting prodigious outswing to the left handers.

 

[exKT17]

I've just bought Monday tickets, could be a lot of cricket left in the game.

 

[BensGrandad]

106-1, Cook 51*, well played...................

Hard act to follow for somebody.

 

[crodonilson]

na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Ali, Ali Cook, Ali Cook, Ali, Ali Cook!!!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

106-1, Cook 51*, well played...................

Is this the first 50 by an England opener this series?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Is this the first 50 by an England opener this series?

First 50 by ANY opener, this series.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

First 50 by ANY opener, this series.

Bloody Hell!

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Cook has just taken his career test average back to 45.

90 more runs in the match will guarantee he finishes his career with 45+ average which - for an England opener - is incredible, especially over 160 tests. Only Boycott has done better since the war.

Good stat. I hope he makes it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Moeen is doing a brilliant job of missing every single ball bowled at him.

 

[Pavilionaire]

This innings shows how much we'll miss him. He's taken the big decision to retire from test cricket, a weight has been lifted off his shoulders and now he's posted a decent score.

You wonder what might have happened if Strauss had been succeeded by a decent opening partner. I fancy the mental anguish of seeing wickets falling early around him has effectively shortened his test career by a couple of years.

 

[dazzer6666]

First 50 by ANY opener, this series.

Quite astonishing really.....

 

[dazzer6666]

DAFT review from India, two wasted now, none left.

 

[dazzer6666]

Damn......Cookie out for 71. Leaves the field to a huge ovation.

 

[Badger]

So we're about 110 ahead of where we normally are when the second wicket falls.

EDIT: THIRD wicket falls.

 

[dazzer6666]

So we're about 110 ahead of where we normally are when the second wicket falls.

EDIT: THIRD wicket falls.

DAFT review from Root now....looked out all day long.

 

[Ernest]

Collapse is imminent

 

[dazzer6666]

Collapse is in full flow

Corrected for you

 

[Badger]

FFS. This is poor.

 

[Simster]

There must be a whole generation of kids who think "England batting collapse" is actually all one word. Anyway, we all know what happens next. We'll be 244-4 by close of play.




And 250-8 by 11:20 tomorrow morning.