Congratulations must go to Oval groundsmen for preparing what can only be described as a "shocker". It pretty much ruined any chance of a fair dinkum honest battle between bat and ball over five days.
To see how dead and dry it was on day one and then puffs of dirt coming up where the ball was pitching on day two, well, suffice to say that just should never happen at test match level.
England's victory was 80% sealed when the coin fell their way on the first morning imo 
Established in 1995,
It's not easy on that pitch 
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