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England v India - Third Test, 10/07


mackem1989 said:
He needs to be dropped imo I’d give Sibley another chance personally he’s around 40 average first class and their test average is similar but Sibley has worked on his game a lot more recently.

Glad it’s not my headache to have.
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Yeah I think he probably should be dropped too, but would rather try someone new.
 
Probably Haines but absolutely no guarantee how that will go.

Personally would not go back to Hameed and Sibley.

I definitely think Crawley continually getting picked is not soley down to loyalty and think the cupboard been relatively bare is a factor.
 
Voice of fair play said:
Well of course they not, hell of a argument to drop Crawley.

But whether they do or not will be solely cricketing reasons
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I'd never question that but can they be truly objective with those decisions?
It's when criticism of posters get personal that I find unnecessary. People hold strong and different views-_never,a need to get personal. Heavens -it's only cricket.
 
I don’t buy this “no clear candidate” to replace Crawley bollocks either. I can think of at least 3 players I’d have in ahead of him right now including Durham’s captain.

They didn’t show the same patience with Lees who got about 5 or 6 Tests before he was jettisoned. He was certainly no worse than Crawley in 2022 and I think in the India game that summer he looked set for a hundred before Joe Root ran him out.
 
Parkside said:
I'd never question that but can they be truly objective with those decisions?
It's when criticism of posters get personal that I find unnecessary. People hold strong and different views-_never,a need to get personal. Heavens -it's only cricket.
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I think with England football and cricket teams they will always be debates.

I enjoy debates about the value of a players contribution to the them sides and respect views put forward on a players value to a particular side or sport.

But don’t respect views when people suggest they picked for other than football or cricketing reasons.

You may never question that but when others do I find it tiresome and even though you never question that you spend plenty of time defending others who do ;)
 
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Australian wickets did not suit him last time when we was averaging 11 yet he still got a recall and failed again.

It does not matter what metric you use to try and support him he’s a below average test opener.

Takeaway that cheap hundred recently and it’s 4 hundreds in 50 tests. He is averaging 31 and 22 on the last 18 months if you pitch the ball up.

His constant inclusion is just baffling yet he will play all summer and no doubt start the ashes.

To me he’s had his chance and proved time and again not good enough.

Love him to score big this game but far more likely to nick off in the cordon from keeper to gully.
 
Isn't it funny. We were all positive on the morning before the 2nd test on the back of being 1-nil up. Now that we've just got walloped in the last one it's much more somber.

I've made my peace with the selections. I'm even all zen about Crawley and Basher playing, Pope's bipolar batting and Stokes' captaincy.

I'm excited to see Archer play. Hopefully they've put him back together with more than glue. Like Adamantium or something :lol:

Root is due some runs. Hopefully a daddy ton to show the young whipper snappers who's the real boss.

Bat first please skip.
 
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