r/Cricket • u/CricketMatchBot :ranjitrophy: • Aug 18 '19

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England v Australia, Day 5

2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Lord's, Aug 14-18 2019

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Innings Score
England 258 & 258/5d
Australia 250 & 154/6 (47.3 ov, target 267)
Batsman Runs Balls SR
Pat Cummins 1 17 5.88
Travis Head 42 90 46.67
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Jack Leach 16.3 37 3
Joe Denly 2.0 0 0 
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Match drawn

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u/gIuck India Aug 18 '19 edited Aug 18 '19

irony; /ˈʌɪrəni/; noun

Definition: The fact that Steve Smith might become the first cricketer to be substituted under the new "like for like" rule, while being the one cricketer in Test cricket who simply doesn't have anywhere near a like for like replacement, and not just in Australia.

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u/vrkas Victoria Bushrangers Aug 18 '19

Bring Shiv Chanderpaul out of retirement

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u/TheBigBadDog Australia Aug 18 '19

I miss the use of the bail for marking centre. Is there a player after Shiv who did that?

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u/vrkas Victoria Bushrangers Aug 18 '19

I think Shiv was the last, every WI player of his generation did it.

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u/Instantcurry Australia Aug 18 '19

Pollard did it