3rd test - Headingley

[Hongkongphooey]

Can we bring back Rat/Johnson/Mustard just for a summary of the last weeks play?

He's had more accounts than Natwest

 

[mackembhoy]

Can we bring back Rat/Johnson/Mustard just for a summary of the last weeks play?

I agree we need some entertainment.

 

[forever changes]

All Woody’s brilliant work thrown away

 

[Hetty]

Stokes body is breaking down

 

[brandon]

All Woody’s brilliant work thrown away

Shite isn’t it. Admittedly, we’d have rolled them for <150 if Root had caught the Marsh dolly.

 

[scotch]

Stokes knackered even more now

 

[forever changes]

Shite isn’t it. Admittedly, we’d have rolled them for <150 if Root had caught the Marsh dolly.

We’d only have got 100 then

 

[Dexter]

Can we bring back Rat/Johnson/Mustard just for a summary of the last weeks play?

wtf

absolute idiot

we've already won test cricket before this series started

bairstow had scored 3,874 runs at an average of 234.8 in the last year before this series. ridiculous to say foakes should be in

robinson literally takes a wicket every ball he balls do you even watch cricket calling him slow and fat

have a block mate. ridiculous ffs

 

[Keith S30S]

Who would we replace Crawley with ? There's no one really is there. Foakes for Bairstow seems an obvious one. Anderson for Robinson and even more obvious one.

Still think we'd be more dangerous with tongue in for Ali and using Root as spin.

This Murphy for Australia is meant to be canny isn't he ? Only 22.

Anderson?

Tongue comes straight back in way before Jimmy.

 

[Hetty]

Dickie

 

[The Red Telephone]

Bairstow has been a bit of a disastrous pick mind.

130ish runs with the bat and numerous mistakes behind the stumps.

Like I said on the Edgbaston thread - no one must have been watching him in any of the County Championship matches. He was average with the bat and pretty shocking behind the stumps in the game against Durham.

 

[McGregor]

Anderson?

Tongue comes straight back in way before Jimmy.

I'd have Tongue in for Ali as mentioned. Don't think Ali is a dangerous spin option in the slightest.

Broad
Woakes
Anderson
Wood
Tongue

 

[Thunder Road]

The biggest issue for us isn't Bazball, it's the fact that they're just better than us.

Selection has been poor and we just don't physically upto it.

 

[McGregor]

Like I said on the Edgbaston thread - no one must have been watching him in any of the County Championship matches. He was average with the bat and pretty shocking behind the stumps in the game against Durham.

They're basing his inclusion on last summer when he was in ridiculously good form

 

[Keith S30S]

I'd have Tongue in for Ali as mentioned. Don't think Ali is a dangerous spin option in the slightest.

Broad
Woakes
Anderson
Wood
Tongue

Anderson looks as bad as Ali re being toothless.

I'd give Ahmed a go before Jimmy.

 

[McGregor]

Anderson looks as bad as Ali re being toothless.

I'd give Ahmed a go before Jimmy.

Aye but there's just zero chance of that while Ali is fit. When England lose this test they'll give Jimmy his swansong at his home ground.

But yes, I'd pick Rehan over Jimmy.

 

[dixonsafc]

If you had a quid for every time this young spinner looked at you, you’d have 50p.

 

[JackL]

The biggest issue for us isn't Bazball, it's the fact that they're just better than us.

Selection has been poor and we just don't physically upto it.

Bazball has been the issue imo, gifted them the first two wins through gifting them wickets

 

[Keith S30S]

The biggest issue for us isn't Bazball, it's the fact that they're just better than us.

Selection has been poor and we just don't physically upto it.

Fine margins.

The Aussies have caught 5 from 5. We caught 6 from 10. Cost us about 130 runs.

 

[mosi]

Fine margins.

The Aussies have caught 5 from 5. We caught 6 from 10. Cost us about 130 runs.

As somebody might have said once before, catches win matches