5th Investec Test: England vs Australia at The Oval

[quote author=timmyj51 link=topic=99731.msg651899#msg651899 date=1440083652]
Meaningless match...the series is decided. :-\  Bring on the ODIs/T20s.  ::love::
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The match still counts towards the Test rankings. If England win, they move ahead of Australia to second in the rankings. If Australia win or draw, they stay second and England will be third.

England are also looking to win four Tests in a home Ashes series for the first time ever while Michael Clarke is looking to become only the fifth player to score a century in both his first and his last Test.

Not to mention, Ashes matches are never meaningless.

230/3
Smith 62.
Steve Smith becomes the 3rd youngest and 4th joint fastest to score 3000 test runs for Australia.
Oh and another stat pertaining to clarke.
he needs 157 in the second innings if he doesn't get out, or 207 if he does to make it to a career average of 50

[quote author=bala24 link=topic=99731.msg651903#msg651903 date=1440086802]
230/3
Smith 62.
Steve Smith becomes the 3rd youngest and 4th joint fastest to score 3000 test runs for Australia.
Oh and another stat pertaining to clarke.
he needs 157 in the second innings if he doesn't get out, or 207 if he does to make it to a career average of 50
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Given that it has taken Clarke 12 innings this year to score 211 runs total (and a high score of 47), this seems rather unlikely.

Rain has stopped play at The Oval. Australia 255/3, Smith 71*, Voges 27*

Play to resume at 5.50pm in fifth Ashes Test at The Oval

[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=99731.msg651900#msg651900 date=1440084027]
The match still counts towards the Test rankings. If England win, they move ahead of Australia to second in the rankings. If Australia win or draw, they stay second and England will be third.

England are also looking to win four Tests in a home Ashes series for the first time ever while Michael Clarke is looking to become only the fifth player to score a century in both his first and his last Test.

Not to mention, Ashes matches are never meaningless.

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No, its MEANINGLESS! : Who gives a rat's behind about Jurrasic rankings!  Centuries, smencheries.  Just padding stats in a glorified net session. Bowlers don't care, fielders don't care. :-\ Fans want to see teams playing for SOMETHING  :-*

timmy , pay attention to the Ashes : it is steeped in tradition and history.

You so called Fans in the USA accustom to NO History of any sport invented coupled with Zero tradition !

and a "World Series" that only include North America : hope Toronto Blue Jays thump y'all in Bizbol ....

KFC Ryon Hinds AWOL for Guyana should relocate to your state 


BTW : was Atlanta Braves formerly Boston Braves ??? : curious about this ad I saw !

Basketball : Canada invented

Baseball : straight copy of English Girls Rounders

Football : over safety equipped big  guys copying English Rugger

"steeped in tradition and  history..."  :o so are water closets and chastity belts. ::LOL::

Ashes should be replaced by best of 7 or 9 T20 series.  Give the fans what they want!

Clearly it was a good toss for Clarke to lose.The pitch obviously didn't do as much as most expected and looks like they just might pile up runs from here.