Any changes for 2nd Test 🤔

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Graeme Swann type of ‘injuries’ Gordy!
It will happen if we go 2/3 nil down.

Yup. He blocked me on twitter years ago cos I called him a coward for that

 

[scotch]

Do England keep faith with the current side or make changes Maybe Bethell for Crawley and depending on the Brisbane wicket Bashir ? I can see both Potts and Mc Kinney involved at some stage

Get Broad, Gower, Hussain and Atherton in.
Maybe even get them on the TNT comms too

Fly home and save us the trouble of watching Starc run through us again

Aye best Day Night bowler in the world iirc.

Think I'd drop Wood as not sure pink ball will suit him, think Tongue will come in.
Can't see Bashir doing anything so no point in playing a spinner.
Crawley will play the next 2 tests regardless so no point saying who I'd drop him for.

 

[Hulkster]

Isn't Alastair Cook out there?

Would do better than Crawley, absolutely guaranteed.

 

[SuperSub]

Not sure the same pace attack will be suited to the seam and movement you see with the pink ball, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Wood drop out.

 

[mackembhoy]

Aye best Day Night bowler in the world iirc.

Australia play the most so something of a skewed stat. But his record is exceptional in them

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As is Marnus with the bat

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[Durham-Mackem41]

On the slightly more positive note I hope Durham can get Doggett back next season thought he was pretty decent on test debut and he impressed me early last season.

 

[Anthly]

Yup. He blocked me on twitter years ago cos I called him a coward for that

You can’t get wrong for telling the truth
It was a spineless act from Swann, just because things weren’t going his way, he quits.

 

[FatCat2402]

Needs to absolutely piss down for at least 4 days. Even then I wouldn’t be overly confident they could avoid a defeat.

 

[The Breen Machine]

They won't make any changes to the batting line up and there is no replacement opener in the squad, which is mental given how badly Crawley has struggled since, well, forever.

Ball is likely to move about more under the lights and Wood doesn't appear to be 100% so they could do worse than play Potts.

 

[scotch]

You can’t get wrong for telling the truth
It was a spineless act from Swann, just because things weren’t going his way, he quits.

He wanted to quit after the summer Ashes and Cook convinced him to travel, said in his book it was a mistake from him (and hinted he wasn't best pleased with Swann retiring mid series)

 

[Inside Forward]

Scott Borthwick for Crawley.

Stick me in. I literally couldn’t do any worse.

Perhaps I could edge one for a single. I would have contributed more than that knacker.

 

[Hongkongphooey]

Isn't Alastair Cook out there?

Would do better than Crawley, absolutely guaranteed.

So would Phil Tufnell

 

[Parkside]

It’s the coach that has changed us from a side that tried to bat 100 overs but rearly did and meekly surrendered game after game

Take the blinkers off.
McCullum inherited a team low on confidence and correctly boosted confidence initially by encouraging a play with confidence without penalty or sanction.However the attacking approach became a norm and any defensive skills became lost and obsolete. A debacle was an inevitable accident waiting to happen and those who forewarned about such were castigated as being negative and whingers.
What is clearly necessary is some serious net sessions to hopefully regain those basic skills and to recognise and adapt the playing style as the match situation demands.
I await the response from McCullum and the one size fits all bazball fanatics like your goodself.
Highly paid elite sportsmen are wholly deserving of brickbats if they perform irresponsibly -the customer has the right to complain whenever he's short changed.
I believe the current squad have the capability to retrieve the situation with an amended approach.

Send for Greensword.

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You may joke but prime Greensword or Inglis would make a better job than Crawley.

 

[Lumley End]

I see the benched players (bar Bash) have been sent to play for the lions. McKinney not opened the 2nd innings, could that be a sign?

 

[Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan]

I don't see any changes. As for Bashir, he wouldn't game a game for Durham 2nd xi.

Sadly whether is any good or not is now not important. Once you get the Stokes/McCullum seal of approval they will persist with you for their own personal vanity rather than dropping them for the good of the team.

I see him coming in for Wood in Brisbane.

 

[mackinbristol]

Crawley should absolutely be dropped, but there’s nobody to replace him.

I suppose there’s no real reason to rest the bowlers after such a short game and a massive break.

Anybody is better than him right now.

I mean, it's damn near impossible for the replacement to do worse!

 

[ZeeZee]

I think they’ll go with the same with the exception of Atkinson or Wood making way for Bashir.

 

[Tin Man]

Same team for me,let them show some bottle to sort the mess.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

They rarely change after just one game, even though it’s very tempting.

Problem is there is no replacement opener in the squad…… though they are probably stupid enough to put Pope there so they can find a reason to drop him when he fails

In fairness to that, they’ve always said that the Lions is basically an extension of the main squad.

Saying that, if Crawley was dropped I’ve no doubt that golden boy Bethell would be in ahead of McKinney.

 

[bumble2]

Aye, Key and Mccullum out. Oh and Crawley obvs

What has Aye done to deserve being dropped?