Pakistan v England 3rd Test

[Dexter]

Pope has to be in last chance saloon against NZ. Fail there and surely he can’t be in the summer home squads.

 

[Mr.Thunders]

Pope will start in Perth acc to someone on TMS

 

[Lagger]

Pope Garbage

 

[Julio Mackemo]

Hopefully we won't be seeing Pope again.

I'd add Crawley into that (I know I said that in the last test).

 

[dangermows]

Shouldn't be losing batting first in Asia.

Do the stats back that up in anyway?

 

[PeteFTM]

All well and good gloating, but let’s get a rematch in May at Bournmoor and see how Sajid gets on.

 

[dangermows]

Wahey everyone is shite

 

[hudson88]

Gerrin!

 

[Safc1987]

Crawley and pope one good knock a year yet continue to be picked rain sleet or shine
Shocking
You reap what you sow

 

[Silly Point]

Fuck sake it's going to be another shit weekend (if you support England cricket and Hull City) isn't it

 

[Sollentuna15]

Why are they bothering to wear helmets?

More used to wearing them than not and when you sweep a lot you can get top edges into your face.

 

[scotch]

Pope has to be in last chance saloon against NZ. Fail there and surely he can’t be in the summer home squads.

He shouldn't even be going to NZ. He's played one of the greatest innings of all time this year but you can't have a top 6 batter score a 100 every 6 innings with 5 failures.

 

[columbo70]

Surely this has to be the end of Ollie Pope....he is just so unreliable....averages 34........for Ashes next year it has to be addressed right now and get someone in to bed in.

He come across as dopey to me...even if his captaincy

 

[dangermows]

"England are racing off"

 

[hank evans]

Surely this has to be the end of Ollie Pope....he is just so unreliable....averages 34........for Ashes next year it has tobe addressed

Top 3 are a bit flighty.
I think Crawley will be ok in Australia, id drop Duckett to 3. Pope gone altogether

None of the above to happen

 

[PeteFTM]

Crawley and pope one good knock a year yet continue to be picked rain sleet or shine
Shocking
You reap what you sow

Absolutely bullshit with Crawley, mind. He’s been decent generally, just not this series.

Pope is utter shite though.

 

[SuperSub]

Surely this has to be the end of Ollie Pope....he is just so unreliable....averages 34........for Ashes next year it has to be addressed right now and get someone in to bed in.

He come across as dopey to me...even if his captaincy

Shown in the past he struggles in Australia too, only averages 11 there.

 

[scotch]

I'd add Crawley into that (I know I said that in the last test).

Crawley will be fine as opener, he will get all the India series and by then do you really want to throw a new opener into OZ. Plus Crawley suits the Australian pitches

 

[columbo70]

Top 3 are a bit flighty.
I think Crawley will be ok in Australia, id drop Duckett to 3. Pope gone altogether

None of the above to happen

Batting order for Ashes is sorted ....but like you say Pope has to go and now.....he has had too many chnaces

Crawley
Duckett ( although i do think australia will pepper him with short ball and he cant resit)
AN Other
Root
Brook
Stokes
Smith

 

[Sollentuna15]

Do the stats back that up in anyway?

There will be yes, as the pitch rarely flattens out. It might start flat but should only get worse. In New Zealand it is often the opposite. Day one can be a minefield then loads of runs might be scored on days 2-4.

In betting for example, always look to go against the team bowling first when they go to 1/2 or under in the first innings. Pakistan went from 1/2 to 11/4 when they went to 43-3.