The Ashes 5th Test. The Oval. August 20-24.

[andy]

Lyon is always on early to be fair, whatever the conditions..he always comes on early..Clarke loves going to him early..... Rashid defo should have been picked though..

[backfootpunch]

Lyon on 6th over..... pitch is not, repeat not, receptive to spin though.... no need to pick Rashid whatsoever

It is only day 2, might be a bit of turn by days four and five

Any chance of rashid playing would have gone as soon as they saw heavy cloud cover yesterday

[andy]

jesus... Lyon gets Cook with an absolute beauty!

[backfootpunch]

What a beauty

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cook goes! Should he have played back to that? He does play the spin off the back foot a lot.

[Making_Splinters]

Cook's poor series continues. Very good delivery.

[Dilbert]

Cook's poor series continues, lucky for him the Ashes are won, so he wont get much flak.

[hopeforthebest]

England have their backs to the wall once again, if you're squeamish please turn away.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bell to the rescue.

[hopeforthebest]

Bell to the rescue.

Probably a one in five chance of that happening. But I love him anyway.

[sussexpob]

Lyon on 6th over..... pitch is not, repeat not, receptive to spin though.... no need to pick Rashid whatsoever

It is only day 2, might be a bit of turn by days four and five

Or alternatively, he grips and rips it 7th ball he bowls and proves what poor captaincy to bowl first it was, and poor selection it was not to go with Rashid.

[dan08]

Lyth has one innings to save his place.

[backfootpunch]

What an awful shot

That's the end of Lyth's test career

[andy]

Lyth gone...never looked comfortable..

[Making_Splinters]

That'll be the end of Lyth's career unless England follow on.