ECB Statement: Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Hypothetically they drop Stokes for the Oval.

Who comes in?

Crawley at 6 for me

 

[hudson88]

Disgusting this really, they absolutely need to get their priorities sorted out.

Making themselves unavailable for the 7am tee time is completely unacceptable.

 

[chopsfc007]

Hypothetically they drop Stokes for the Oval.

Who comes in?

Crawley at 6 for me

Curran

 

[JL1985]

If he has been fighting at least he will have improved his strike rate for this summer.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Curran

He’s not fit to bowl at the moment

 

[Hetty]

They'll be photos and videos in the papers tonight and they've been given a heads up

Go on then, what will the headline puns be

 

[Parkside]

Reflects badly on both Key and McCullum indicating the degree of respect the team have for those who put the protocol in place. Basically,2 fingers up to them both.

 

[Raymondo]

I won't dance in a club like this
All the women are slags
And the beer tastes just like piss

 

[chopsfc007]

He’s not fit to bowl at the moment

Yeh I seen he was playing as a specialist batter in the last week, do you think they might bring Rehan in or possible Lawrence it's hard to go like for like

Reflects badly on both Key and McCullum indicating the degree of respect the team have for those who put the protocol in place. Basically,2 fingers up to them both.

Not everything has to be mentioned in regards to key players have their own responsibility

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Yeh I seen he was playing as a specialist batter in the last week, do you think they might bring Rehan in or possible Lawrence it's hard to go like for like


Not everything has to be mentioned in regards to key players have their own responsibility

I’d go Rehan and play another seamer over Bashir. God knows what they will actually do (if it comes to it)

 

[danthemanSAFC]

Unbelievable. They really don’t help themselves do they…

 

[chopsfc007]

I’d go Rehan and play another seamer over Bashir. God knows what they will actually do (if it comes to it)

If archer or baker play instead of Bashir and rehab for stokes it's not weakening the team in my opinion especially way stokes has been batting

 

[hudson88]

Hypothetically they drop Stokes for the Oval.

Who comes in?

Crawley at 6 for me

Rehan probably comes in, with Baker and Archer for Atkinson and Bashir

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

If archer or baker play instead of Bashir and rehab for stokes it's not weakening the team in my opinion especially way stokes has been batting

Largely agree. Brook as captain scares me however

 

[chopsfc007]

Largely agree. Brook as captain scares me however

He's not the brightest but his batting will do the talking

 

[TheRey]

Jesus f***ing christ. Its clear that McCullum has absolutely no control over his side, nor does Key or any of the ECB suits.

With everything going on - why the fuck are you in a nightclub in the early hours, after the first Test of 3, straight off the back of the debacle that happened over the winter!?

Mental. Completely failing to read the room, or act like adults.

 

[Durham-Mackem41-Rem]

Never learn this lot it's clear there has been and continues to be a drinking culture within this set up.

 

[Voice of fair play]

Irrespective of what has happened why even f***ing go in the first place !!

 

[TheRey]

Not a good look for the whole ‘reset’ demographic the management have been discussing
When it’s the captain it’s an awful look
If it’s a night out celebrating a win in isolation or if there’s more to it will be interesting to see
Either way it’s starting to look a bit untenable for stokes, years ago he was the star man, with his form falling off a cliff you do wonder if he will be culled from the setup now

Id be perfectly happy for Stokes to lose the captaincy...





If his replacement wasn't guaranteed to be Harry f***ing Brook

 

[Hetty]

Both will play