Jack Torrance
Striker
Get Plunkett out there
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Tidied.Get Stokes out there
Same old same old.Absolutely battered, they might as well just get the plane home now.
Embarrassing.
Get Buttler over there asap.
Again, look at his stats. Compare his wickets per match against say Broad ... and broad is recognised as one of the best bowlers in the world.He's not garbage but certainly not unplayable like we made him look. England are just garbage against spin
Some t20 specialists will help solidify the batting no end
Buttler and Morgan in ASAP!
What are a couple of flogs going to add to the team?
The problem isn't so much selection (Ball aside), it's mental weakness. We win a couple of sessions, the Aussies fight back. The Aussies get on top for a couple of sessions, we capitulate and lose the match.
I think it's a bit of both. Said at the time I don't think the squad is as good as what some think and in my opinion they're very weak mentally. ECB don't give a toss about red ball cricket either.
Hopefully things improve but it's started as I expected
Our ODI side was an embarrassment, something needed to be done and Bayliss has done a brilliant job of that.
Test cricket is all about strategy, team building and mental toughness though and I don't think he is prepared to put in the effort. He can't even be arsed to watch County Cricket, has one of the mentally weakest England batsmen in modern times as 'batting coach' and the players are out on the piss getting into scrapes.
Gillespie would have been a far better choice for the long format side. He has just taken the head coach's job at Sussex. f***ing Sussex!
One test