5th Test: 8pm England v India @ The Oval Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025

[TheParraboy]

ffs, single of the last over again !!

7 to win

a 6 means England win the series

 

[Sime_11]

why wouldnt you bring the field up for the last ball - just gifting the strike

 

[jargan83]

Not sure what the plan from India was there, that was an easy single.

 

[TheParraboy]

Yay Siraj does it

India win by 6 runs

India retain the trophy

 

[Fangs]

Bowled him!

Team India prevail. England f**king lose. So good.

 

[jargan83]

And he knocks over the bloke with two arms with a Yorker. Who would have thought.

 

[TheParraboy]

Series 2-2

Two tests india won without Bumrah

 

[Sime_11]

suck shit Poms - good ball Siraj

 

[yobbo84]

England would have won if Woakes was fit, moral victory to them

 

[King-Gutho94]

Its alright England have won the series morally with Woakes batting.

Bazball happy

India win

The spirit or cricket lives on

 

[undertaker]

There it is!

India wins by 6 runs (their narrowest winning margin (by runs) in test cricket). Not often do you get tests decided by <20 runs or 1-2 wickets in hand, so great to watch another close one live on tv.

On a side note, where the hell was that yorker earlier? I honestly can't believe Siraj waited so long to bowl one to Atkinson, given the way Atkinson kept swinging the bat across the line of the ball.

 

[jargan83]

Bazball continues to have won f**k all lol.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms lost their last 7/66

Id say thats a choke

 

[King-Gutho94]

Poms lost their last 7/66

Id say thats a choke

Thats Brisbane 2023 GF areas

 

[Marshall_magic]

f**k yeah Siraj, I’d gladly give Sir Trav a send off after that performance.

I thought after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that India have the makings of a very good side. This series they’ve built a little more. They’re going to be very strong going forward. Gil has really stepped up without Kholi around. Definitely will be contenders for this WTC cycle.

 

[undertaker]

Poms lost their last 7/66

Id say thats a choke

100% agree with you.

That's the beauty about test cricket. 73 runs to get with 7 wickets in hand, 195 run partnership with both batsmen on centuries...at that moment, England were definitely the short-priced favourite to chase down 374, but then one wicket completely changed the entire momentum and flow of the innings.

Root getting out just before stumps yesterday was also vital. Starting off the day with two relatively inexperienced batsmen to a hooping ball in overcast conditions was going to be tough.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Enjoy the torment Piers

 

[undertaker]

Well, in terms of the WTC table, that 2-all series result is great for Australia. Realistically, India should've won 3-1 (they blew it at Lord's, chasing only 193).

I'd really love to see the Aussies win the Ashes 5-0 (they were just one wicket away from the whitewash in 2021/22).

Need as much of a buffer over the other teams as possible, given two difficult away tours (vs South Africa and India) are still to come over the next 18 months. Need to win as many of the home tests as possible.

 

[Bazal]

That was alright hey. Probably could have done with a few Big Bash Booost Points but

Also why didn't Stokes or Pope just run out after the 9th wicket and shake everyone's hand for a draw? That's the way it works after all...

 

[undertaker]

f**k yeah Siraj, I’d gladly give Sir Trav a send off after that performance.

I thought after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that India have the makings of a very good side. This series they’ve built a little more. They’re going to be very strong going forward. Gil has really stepped up without Kholi around. Definitely will be contenders for this WTC cycle.

Kohli was already on his last legs well before he came to Australia. It's just that crap bowling from the Aussies during the second innings at Perth fooled the likes of Mark Howard (and all the other Aussie sycophants in the media who love kissing up to India) into believing that the Kohli of old had returned.

However, he only scored 85 runs @ 12.14 during the remaining 4 tests of the series

He knew he was done and dusted, hence fell on the sword and retired before the tour of England.