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Jack Torrance
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Absolutely horrendous that. Malan has done okay I guess.
Pope is lucky we continue to play him averaging 23 batting at 6
Raker
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If root wasn’t such a good lad he’d of probably told them all to fuck off by now, I would of. Must be mega frustrating for him.
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan
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One of those players the 'purists' love and claim is classy but always seems to underperform.
Voice of fair play
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He can’t because other options are worse
Steak Pie
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Dunno.
The point was that he has it in him when required, since he changed his run up he's had a decent fitness record. And it doesn't get any more required than this.
cooky
Winger
Totally agree. All for not breaking players but rest Wood after this game? If we lose this test the series is done. Seems to be this expectation the pink ball will hoop around non-stop. Hope I’m totally wrong but where is the wicket taker in overs 40-80 there with them 4 seamers. Smith will be over the moon he’s not playing.
Liverpool Beachball
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Raker
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@Liverpool Beachball nee match thread yet? Your slacking
smoker
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This
This also. The new Ramprakash.
Rather play Lawrence. He adds occasional offspin.
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the thing with captaincy at test level, it isnt rocket science
its just about basics, getting the right team on the pitch and having a leader who everyone respects who everyone will play for
root has a lot of it right, he is just getting the wrong advice
Sorry but i disagree with your morgan comparison about some maveric inventing field positons attacking etc
on Morgan himself, its the biggest misconception in cricket, he is the most data driven captain in world cricket, every single bowling change in the T20 world cup was pre-planned by him and the analysts, none of it was off the cuff.
Not having ago at you, it just shows you how big the ideas around his captaincy are, he isnt remotely implusive, he is like Root and Silverwood on speed in terms of pre-planning
dont always agree with you but I think I do on this basic point
he;s fit to play
I wish people would stop saying this
he is 100% fit to play
he has been dropped as they dont think he can play 3 games back to back, and are saving him for melbourne
what we are saying is, that test is utterly irrelevant if we go 2-0 down
this is not why he has been dropped at all though
he can play this test 100% with no issue
they dont think he can play this AND then play Melbourne
its a completely different point
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Super Ted
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Not a bad shout, I still like Bairstow, I know he's far less effective in tests but at least you know he has the capability against other world class sides. The pink ball might be better for him aswell.
The last 4 words are key
And you not picking leach and me picking leach doesnt change that
as we are both picking our best side
England arent picking their best side as they are thinking about the melbourne test too
they didnt pick their best side at Brisbane as they were thinking about this test
again I might disagree with Silverwood about our best side, but for the first 3 tests of this series England will not have what they think is their best side on the pitch, thats f***ing mental mate.
Lawrence is much like Burns, will never ever score consistent runs at this level with that technique
he plays across the line every single ball
from the squad they picked Bairstow and Crawley should play and if the others score runs tomorrow I wont change my mind
remember that is from the squad they picked
It's the one that, on paper, you'd fancy would serve us well - but we've put all of our eggs into the d/n basket despite our record being shocking.
Yes, you'd hope that in the evening our bowlers will be able to get more movement - but the downside is that our batting is shit, and what is overlooked is that while our bowlers may get more movement, so will theirs.
Burns, Hameed, Malan v Cummings and Stark with the lights on and a pink ball.
its utterly flat and the ball goes soft immediately
you need pace and spin to win
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DonaldDownTheWing
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Pope is class coming in at 400-4, but then again would we all be? The type you can never rely on to dig you out of a hole, and we get in more holes than most.
Sorry I know I have spammed this board, had a rare 3 pints with my mate
But England picked Broad, Anderson and Woakes for 4 out fo the 5 tests on the last ashes tour
we never came close to winning one
Robinson is a good addition but we just havent learnt our lesson
I am amazed anyone on here is backing the selection of these 3 together, we even struggle at the Oval and Lords to bowl sides out.
Why will it suddently work when it didnt work 4 years ago??
But England picked Broad, Anderson and Woakes for 4 out fo the 5 tests on the last ashes tour
we never came close to winning one
Robinson is a good addition but we just havent learnt our lesson
I am amazed anyone on here is backing the selection of these 3 together, we even struggle at the Oval and Lords to bowl sides out.
Why will it suddently work when it didnt work 4 years ago??
DonaldDownTheWing
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I’d have liked to have seen Roy be given another chance, especially in Aus when it doesn’t swing as much. He’s not going to be any worse than Burns, is he?
