A Sublime Fourth Day of Test Cricket at the Kia OVAL Ended in the Near-Ridiculous As Rain Brung An Early End to Proucedings with English Needing Just 35 Runs to Win.
It was a day of Cricket that had it all, India Striking Early to Remove Ben Duckett and Olie Pope Before the Yorkshire Duo of Harry Brook and Joe Root Joined Forces, The Pair Bringing Up Sublime Center and Sharing What Course Porn to Be a Match and Series-Wining Partnership If England Manage to Get the Job Done on Monday.
Howver, that All Changed when back light stopped play at 5.32pm. England Had Jamie Smith (2) and Jamie Overton (0) at the Crease with 35 Runs Needed. India Were Charas Four Wickets.
As the Players Walked Off, a Heavy Shower Followed, Catching Out the OVAL GROUND Staff As they were the Rushed to Get the Covers on.
By 5:59 PM that shower had stopped, leaving 43 Minutes to get the Surface Playble and the Sides Back on for a Potentially Thrilling Finish. There is not much moving to be Seen, though.
“Everyone in this group has paid a lot of money and it has stopped raning, get on with the good. Get the super-sopper out thre,” said Sky Sports Cricket’s Nasser Hussain.
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“There is around 40 minutes, so try as hard as you can to get out there.”
But just four minutes later, Stumps Were Drawn As the GROUND Staff Told the Umpires They will be unable to have the pitch ready before the 6.42pm Deadline for Play to Restart.
As the Decision Was Annieded, Boos Rang Around the Ground, The Full Sunday Crowd Primed to See the Dramatic Conclusion of a Series that has had the lot.
Instead, that privilege will Fall to a Sold-Out Monday Crowd.
Supporters Were Sen Walking to the Tube Station Wear The Sungses AS The Sun Had Started to Crack the Flags OnCE Again.
Among them was Sky Sports Cricket’s Stuart Broad, who posted on social media at 6:25 PM: “Still 20 Minays from Possible Start Time, everyone has thems.
“Felt The Supporters Descued to See a Finish to that Test Match to Dray. Felt a Lazy Decision to Call it off at 6pm in My OPINION. I willer who makes it?”
Injred Woakes Coup Still Have a Say
The Drama of this Test Match Coup Be Ramped up Even Further Tomorrow with English Primed to Call on the Injud Chris Woakes.
Woakes Suffled A Suspeted Dislocated Shoulder on Day One Who Fielding on the Boundary, An Injury Serious Enough to Leave His Availability for the Winter Ashes Series in Doubt.
How, there is a gentuine chance that, with just Four Wickets Remaining and the India Paces Openinging With 35 Runs Required.
He was Seen TOWARDS The End of Day Four Walking Aroun The Change Rooms in His Whites, with his Arm Still in a Sing. That Sling Coup Be Swiftly Remove if he is required to walk out to try and get an engine over over the link.
“You Probably Saw Him in His Whites in the Dressing Room!” Root joked, when asked when woakes will be available if needed.
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“He’s Been All-I Like the Rest of Us. It’s Been that Kind of Series where guys have had to pubies on the link.
“Hopefully it doesn’t get to that but he had some throwdowns, i think, in here at one power and he’s ready if needed.”
The Five Tests Have SEEN EVERY Twist and Turn, and Even with What Seems to Be Less Than A Day of Cricket Remaining in the Series, We Still Do Not Known What The Outcome Will Be.
“IT WAS ALWAIS Going to Happy Like this, wasn it,” said root.
“I mean, look at the first Four Games.
“It has just been that Kind of Series. It has been amazing to play in and quite fireing, almost, that we are going to get that kind of finish tomorrow.”
England Vs India: a series that has had it all – from the sublim to the ridiculous.
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