Heads should roll

[SuperMarcoRowell]

As I’ve said in previous posts this has been a few years in the making.
Do they really believe this dreadful batting line up could do anything against these bowlers?
I would look at everyone eligible to play for us whether they be Aussie by birth, S African, Pakistani, whatever and if they’re made of the right stuff get them in the team. We’ve got to produce a team of good batsmen and quick.
We need a good spinner and quick.
I’m not fussed about Root’s captaincy but my god he needs people to support him as a batsman, he can’t be relied on to rescue us so often it must be exhausting for him. Watching him on the telly he seems broken- is this what we do to the best batsman we’ve produced in a generation?
Chris Silverwood is not good enough for me. I was really disappointed when he started and his approach was a back to basics get a big score, take ages over it, first knock then try to bowl them out twice. The game’s changed. I know I’ve said it on here before but last summer when we rejected the chance to chase a challenging score in the fourth innings set by Williamson to win said it all for me.

Silverwood needs to go

Giles out, Strauss in

Root to step down, who takes over though?

I really rate Strauss and would trust him to sort the mess out. I’m not sure he wants it though.

 

[essex boy]

Some changes I would make, whilst acknowledging that Australia's bowling attack is exceptional and bowlers win games:

Silverwood is out of his depth
Three inexperienced batters in the top 3 against Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood is a recipe for disaster. Root up to 3, to provide some experience, Cook is a massive hole to plug
Stokes is one too high in the order
Wood should be moved out of the 1 day set up and told to concentrate on test cricket for the good of English cricket
Archer is a massive miss - not many bowlers Aussie batters fear but Archer is one
Stick with Crawley, Haseeb and Leach and play them every test for a few years
The surrey opener should go back to Surrey, county runs doesn't equate to test quality batters
Broad and Anderson should step aside and let the team evolve without them

This crap about county cricket is just crap, you cant expect someone like Leach to carry drinks for a year against lesser opposition, then throw him into the Ashes then say its the county system to blame.

 

[The Rat]

Giles and silverwood go for me

I know there are wider issues but I really think people be surprised by things becoming brighter with a problem figurehead and coach

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Some changes I would make, whilst acknowledging that Australia's bowling attack is exceptional and bowlers win games:

Silverwood is out of his depth
Three inexperienced batters in the top 3 against Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood is a recipe for disaster. Root up to 3, to provide some experience, Cook is a massive hole to plug
Stokes is one too high in the order
Wood should be moved out of the 1 day set up and told to concentrate on test cricket for the good of English cricket
Archer is a massive miss - not many bowlers Aussie batters fear but Archer is one
Stick with Crawley, Haseeb and Leach and play them every test for a few years
The surrey opener should go back to Surrey, county runs doesn't equate to test quality batters
Broad and Anderson should step aside and let the team evolve without them

This crap about county cricket is just crap, you cant expect someone like Leach to carry drinks for a year against lesser opposition, then throw him into the Ashes then say its the county system to blame.

Hazelwood has missed two games and Cummins one. They've humbled us with a largely second string pace attack.

Sadly this is true, though I'm not sure the ICC are fussed either, as the tournaments they sanction are also big money spinners.

It's sad to see how the test game has declined in the West Indies, particularly as they have a decent test team.

I honestly believe that if the main test cricket boards could come up with something similar to what I suggested above, it would benefit test cricket as a whole, without impacting negatively on the white ball game, apart from perhaps the T10 and 16.4 stuff, which really wouldn't be missed.

Talk of the ICC pushing T10 as an Olympic/Commonwealth games sport. Just what we need, more shite slog fests.

 

[chelt_mackem]

Hazelwood has missed two games and Cummins one. They've humbled us with a largely second string pace attack.


Talk of the ICC pushing T10 as an Olympic/Commonwealth games sport. Just what we need, more shite slog fests.

Christ! Didn't know that, but just goes to show where their priorities lie and that the only way we get meaningful changes to safeguard the future of test cricket is if the major boards work together.

 

[North Yorks Mackem]

Silverwood needs to go

Giles out, Strauss in

Root to step down, who takes over though?

Just seen silverwoods interview after the game. Good grief hows he ended up in that role? Completely out of his depth.
Nothing he said had any meaning to it.

But the tweet below and accompanying clip of Jonathan liew says everything for me.

Cricket is institutionally broken.

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[Goldeneye]

I would start with the useless blazers at the ECB governance of cricket in this country needs a complete overhaul.