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Moeen Ali offered Ashes return


chunksafc said:
Like I say mate, it's a concern
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Defintely . Hope Moeen does the job . It’s going to be really interesting to see if Stokes can bowl anywhere near his best level

if he can, the lack of spin may not be much of a hurdle if broad, Anderson , Robinson get it swinging and nipping about

if he can’t , then Moeen and Joe root will have a job on to keep the run rate down
 
Ghfd said:
Defintely . Hope Moeen does the job . It’s going to be really interesting to see if Stokes can bowl anywhere near his best level

if he can, the lack of spin may not be much of a hurdle if broad, Anderson , Robinson get it swinging and nipping about

if he can’t , then Moeen and Joe root will have a job on to keep the run rate down
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Stokes really worries me, his knee is clearly in a terrible way, I'm not expecting him to bowl much, if at all and certainly not at full pelt.

As I said the other day, we may as well play 4 seamers and hope Root can play as back up spinner
 
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chunksafc said:
Stokes really worries me, his knee is clearly in a terrible way, I'm not expecting him to bowl much, if at all and certainly not at full pelt.

As I said the other day, we may as well play 4 seamers and hope Root can play as back up spinner
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I would go four seamers especially at Edgbaston . I’m worried about Mark Wood as he has barely bowled a red ball seriously for months

from the test v Ireland I thought Broad should play, then Anderson has had a niggle so has Robinson

it wouldn’t surprise me if Woakes plays on his home ground

I can’t wait to be honest
 
chunksafc said:
Stokes really worries me, his knee is clearly in a terrible way, I'm not expecting him to bowl much, if at all and certainly not at full pelt.

As I said the other day, we may as well play 4 seamers and hope Root can play as back up spinner
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Stokes will go through the pain barrier this series. He will bowl.
 
chunksafc said:
Stokes really worries me, his knee is clearly in a terrible way, I'm not expecting him to bowl much, if at all and certainly not at full pelt.

As I said the other day, we may as well play 4 seamers and hope Root can play as back up spinner
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Aye people keep talking about him being able to bowl, which is ok, but he needs to be able to bowl good doesn’t he. Like test quality. It’s the main worry and his fitness vs green could decide the series I reckon
 
Super K said:
Anyone who posts on this site knows that if England brought in a second rate spinner who, is under pressure, is being targeted by the Aussies from ball one, and who is inexperience……is going to crumble.
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You could very easily be describing Modern Ali there like, just saying 🤷‍♂️
chunksafc said:
How did the Indian spinner get on today? Not very well.

It's a concern no two ways about it
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Can’t believe they didn’t pick Ashwin.
 
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brandon said:
You could very easily be describing Modern Ali there like, just saying 🤷‍♂️
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He probs will but he does have 200 test wickets like, that’s the difference, and the trade off stokes has took. There’s no easy answer and anyone coming in is gonna find it extremely tough
chunksafc said:
How did the Indian spinner get on today? Not very well.

It's a concern no two ways about it
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Day 1 mind. He won’t impact the game till days 4 n 5 in England
 
It’s unlikely but this india match has a spare day allocated for any weather interruption preventing a result
 
He was on good form today, and was very relaxed. I think that’s all you can ask, he won’t be bowling badly due to nerves. Kind of why they picked him

Looking round the scorecards today no spinners are making much impact even though it’s perfect conditions
 
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