Will be fine, famously I don’t rate their bowling attack
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Re-arranging deckchairs on the Titanic for the 3rd test
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TheRey
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Anyone know if Archer will be fit? Be interesting to see how he gets on over there
Ever thought of applying for a role at Yorkshire chunks?Will be fine, famously I don’t rate their bowling attack
Too far pal
eddyfinn
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His keeping was poor a couple of good catches masked the horror display, yes he batted for ages but again didnt produce a result, when was the last time at test level his performance won us a game. He's my favourite england player but he's also not a test player and doesn't get enough big scores
He's been sent home so isn't an option
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The Breen Machine
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The return of Saj watch?Just been reading that Mahmood is being considered for a call up along with a couple of others currently in the Big Bash. The article mentioned Vince, Duckett and Billings as being under consideration
Shaq watch
The Breen Machine
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Wrong sport I think mate.
rentaghost
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If a criteria for playing for England was scoring enough big scores then we couldn’t put a team out.
I even edited the post to add the H
Bizarre. They have 3 batsmen who haven’t played. Why do we need more?Just been reading that Mahmood is being considered for a call up along with a couple of others currently in the Big Bash. The article mentioned Vince, Duckett and Billings as being under consideration
The Breen Machine
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They’ve just looked at their 2021 averages.
They've been smacking it around. Under this current setup I would not be surprised if they said 'Bairstow and Crawley haven't played for 2 months so we're bringing in Duckett as he's been in fine T20 form'
I’d like Mahmood and, at a push, Vince to come in.
Duckett and Sam ‘Bilbo’ Billings can do one.
Duckett and Sam ‘Bilbo’ Billings can do one.
Sorry, I don't get how you say pick for the future, then advocate dropping Pope altogether?
I'll give anyone credit where it's due, and I like Jos. As much as I think Foakes is the better WK, to drop him now would be absurd, as well as incredibly harsh
he is unselectable at the minute
The Breen Machine
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I wouldn’t touch Duckett but Billings wouldn’t be worse than Pope or Lawrence at 6 IMO.
I'd have had Mahmood in the initial squad, I wouldn't have had all 3 of Broad, Anderson and Woakes.
Bairstow at 6 for me, but he’s been messed about so much I can’t see him ever getting back to any sort of form, let alone the form of 2016.
I’d also be happy with him at 7 and keeping, but what that means for Buttler, I don’t know.
I’d have had all four in the squad, but no more than any two of the last three playing at any one time.
Mahmood looks like an obvious candidate to rotate with Wood to me.
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Steak Pie
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If you take three spare batsmen, then you send the other seven spare batsmen you brought on the Lions tour home, and then you have to call up more batsmen, then every single person involved in the decision making should resign immediately.
Farcical.
