Yeah, fair comment. I don't think Overton or Woakes deserve to be dropped, but wonder if Wood could make a difference? Stokes missing and Ali doing his best Graham Swann impression (2013/4) is causing huge problems. I think we need to pick our best 7 batters and best 4 bowlers and take it from there. Problem is that the selectors have burdened us with a bunch of players not good enough for Test cricket. Vince, Malan, Curran, Ball, Ballance...... Where is the experience or the class? Cook and Root letting us down too. Only Anderson has stepped up really
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Well it seems there have been many opportunities already for him to step up to number 3, yet the team have persisted with square pegs consistently - so that gives me the impression he won't bend. The same way KP wouldn't budge.
I would stick Bairstow at 5 personally. Ali back to 7.
Fulwell Mackem
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Fuck it!
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Billy Rocket
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Someone hoy Beefy a bat.
TMS have been praising Malan growing into the role, and calling his selection a surprise success. Interesting that the consensus on here is to drop him.
TMS have been praising Malan growing into the role, and calling his selection a surprise success. Interesting that the consensus on here is to drop him.
Jack Torrance
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I think he's had a decent start to his England career. Batted well the other night but just got a good ball
Voice of fair play
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Yeah agree with Bairstow, but think Root should be made to bat at 3, could understand his point of staying at 4 if we had a suitable number 3 but we clearly don't, it's time to stand up and take that responsibility.
Liverpool Beachball
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He averages 25, he’s s fighter but he just isn’t good enough
Sums it up, we're just not very good at the moment but we can't admit it until the series is finished
mackembhoy
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True but this is the SMB exaggeration is our way of life
We were never gonna do it like. Just so disappointing to have done the hard bit and in true england style under Bayliss a collapse of 5 plus wickets for less than 100 runs
Crane at the WACA be like Kerrigan only worse.
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Ageing trundler
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Leach is a far better bowler than Crane and Rashid and Patel have better all round games. I've said before that Rashid should have been in the squad and still stand by that.
chopsfc007
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This Lyons record there is awful never mind someone untestedTrue but this is the SMB exaggeration is our way of life
We were never gonna do it like. Just so disappointing to have done the hard bit and in true england style under Bayliss a collapse of 5 plus wickets for less than 100 runs
Crane at the WACA be like Kerrigan only worse.
Fulwell Mackem
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The day Patel is the answer to England's problems is the day I start watching rugby instead
He isn't but I can't think of a much better option after Ali.
ProfessionalMackem
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Rash would look like a quality option atm. Not sure why he was left out.
He'd get slapped all over imo.
ProfessionalMackem
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He did well in the big bash mind plus he'd do better than Crane. Which was kind of my point. Our reserves for ashes are poor like.
I agree in reference to Crane but I think Patel or Leach would be better choices again.
ProfessionalMackem
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Fair enough marra. A case can be made for Patel? But leach? not sure about that like.
Bri
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Leach is a good bowler, the problem is he's not hot with the bat and if you add in that we have Anderson, Broad, Overton plus two dodgy batsmen and losing Ali as well the batting line up looks bad.
If you could include Leach for a bowler (ie depend on him doing the same job that Lyon does for the Aussies), retain Ali as a batsman only instead of Vince or Malan then he could be an option, but it's a risk imho.
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